Fat Deer?
12-13-2009 | 04:09 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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From: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
We don't have oaks on our property but we had a bumper crop of beech nuts this year. Plus, a lot of rain and everything in the woods was lush and green all spring and summer. The deer ate good this year.
12-13-2009 | 05:31 PM
#13
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From: Minnesota
iSnipe
It's happening because the deer are burning less fat trying to stay warm. They keep eating, but they don't burn the fat when the weather is warmer. I've had fatter deer here than what you are describing... 1/2" at the back. I've had 1"+.
It's happening because the deer are burning less fat trying to stay warm. They keep eating, but they don't burn the fat when the weather is warmer. I've had fatter deer here than what you are describing... 1/2" at the back. I've had 1"+.
iSnipe
12-14-2009 | 08:16 AM
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From: NE Kansas
A deer I shot in the first week of October was fat.
I have a small buck to butcher this weekend and field dressing revealed a lot of fat internally. I'll be interested to see him once he's skinned.
We didn't seem to have a great acorn crop, but our rain was more or less every two or three days from spring to fall. Fall was warm. I think the rain may have had two effects. One was simply to make every thing plush. The other was that around here there were tremendous amounts of standing crops that the farmers couldn't get to because of mud. One of the farmers I talked to said they were a month behind. There was a lot food available that would not have been otherwise.
I have a small buck to butcher this weekend and field dressing revealed a lot of fat internally. I'll be interested to see him once he's skinned.
We didn't seem to have a great acorn crop, but our rain was more or less every two or three days from spring to fall. Fall was warm. I think the rain may have had two effects. One was simply to make every thing plush. The other was that around here there were tremendous amounts of standing crops that the farmers couldn't get to because of mud. One of the farmers I talked to said they were a month behind. There was a lot food available that would not have been otherwise.
12-14-2009 | 12:59 PM
#16
Typical Buck
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From: Boalsburg, PA
my archery doe this year in PA on the opening day (1st saturday in october) had a lot of fat on her, especially early in the season
my rifle doe last saturday had hardly any fat on her, we surmised she was being run about, was burning it off, or just didn't enjoy the summer crops as much...these deer were only about a year apart
my rifle doe last saturday had hardly any fat on her, we surmised she was being run about, was burning it off, or just didn't enjoy the summer crops as much...these deer were only about a year apart
12-14-2009 | 02:44 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Wyandotte,Oklahoma
