What animal??

[jtw1313]

Anyone know what kind of animal these antlers/horns are to

 

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[releventchair]

The state (U.S.A. state , or location in Europe )of their provenance would go far in guessing.
They are antlers from a cervid.
Be they whitetailed deer ,muledeer,blacktail,cous,sitka...
If from outside the U.S. they could be a young red deer or a host of others.

Forced to guess , I'd go with yearling elk antlers. But that's a picture. Not in hand for me to guess.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

A young Jackalope:laughing 7: Seriously I would think a spike deer.

 

[tamrock]

Spike deer is was it looks like to me.

 

[Kray Gelder]

Spike elk.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

If its from a Whitetail, we would call it a Cowhorn spike, from bad genetics.

 

[T.C.]

Elk

 

[bowwinkles]

Antelope. (adult) the american version and not the normal "prong horn".

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

18" spikes would be a hell of a whitetail young'in. Elk is likely (how far apart are the bases?). Maybe a mule deer?

Elk



Mule deer



Mule deer

 

[HuntinDog]

At close to 20" I would say Elk

 

[Doubter in MD]

Knight who says "NI".




Did you find them in or near shrubbery?

 

[unclemac]

Antelope. (adult) the american version and not the normal "prong horn".

i am unfamiliar with "American antelope"... prong horns I know about....have a link?

 

[smokeythecat]

Jackalope

 

[old digger]

Your item is a mule or blacktail deer spike horns. The hair between the pedicals (horn bases) is too dark to be from an elk. I have done my share of mounting horns on plaques. Those spike antlers are handy in flaking stone into arrowheads.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

18" spikes would be a hell of a whitetail young'in. Elk is likely (how far apart are the bases?). Maybe a mule deer?

Im not saying its a Whitetail but an 18 inch spike is not a young'in. It has poor genes. My guess would be Elk or something else. We have a regulation here in some of the Everglades region management areas that a spike over 10 inches is legal game to weed them out.. The buck in my video is at least 2-1/2 likely 3-1/2 years old because I have been watching him. However 18 inches is a bit much and following the curve, its at least 19.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Add another vote for Elk, and more specifically, I believe from a Roosevelt Elk.

We've got herds of Roosevelt Elk all over the valley here (they can be pests)
and I've seen a dozen of 'em this year with just that kind of yearling headgear.

OD, some of these Roosevelt bulls heads are almost black. Here's a pic
of one I took from about 15' away..my wife said he's not happy because I was
too close to his wimmens.. Truth be told, he's actually "smelling" in
hopes of finding a cow ready to breed.

 

[TimberCrack]

It's a spike Elk...I've killed a half dozen in my lifetime...great eatin'

 

[PetesPockets55]

JTW1313, now that you've heard some knowledgeable replies, how about adding a little info to narrow it down or pinpoint the ID?

How and where did you acquire them? (Since you are asking what type of animal, you must have gotten them by a means other than hunting them yourself.)
So I'm guessing a thrift store, flea market, or yard sale?

And if you did hunt this yourself, how about an image of the rest of the critter to satisfy our curiosity?

 

[jtw1313]

Actually they were in the garbage on the side of the road lol

 

[Coonhound]

I'm guessing young elk, like this one.