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Dubbya 04-27-2008 07:36 PM
This might be a stupid question, but...
 
Do button bucks shed anything? I just have like this mental image of something dime size falling off the top of their head. Anybody have any insight here?

LittleChief 04-27-2008 07:41 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
Nope, they don't shed. Normally, the actual "buttons" don't begin to protrude through the skin until spring, so there's nothing to shed.

Dubbya 04-27-2008 07:43 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: LittleChief

Nope, they don't shed. Normally, the actual "buttons" don't begin to protrude through the skin until spring, so there's nothing to shed.
Awesome, thanks for the info LC, that makes total sense.

RockinChair 04-27-2008 07:45 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: Dubbya

ORIGINAL: LittleChief

Nope, they don't shed. Normally, the actual "buttons" don't begin to protrude through the skin until spring, so there's nothing to shed.
Awesome, thanks for the info LC, that makes total sense.
They don't have enough to testosterone to produce a rack- which also makes them incapable of breeding. Also.. button bucks generally dont begin their their additional growth to the buttons until spring when the other bucks do- which is triggered by photoperiodism.

OKbowhunter20 04-27-2008 07:51 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
It would be kinda strage to find a little "Antler Nugget" while you were out shed hunting[&:]

Dubbya 04-27-2008 08:18 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: OKbowhunter20

It would be kinda strage to find a little "Antler Nugget" while you were out shed hunting[&:]
Yeah, I was hoping I could find one and drill a hole to make a souvenir for my keychain

davidmil 04-27-2008 08:20 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
No problem... just shoot a button and cut it off. LOL

OKbowhunter20 04-27-2008 08:23 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: Dubbya

ORIGINAL: OKbowhunter20

It would be kinda strage to find a little "Antler Nugget" while you were out shed hunting[&:]
Yeah, I was hoping I could find one and drill a hole to make a souvenir for my keychain
2 years ago my best friend shot a buck on the last day of rifle season. It had a 4" spike on one side anda little nub on the other. He cut off the nub and did that exact thing. It kinda looks like a cone shaped bone hanging from his key

Oh and if you could find one of those...I want your eyesight lol

wahoohunter 04-27-2008 09:51 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
No problem... just shoot a button and cut it off. LOL
ahhhhh noooo!!! don't even suggest that![&:]

TJF 04-27-2008 10:01 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: Dubbya

Do button bucks shed anything? I just have like this mental image of something dime size falling off the top of their head. Anybody have any insight here?
We had found a few winter killed button bucks that had shed. Granted we found over 100 winter killed button bucks that year. I justtook for granted they all would have eventuallyshed if they had lived.

After reading LittleChiefs replyI did some digging because I know what I saw. Granted it was just a few that had shed. I don't do drug nor drink much and haven't been declared insane... yet. Well the wifesays differentwhen hunting is mentioned. :D Anyways...

A: A small percentage of buck fawns might lose their tiny antlers if they’ve broken through the skin and hardened, but most keep their buttons. A yearling buck generally sprouts a spike or forked antler. That antler gets its start from the button that begins to show after the buck is 6 or 7 months old. So I guess you could say button bucks get a head start on other bucks, which drop their antlers during winter. Search “antlers” at www.MissouriConservation.org for more details.
Looks like LittleChief is right... for the most part. :D

Tim

LittleChief 04-27-2008 10:32 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: TJF

ORIGINAL: Dubbya

Do button bucks shed anything? I just have like this mental image of something dime size falling off the top of their head. Anybody have any insight here?
We had found a few winter killed button bucks that had shed. Granted we found over 100 winter killed button bucks that year. I justtook for granted they all would have eventuallyshed if they had lived.

After reading LittleChiefs replyI did some digging because I know what I saw. Granted it was just a few that had shed. I don't do drug nor drink much and haven't been declared insane... yet. Well the wifesays differentwhen hunting is mentioned. :D Anyways...

A: A small percentage of buck fawns might lose their tiny antlers if they’ve broken through the skin and hardened, but most keep their buttons. A yearling buck generally sprouts a spike or forked antler. That antler gets its start from the button that begins to show after the buck is 6 or 7 months old. So I guess you could say button bucks get a head start on other bucks, which drop their antlers during winter. Search “antlers” at www.MissouriConservation.org for more details.
Looks like LittleChief is right... for the most part. :D

Tim
C'mon, Tim.... give me a break![:@] I added "normally" on the second statement. Guess I should have added it at the end of the first sentence also. :D:D:D

TJF 04-27-2008 10:45 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: RockinChair

ORIGINAL: Dubbya

ORIGINAL: LittleChief

Nope, they don't shed. Normally, the actual "buttons" don't begin to protrude through the skin until spring, so there's nothing to shed.
Awesome, thanks for the info LC, that makes total sense.
They don't have enough to testosterone to produce a rack- which also makes them incapable of breeding. Also.. button bucks generally dont begin their their additional growth to the buttons until spring when the other bucks do- which is triggered by photoperiodism.
Not according to Helenette Sliver of the New Hampshire Department Game. She had documented several cases of button buck breeding and impregnating doe fawns.Buck fawns that have small, polished (hardened), button antlers are pyshically developed enough to breed.

I suspect these button bucks alsoshed their buttons. ;) :D

Ok, I will quit being a twit since breeding and shedding button bucks are probably a rariety.

Tim

p.s. but they can !!!!!!!!



TJF 04-27-2008 10:53 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: LittleChief

ORIGINAL: TJF

ORIGINAL: Dubbya

Do button bucks shed anything? I just have like this mental image of something dime size falling off the top of their head. Anybody have any insight here?
We had found a few winter killed button bucks that had shed. Granted we found over 100 winter killed button bucks that year. I justtook for granted they all would have eventuallyshed if they had lived.

After reading LittleChiefs replyI did some digging because I know what I saw. Granted it was just a few that had shed. I don't do drug nor drink much and haven't been declared insane... yet. Well the wifesays differentwhen hunting is mentioned. :D Anyways...

A: A small percentage of buck fawns might lose their tiny antlers if they’ve broken through the skin and hardened, but most keep their buttons. A yearling buck generally sprouts a spike or forked antler. That antler gets its start from the button that begins to show after the buck is 6 or 7 months old. So I guess you could say button bucks get a head start on other bucks, which drop their antlers during winter. Search “antlers” at www.MissouriConservation.org for more details.
Looks like LittleChief is right... for the most part. :D

Tim
C'mon, Tim.... give me a break![:@] I added "normally" on the second statement. Guess I should have added it at the end of the first sentence also. :D:D:D
What?? [8D] No breaks for you!! Farming has been slow with this crappy weather and I am bored.:D:D:D

Tim

LittleChief 04-27-2008 10:57 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: TJF

ORIGINAL: RockinChair

ORIGINAL: Dubbya

ORIGINAL: LittleChief

Nope, they don't shed. Normally, the actual "buttons" don't begin to protrude through the skin until spring, so there's nothing to shed.
Awesome, thanks for the info LC, that makes total sense.
They don't have enough to testosterone to produce a rack- which also makes them incapable of breeding. Also.. button bucks generally dont begin their their additional growth to the buttons until spring when the other bucks do- which is triggered by photoperiodism.
Not according to Helenette Sliver of the New Hampshire Department Game. She had documented several cases of button buck breeding and impregnating doe fawns.Buck fawns that have small, polished (hardened), button antlers are pyshically developed enough to breed.

I suspect these button bucks alsoshed their buttons. ;) :D

Ok, I will quit being a twit since breeding and shedding button bucks are probably a rariety.

Tim
p.s. but they can !!!!!!!!
So, the question then becomes.... Is a young buck that has grown enough antler to actually shed still considered a "button buck", or is it a diminuative spike?:D:D

Sliverflicker 04-27-2008 11:07 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
Im with Tim on this one. The Wife found a shed from a button buck. And some will indeed bread their first season. Might not be the norm, but its going on.

LittleChief 04-27-2008 11:12 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
Thanks a lot, Sliverflicker.[:@] There goes my fun for the night. I might as well go to bed now.:D

TJF 04-27-2008 11:16 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: LittleChief

ORIGINAL: TJF

ORIGINAL: RockinChair

ORIGINAL: Dubbya

ORIGINAL: LittleChief

Nope, they don't shed. Normally, the actual "buttons" don't begin to protrude through the skin until spring, so there's nothing to shed.
Awesome, thanks for the info LC, that makes total sense.
They don't have enough to testosterone to produce a rack- which also makes them incapable of breeding. Also.. button bucks generally dont begin their their additional growth to the buttons until spring when the other bucks do- which is triggered by photoperiodism.
Not according to Helenette Sliver of the New Hampshire Department Game. She had documented several cases of button buck breeding and impregnating doe fawns.Buck fawns that have small, polished (hardened), button antlers are pyshically developed enough to breed.

I suspect these button bucks alsoshed their buttons. ;) :D

Ok, I will quit being a twit since breeding and shedding button bucks are probably a rariety.

Tim
p.s. but they can !!!!!!!!
So, the question then becomes.... Is a young buck that has grown enough antler to actually shed still considered a "button buck", or is it a diminuative spike?:D:D
Hey, I like that... DiminuativeSpike. :D

TJF 04-27-2008 11:28 PM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker

Im with Tim on this one. The Wife found a shed from a button buck. And some will indeed bread their first season. Might not be the norm, but its going on.
Our button bucks are just bigger, badboysthen theirs. It's all about location. :D :D

Tim

Schultzy 04-28-2008 08:41 AM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
Interesting stuff guys!! I really didn't 100% either way know the answer to Dubbya's question. Some shed and some don't I guess, I bet it really depends on how early they were born and also how much good nutrition they were able to consume.

Gundeck 04-28-2008 08:59 AM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
Lots of great info, guys. I never really thought about it. Leave it to the forum to dig up the answers. Of course, any place that debates the pros and cons of the Butt-Out tool would discuss just about anything. (Hunting related, of course.) :D:D

quiksilver 04-28-2008 09:06 AM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
If they break the skin, they shed. Otherwise, you'd see a bunch of yearling bucks running around in full velvet with little bony tips.


Sliverflicker 04-28-2008 09:15 AM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
:DThats a beast Quick! My Wife thought the one she found was a little tiney mushroom just starting till she looked at it closer.

quiksilver 04-28-2008 09:24 AM
RE: This might be a stupid question, but...
 
I didn't find that one Sliv. Hell, I can't even see the full sized ones! I just found the picture online b/c I'dremembered seeingit before.


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