Rack-attack

I see no problem in fixing it

Its your deer, your kill - do what you want with it.

If I took one with a big main tine missing - and I thought it would look better "as it grew" I could see myself fixing it.

If half a rack was missing I would probably leave it - because who knows what it really looked like.

Solax

I would probably replace it, especially on a nice, symetrical rack that was missing that one tine to make it perfectly symetrical. That's just me though. My buddy has one where he fixed the tine. THe cool thing is ( I know this will sound weird) is that he did a bad job on it, so you can tell what it would look like with the tine but it's not like he's trying to cover it up and make you think it is really there.

rybohunter

I don't know what I'd do. At first I want to say I'd leave it as is. However I have had a fish touched up when one of its fins was messed up. Basically the same thing.

There was also a buck that I spined, and in the melee to quickly get another shot into it, I shot one side of his rack off. It was a smallish buck and i repaired the rack myself with some wood putty and stain. But I had caused that blunder, the deer was intact with the 1st arrow.

c903

It is a personal call.

PS: Don't be so sensitive. I believe "6ptsika" was just being humorous. You did ask for opinions.

portable ladder

maybe you are right c903, i just kind of took it offensive. here is a pic of the buck i'm talking about

portable ladder

here is another

mammasboy

Fix it! What about if you had the deer home, and for some reason you broke a tine off? If a deer had it, than there is no problem fixing it. Of course, don't make it longer than the other matching point.

Stump_MN_Hunter

That is definitely a very nice buck. Like some have said, it's your buck do what you like. I personally like racks with character...the more the better. That's why I thought leave as is.

Il_BOW_MAN,
That kind of goes back to what I just said. It gives the buck some or more character and like in your case, you have a great story to tell as to why it's missing. I doubt you get sick of telling that story...I wouldn't. It's a good one. Or you could drill a little hole in the tine and then put a piece of rope around it and hang it from it's neck. Whitetail jewelry. LOL

Good hunting...

holepuncher

IMO if you don't like the head gear the deer is sporting let him go, Someone will like him just as he is.

JimboHunter1

portable ladder- Your question made me put myself in your situation and really think about how I would handle this... My first impulse would be to repair the broken point, but after thinking about it a little more, I came to the conclusion that I'd leave it alone. The reason being that anytime somebody came over and saw the deer, I would have to tell the the story of how I chose to get one of the points fabricated... yada, yada, yada. This might cause quite a distraction and won't allow you to just enjoy your mount (maybe I'm looking too far into this!)

Even if you decide not to have it fixed for now, you could always add the point at a later time if you'd like.

Good luck with it.