Local antler peculiarity?
11-12-2013, 03:11 AM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Local antler peculiarity?
Most bucks in my area seem to have a "weak" right antler...meaning, morphologically similar to the left antler, just a little shrunken or retarded looking.
Sometimes this is as subtle as an otherwise symmetrical buck with slightly shorter tines on his right. But it's very predictable...if there's a discrepancy between a buck's antlers in this area, you can almost guarantee his left is a little bigger than his right.
Anyone else notice this?
Sometimes this is as subtle as an otherwise symmetrical buck with slightly shorter tines on his right. But it's very predictable...if there's a discrepancy between a buck's antlers in this area, you can almost guarantee his left is a little bigger than his right.
Anyone else notice this?
11-14-2013, 07:03 AM
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Spike
Join Date: Nov 2013
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I had a similar problem on my farm in Kansas last year. We kept seeing bucks with a typical left side and on the right side one giant spike 12" or more and bladed at the end. "Cull bucks" I think is the term. Either way, we took out 3 bucks like this last year and this year every buck we have seen is typical. I think the Kansas drought had a big deal to play in their antler development last year.
