dropping antlers already?
12-23-2007 | 05:57 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Northern Wisconsin
dropping antlers already?
Yesterday i went back to some new land i want to hunt and i just got done putting up my camera over some feed and i was driving back to my house and i found a nice shed layin there, its 5 points so it should be a 10 pointer, it scored 71. So my question is why are they dropping already? Usually they dont start dropping till January but maybe the big ones are droping cuz of the weight...
12-24-2007 | 05:33 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Nekoosa Wi USA
RE: dropping antlers already?
The deer have been under a large amount of stress with the ice over the snow. they cant really get around too well. Maybe well have an early growing season this year too. Most bucks wont lose theirantlers till Jan-Feb
12-24-2007 | 05:36 AM
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From: Indiana (southern)
RE: dropping antlers already?
I think alot depends on how much they were stressed through out the season, rutting activity, food avaliability, harsh weather conditions, ect,ect,ect.....
ORIGINAL: wisbowhunter2009
Yesterday i went back to some new land i want to hunt and i just got done putting up my camera over some feed and i was driving back to my house and i found a nice shed layin there, its 5 points so it should be a 10 pointer, it scored 71. So my question is why are they dropping already? Usually they dont start dropping till January but maybe the big ones are droping cuz of the weight...
Yesterday i went back to some new land i want to hunt and i just got done putting up my camera over some feed and i was driving back to my house and i found a nice shed layin there, its 5 points so it should be a 10 pointer, it scored 71. So my question is why are they dropping already? Usually they dont start dropping till January but maybe the big ones are droping cuz of the weight...
12-24-2007 | 07:18 AM
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RE: dropping antlers already?
ORIGINAL: bloodcreek
I think alot depends on how much they were stressed through out the season, rutting activity, food avaliability, harsh weather conditions, ect,ect,ect.....
I think alot depends on how much they were stressed through out the season, rutting activity, food avaliability, harsh weather conditions, ect,ect,ect.....
ORIGINAL: wisbowhunter2009
Yesterday i went back to some new land i want to hunt and i just got done putting up my camera over some feed and i was driving back to my house and i found a nice shed layin there, its 5 points so it should be a 10 pointer, it scored 71. So my question is why are they dropping already? Usually they dont start dropping till January but maybe the big ones are droping cuz of the weight...
Yesterday i went back to some new land i want to hunt and i just got done putting up my camera over some feed and i was driving back to my house and i found a nice shed layin there, its 5 points so it should be a 10 pointer, it scored 71. So my question is why are they dropping already? Usually they dont start dropping till January but maybe the big ones are droping cuz of the weight...
Exactly Dink......there was a pretty good drought earlier in the year as well. I do see a lot of them drop this early in the season, but maybe not quite this many. The last time I saw this many was (don't remember the exact year, I think around 2003) when we had a drought during the summer here in WI.
