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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2012, 07:26:03 PM »
those two pics are not shed or you would see a pedicale injury or retarded critter :chuckle:
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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2012, 07:43:07 PM »
Broke off or never grown by injury.    ELk are the last to shed.  Right now POSSIBLY deer though its pretty dang early and moose are just starting. IMO

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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2012, 08:59:27 PM »
I agree moose are the first to shed then whitetails then mule deer then elk and i have seen elk packin both sides as late as the begining of may.

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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2012, 08:05:38 PM »
Sure it got broke off. I got vid of a bull like that one u saw.  Picked up his brow tines with part of his skull attatch to it.  Saw him a few months later bout ready to die.

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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2012, 08:30:24 PM »
If I remember right, there was an article in the outdoors section of the Yakima Herald a couple of years ago about a bull at the Oak Creek feeding station that had naturally shed an antler there in December.

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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #20 on: December 05, 2012, 10:19:01 PM »
If this pic was taken out by the wind farm We saw this bull during rifle season. I bet it got broke off during the rut.  :twocents:

He was running around with a herd of 200 or so elk.

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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #21 on: December 05, 2012, 10:32:44 PM »
I agree moose are the first to shed then whitetails then mule deer then elk and i have seen elk packin both sides as late as the begining of may.

I've seen Blacktail well into May still packin too.
 
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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2012, 04:11:33 PM »
Did you get a look at the base? That would answer your own question.  Ive known of a couple bulls that were early drops consistently every year..Not this early..but not much later.
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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2012, 10:18:42 AM »
Never thought I'd see a calf with spots in December, but I did........was at the Oak creek feeding station..........even got a pic or two of it, just have to find them........nothing is set in stone when dealing with wild animals.   :twocents:
You are right. Nothing is set in stone. Bucks harvested in november with velvet still on. Does with antlers. Calf elk with spots in the winter. Shooting a buck in october, then having his antlers drop as you drag him out. Spike elk who don't drop all year. Many, many things in nature you can't figure.

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Re: Dropped an antler already
« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2012, 10:25:54 AM »
I think it's a shed  ;)
















think of all the fuel blue bulls will burn this year chasing the early sheds :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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