Acorns ?
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: S.W.PA
Posts: 178
I agree that part of the reason deer shed is due to hormones.But I believe there is more to it than that.Lack of nutrition is another key but acorns are only part of there diet.Stress from inclimate and prolonged foul weather is another key piece to the puzzle.Add injurys from rutting activity and hunting pressure and the deer will shed early.
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
Most acorns are long gone by the time bucks shed their antlers. Lots of natural forage plants are utilized by deer other than acorns, many of them have higher nutritional value than acorns.