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KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas hunter has taken down an antlered doe in Kingman County.
The Wichita Eagle reports Jerika Francis thought she shot a 10-point buck on Saturday afternoon on land owned by her husband’s family. She said that her husband, Russell Francis, realized the animal was a doe with antlers as he prepared to clean it.
Grant Woods, a Missouri-based biologist who researches whitetail deer, said antlered does are females with unusually high levels of testosterone.
Woods said that all does have testosterone, but some have enough to grow male-like antlers.
Keith Sexson with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism last year estimated he’d heard of fewer than 15 antlered does in the 50 years the state has had deer seasons.