One-Eyed Jack

[slimngrizzly]

We got got these pictures off one of our mineral sites the other day. After looking closely my buddy suggested hes likely blind in one eye! Evidently hes got a bad catarachs or his tapetums been damaged because nothing seems to be reflecting. Maybe got in a rumble last fall

A neat looking dud 3x3 anyway. If he'd beef up a bit he'll be a 6 worthy of a few walls! Nice to see...

[Whoknows]

Trophy in my book! Interesting that he has pleny of room for another tine or two.

[mrklean]

beat up in a fight?

[Bear55]

Cool pics, I agree he probably lost the eye in a fight last fall.

[bela0023]

Looks like he's doing good for only having use of one eye

[Bear55]

Hey if you know which direction he might come from you can setup on the blind side, it would sure make drawing your bow a lot easier.

[slimngrizzly]

Do you think hes a 3 year old or just 2? Id love nothing more than to shoot a big mature 6 point but I think this guy could use another year or two. I bet when that velvet comes off hes going to look freakishly spindly. If he thickens up he will look real nice! I like that hes wide with big brows though!!!

Bear... he may not have an eye on that side but I bet hes got an EAR that works TWICE as good!

[Bear55]

Bear... he may not have an eye on that side but I bet hes got an EAR that works TWICE as good!

He looks more like a 3 year old to me, by the time he fattens up this fall he will have a pretty big body.

[TooTallTom]

Nah, he's got two perfectly good eyes, he's just winking at ol' slimngrizzly. You better watch out in the stand this year, my friend...

[muskiemanAD]

You don't happen to hunt in zone 3 do you? Casue if you did the only one's who could touch him would be the youths!

[jkcmj]

Well... A youth tag anyway...

[archerystud]

A couple years back I had a buck come in with one eye socket which was white. It was opening morning of gun season and I waved my arms on my stand while the "blind" eye was facing me and he never moved even though he was only 20 yards away. Neighbor shot him about 2 minutes after he left me.

I had a spike on our land that year which had 8 or 9 inch spikes. My guess is that is what poked this bucks eye out....

[slimngrizzly]

Its almost a miracle such a thing doesn't happen more often really! Even in a light sparring match... it wouldn't take much to pluck an eye out...?!?!