antler growth
 

Friday evening while out turkey hunting I had a group of 6 bucks come by. 5 of them just had bumps where their antlers will be growing. The other one had 6-8" of growth. I thought the bumps was something that would indicate a late drop as I have heard that antler growth basically starts as soon as last years antlers are shed. Any insight on this?

RE: antler growth
 

kwr,
The five bucks that have bumps on their heads are normal for this time of year. The one with 6-8 inches of antler must have dropped his early last year.

RE: antler growth
 

I've caught a few bucks on cam this spring and none of them have any headgear growing yet.
This article may shed some light on antler growth.
http://www.whitetailinstitute.com/in...s/mar04/8.html

RE: antler growth
 

Last year I saw quite a few with 4-6 inches this time of year but this year I havent seen much for antler growth. I would say that the bumps are pretty normal and the bigger one was a early drop. I would say that because the others were all the same.

RE: antler growth
 

I have 2-3 that I get on the camera every night that now have 1-3" of growth.