interesting question for you.......?
03-23-2008 | 03:26 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: pa soon to be greenup county ky
interesting question for you.......?
hello new to posting but not new to the forums i have been able to answer all my questions i just bought my first new bow and love the archery forums i read them all day without having to post anything this is my second year of archery so i cant help anyone else out with my lack of knowledge lol anyway my wife and i bought a house and we have about 10-12 deer around every evening but about two weeks ago i saw a nice white horned six point the middle of march?? what? so today going to an Easter dinner i saw an eight point on another farm a couple of miles away. now i live in pa south central close to the mason dixon line mostly farm ground around here with creek bottoms and wooded lots i know these are corn fed deer they arent starving i see the damage on a farm i help on. but why havent these buck dropped horns yet its the end of march??? people i talk to say i see one horned deer and a friend of mine found 1 shed horn at his cabin upstate close to ny line this year in muzzleloader season thats the day after christmas. just wanted to throw this out there get some feed back from the crew thanks all!!
03-23-2008 | 09:06 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: IL
RE: interesting question for you.......?
does it have velvet? maybe its one of those bucks that was castrated essentially while it was growing horn and will continue to do so, or an antlered doe......which I believe grow and weird tiems/cycles.....
03-24-2008 | 09:35 AM
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From: Ohio, USA
RE: interesting question for you.......?
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Exactly!
ORIGINAL: cowboy4513
I have seen bucks with antlers as late as the end of april... not as uncommon as people think.
I have seen bucks with antlers as late as the end of april... not as uncommon as people think.
Last week I saw two nice 8 pointers and a smaller half rack on my farm. Last night I saw a small 6 point with both sides at my sister's house in suburbia. Antler loss has quite a range over several months. I saw my first half rack on my trail cam in late December. Found a couple sheds in early February. Found another shed this past Friday. If it ever quits snowing, I just might be able to get out for some more shed hunting.
03-24-2008 | 10:04 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Saskatchewan Canada
RE: interesting question for you.......?
The less the stress the longer they carry headgear.Stress can be related to enviroment (harsh winter), food, cover, pressure, doe to buck ratio or just like humans individualized. Like said not that unusal to find bucks shedding early or later.
great info
