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Started by RutnNStrutn, March 27, 2024, 05:52:15 PM
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HillclimberWV
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Re: Question for the deer hunters
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March 28, 2024, 06:48:22 PM
I have seen more bucks with horns still on this year as well. Theres still red oak acorns around in wv an pa where i have been scouting. Couple that with the easy winter we've had
Is my theory as to why.
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March 28, 2024, 07:09:38 PM
They are holding them longer in my area as well. I saw a buck with one horn day before yesterday. About a week ago, wife saw 3 bucks. All 3 had both sides!
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March 28, 2024, 08:31:29 PM
Some will keep antlers till the velvet pushes them off. Sometimes if a bucks been injured or is very old they might not drop and I've heard antlered does don't drop
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March 28, 2024, 09:36:01 PM
Some still in Iowa and Pa
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March 29, 2024, 06:39:07 AM
Yes Sir. A few years back I was checking the area around our lease and saw 3 bucks in 2 days. One really nice buck, but one buck had one side off and this was end of March in OH.
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March 29, 2024, 09:05:39 PM
I Still some packing as of today in Ky.
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March 30, 2024, 08:15:42 AM
Young eight point about a week ago in the North Carolina mountains. But they do tend to hold longer here.
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March 30, 2024, 08:34:50 AM
Most of the time the younger deer will hold on to their antlers a lot longer that mature bucks will. I had a guy tell me one time that the mature deer shed their horns soon as they are done breeding for the year and the testosterone drops. I don't know if there is any truth to that or not but I've noticed that the milder the winter, it seems like the earlier the mature deer shed
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March 30, 2024, 12:34:41 PM
I know very little about deer... If they drop later, do they start growing later as well? I thought that the new antlers growing in pushed the old ones out?
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March 30, 2024, 05:42:04 PM
We had a 3.5 yr old 8 point carrying antlers in the last week of April last year with another buck that had shed and already had buds starting in the same trail cam pic. No obvious reason for the difference given the same food sources and location.
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