Antlers still on deer
 

Sunday i went to our land to plant some food plots and while i was driving in the fields on the four-wheeler, i noticed that one of the deer in the herd still had both antlers on. it seemed to be a decent 8 pointer. I thought that was pretty strange.

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hm

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thats strange

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Definetly strange for this time of year. To bad you couldn't get any pictures.

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I didnt intend on seeing anything so i didnt bring my camera. Do you think there is something wrong with deer??

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Its probly an antlerd doe if it still has antlers now.

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i think that would be a deer i would try to capture on camera, and even try to harvest......But yea that is pretty weird...

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I've read that some keep them on until the new ones start growing.Cool

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I saw a nice 8 pt about 10 years ago still carry his head set at the end of April. Maybe some deer need the help of new antler growth to push the antlers off, kind of like a kid loosing his first toothe. Who knows, just my 2 cents.

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It is strange, but oddly I have heard the same type of story here in Montana. A fellow I work with has been seeing a nice 8-pointer around his place and waiting for it to drop sheds. As of May 7th the buck was still carrying its rack.

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Thanks for all the thoughts guys;)

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thats strange but interesting bummer for u once deer season starts his horns will probly fall off and u will have a antleress buck or it could be a antlerd doe like soap said who knows!

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Interesting .... In late march this year, during Alabama's spring turkey season, while attempting to roost turkey for the next day's morning hunt my buddy and I came across a fresh scrape line that was along the edge of a woods road. It was I'd guess about 1/3 - 1/2 mile long. There were 22 scrapes and 7 fresh looking rubs. Some of the scrapes were still wet with urine and rank as all get out !!! I raked leaves into several of the scrapes. I visited the scrape line three days later and it was still being worked. All of the scrapes that I had covered were clean and filled with pawings. I never saw the buck. This was the first time I had seen this late a "rut" sign in my 45+ years of hunting deer in the SE USA.

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That's very interesting to find scrapes and rubs this late in the year. I've never seen anything like that here.

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global warming LOL....not. but i heard when i posted about a buck in my backyard that still had his in april that a couple of guys said and i read magazine articles about it some buck to need a little assistance of their new horns to push the old off

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thats strange, if you look close at this pic taken May 16 you can see his new antlers coming in. This is in central Ontario.