ORIGINAL: Windwalker7
ORIGINAL: _Dan
Like Iasked before, why are they always in the same general area? Why is it never by the bases or on the tines? Why is it always on mature deer? Sorry to say that it has nothing to do with fly larva, sticks, fence, etc. It has everything to do with how the antler grows and how the vessles dry up.
Deer have ears that twitch, They twitch their ears often to shu away flys and such. Since the base of the antler is closer to the ears, insects have a hard time doing anything there because they are constantly shued away by those twitching ears.
Now if an insect were to land on the antler farther away from those twitching ears it wouldn't be so concerned by them. Where would the farthest place be to get away from those ears?
Ever watch a deer in the summer (antler growing season), they are constantly being harassed by insects. Watch those ears. Always swinging around to chase them away.
No offense, but that's still not true.
1. A deer's ears cannot reach the insides of the bases.
2. The can't reach the end of tines, but there are never holes there either.
3. They are always on the bottom of the main beam or in front of a tine where it meets the main beam. Never anywhere on the tine.
I find well over 100 sheds a season and I can tell you that any with holes are always in the same spots. I also see a lot of mature bucks that have been harvested by either myself, my brothers, or friends of ours and again the holes are always in the same spots.
Yes I have watched a ton of deer in the summer. If that were the case, don't you think more deer would have the holes?
Again no offense, but thats just the way some mature deer's antlers grow.
Edited: Here's the only pic I have on the computer. Notice, again, it's from a mature deer.
