Carmen Erickson and his hunting group were elated to have shot down a nice buck, but their achievement was soon phased down to a shock when they examined the deer. The deer was actually a rare doe with a large 4-by-4 rack.

"It's got no male utilities," Erickson, who lives in Minot, tells Grand Forks Herald. "It has teats ... it was pretty unusual."

Erickson and his six hunting partners witnessed the doe with a 4-by-4 rack.

They notified the state Game and Fish Department and received a recorded message from a biologist who said these types of deer often are bucks whose testicles haven't descended or for some reason are castrated.

Erickson, however, said that is not the case with his deer.

"We couldn't find any male genitals on the deer," he said.