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Ok, I just looked at the pictures off the TC and got a big suprise and then let down. In one picture I see the little 2x2 with both his antlers in the next I see a deer without antlers. Holy crap man I ran out and started scraping around in the new snow and........nothing. Come back in and take another look, ah crap, It was the buck that had already dropped one antler.
It just so happened that when the 2x2 walked away the one that had dropped stepped in, and he was without both. Check out the times. Also the tear in his ear also gave it away that it was not the 2x2.
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Re: Boneless Blacktail
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December 29, 2008, 07:49:26 PM »
Those are great shots...not to many of us get the chance to capture that.
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December 29, 2008, 09:10:11 PM »
i would have done the same thing. thats pretty funny. That was less than 3 min apart. Cool
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Re: Boneless Blacktail
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the reason the 2x2 has got his ears laid back is because the boneless buck is right there too, just out of frame. He knows he's #2 now that he has no head gear. That 2x2 is taking priority over the food source until he drops, then they'll reset the pecking order. Great pics!!
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December 29, 2008, 09:50:41 PM »
Good observation B4E. Just the other day when they both still had antlers the bigger buck would chase off the smaller one.
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One year in Alberta near a grain elevator I saw a big 150" class whitetail buck running off a few other bucks and does until he dropped his antlers. Then tides changed and he got is A$$ handed to him by every deer there. He was forced to stand back while the 2 1/2 year old bucks fed first. It was interesting to observe this behavior.
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cool pics
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THE TIME HAS COME TO FIND THE BONE GOOD LUCK TO ALL. J
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Quote from: BENCHLEG on December 30, 2008, 09:09:15 PM
THE TIME HAS COME TO FIND THE BONE GOOD LUCK TO ALL. J
Easy does it...it's still winter and even on the west side our deer need time to winter and stay healthy. Let's give them a break till late January at least
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Re: Boneless Blacktail
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December 30, 2008, 09:39:23 PM »
I AGREE BUT ALL IM SAYING IS THAT IT IS STARTING AND THE TIME IS COMING. SEE YA IN THE SPRING.
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December 30, 2008, 09:54:50 PM »
Yep!!
Can't wait to stomp my deer areas and find some sheds. I've never seen blacktails drop in December, so those pics are very cool!
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I HAVE SEEN IT AS EARLY AS DEC 15 BUT ONLY ONE TIME. LETS ALL JUST GIVE IT ITS DUE TIME. j
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December 30, 2008, 10:15:03 PM »
When we going shed hunting Benchleg??
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December 30, 2008, 11:32:40 PM »
Kinda takes all the guess work out of finding those sheds.
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Re: Boneless Blacktail
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December 31, 2008, 10:55:00 AM »
My TC shows a spike with only one side left, he had both a few days ago..... the two point has his still.
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December 31, 2008, 05:32:32 PM »
Awesome! Nice looking spiker. That other one looks like a nice three, Huh?
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December 31, 2008, 06:13:59 PM »
Not sure about the other if he is a 2 or 3, he always seems to be showing me his tail! One of these days he'll give me a view, hopefully before he sheds! Not bad for Island deer!
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Re: Boneless Blacktail
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December 31, 2008, 09:58:54 PM »
I checked three trailcams two days ago and had to crunch through 12" of crusty snow to get to them. I wondered if I'd find a gimme shed along one of those trails. I'm going 2-3 weeks on the cams so I'm not in there too much bugging any critters. It's all lowland stuff but still - I had rabbits eating bark off my new fruit trees during the past two weeks of snow so I figure the animals everywhere could use a break.
Great pics BTW. It's neat you're getting the shed action on camera.
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checking two of mine on Saturday
and hoping for some bone
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