Question about Bucks?
11-17-2009, 06:32 AM
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Fork Horn
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Question about Bucks?
I have pictures of a decent sized 7 point on my trail cam a month ago. well I haven't had any pics until this morning when what I think is him, well he came out in the day light and I could get a good look at his rack. Its about 3 inches wider and 2 - 3" taller. I was wondering could this be the same deer that has grown more after he came out of velvet???
11-17-2009, 06:37 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: West Central Wisconsin
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I have pictures of a decent sized 7 point on my trail cam a month ago. well I haven't had any pics until this morning when what I think is him, well he came out in the day light and I could get a good look at his rack. Its about 3 inches wider and 2 - 3" taller. I was wondering could this be the same deer that has grown more after he came out of velvet???
11-18-2009, 06:58 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: West Central Wisconsin
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It's not a matter of opinion. Do you know how antlers grow or what velvet is?
In the case of a question like this, the answer cannot possibly be a matter of opinion. It's objective one way or the other.
Each antler grows from an attachment point on the skull called a pedicle. While an antler is growing, it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone; once the antler has achieved its proper size, the velvet is lost and the antler's bone dies. This dead bone structure is the mature antler, which is itself shed after each mating season.
