Author Topic: Must be dropping them (Read 11446 times)

blacktail luv · « **on:** January 21, 2009, 06:54:38 PM »

I buddy and I went out coon hunting on saturday night with the spotlight. We saw two big buck both only had one horn hanging on. Just thought i would let everyone know. I check this daily to see if anyone is finding any. there are a couple out there at least. I was in eastern klickitat county in case anyone was wondering.

BENCHLEG · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2009, 06:58:54 PM »

LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS . THANK YOU VERRY MUCH.

Alan K · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2009, 08:07:17 PM »

There are tons of big bucks in the Vail Tree Farm even though papers write stories about it every year as hunting season approaches.

Doubt everyone is going to come running because a guy saw a couple nice nocturnal bucks.

blacktail luv · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:18:14 PM »

Klickitat county is big

good luck, : there are deer everywhere

I can't find them all anyway, just letting people know. Sorry to offend.

lewy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2009, 06:52:12 AM »

I wouldnt worry about it benchleg, there are deer sheding all over the state right now, nobody is gunna bumrush klickitat because of this post....

blindpig · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2009, 06:57:27 AM »

Thanks for letting everyone know. Im a westside guy, so I won't be on the eastside hunting sheds but I will over here. Thanks.

fishunt247 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2009, 05:42:37 PM »

I'm packing up everything and heading to eastern klickitat country right this second... just because you said that. No, not really. HAHAHAHAHA. Thanks for letting us know though.

Gutpile · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2009, 05:56:59 PM »

Been out yote hunting twice this week down on the Palouse River and saw well over 100 deer in the winter wheat each day. Not one was wearing antlers, so they must be dropping. MHWASH said they're dropping them too. I have seen a few bucks this week up near spokane that still had both sides. Guess it depends on where your at.

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2009, 06:09:49 PM »

I havent seen a buck with head gear in a couple weeks!

7mmfan · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2009, 07:14:31 PM »

I haven't seen a buck ina couple weeks period! ... i guess you have to be in the field to see them though....

blacktail luv · « **Reply #10 on:** January 24, 2009, 10:13:25 AM »

Was out coon hunting again last night and unfortunately we saw six different bucks in one group all with both antlers. Sucks cause i was gonna go out tomorrow. None of these bucks were as big as the ones we saw last week just decent two and three points. We also weren't in the same area we were last weekend.

bow4elk · « **Reply #11 on:** January 24, 2009, 02:57:30 PM »

I have deer on a trailcam from 1/13 or 14th with both attached, but a spike buck that had already shed (bloody dime sized holes). Westside sea level blacktails.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 24, 2009, 10:45:30 PM »

I was out cutting firewood the other day with my boy and we glassed easily 150 deer. Not an antler in the bunch. Cold, warm, cold, warm... Might have had something to do with it. One day I was seeing all kinds of bucks. Next thing I knew they were all skinheads...

fishunt247 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 26, 2009, 07:17:41 PM »

Saw five bucks in Klickitat county on Sunday, all with horns. Saw one visibly shed out buck.

woodywsu · « **Reply #14 on:** January 27, 2009, 07:31:18 AM »

Wife and I saw eleven bucks last night at my shed spot. Weirdest thing I have ever seen. In about 45 minutes we saw over 8 different aggressive fights break out. They were all fighting over the top of the dune. Watched a few bucks lose their horns during fights but the rest of them were hanging on strong. Three really nice bucks that I will hopefully have sheds for. Gonna look tonight, didn't want to ruin their fun last night.

Elkstuffer · « **Reply #15 on:** January 27, 2009, 12:04:02 PM »

Boy Woody that seems early for those deer to be shedding. I've seen them packing head gear on easter in years past. Every year is different though. Post some pic's when you find'em.

woodywsu · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2009, 02:20:18 PM »

With them fighting, they were more knocked off then fell off. I will post pics if I get the good ones. There are a few dandies there. I plan on going tonight.

Elkstuffer · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2009, 10:01:03 PM »

Well, were you able to find any?

woodywsu · « **Reply #18 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:22:15 PM »

One nice 4 point shed in about 10 minutes of looking. Some one else from this site was out there also and picked up an old one.

wastickslinger · « **Reply #19 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:10:51 PM »

Lucky dogs

mossback91 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:12:32 PM »

all the deer in okanogan county are still packin

wastickslinger · « **Reply #21 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:19:49 PM »

They are here too. I have seen them in April packing in the Desert. Always gonna have an early dropper or two.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:22:58 PM »

I saw a 5 point bull elk drop one last turkey season (April 15th). I got that shed too. But the other 5 bulls he was with were already growing new racks. Like I said earlier, I have glassed several hundred deer in the last week or so and haven't seen a single antler.

woodywsu · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:01:01 PM »

I'm at work and don't have a pic of it. I will try to get one up over the weekend. However, there is something weird about this shed. It's bleached white already and I know its fresh. I've watched the buck lost it in a fight. What causes these antlers to turn so white so fast? Do you think it is a deficiency of something?

blacktail luv · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:18:34 PM »

My dad and I hunted this one blacktail about ten years ago. He was a big 4by but his horns wer almost bone white. Saw him twice and so did a guy hunting mushrooms in the area. He thought it was really strange too. It was a blacktail and there horns are always dark it seems, not sure the reasoning, havn't seen one like that since.

509er · « **Reply #25 on:** January 29, 2009, 04:41:35 PM »

alot of Desert bucks have light colored antlers, some almost white.

wastickslinger · « **Reply #26 on:** January 29, 2009, 06:35:15 PM »

Quote from: woodywsu on January 29, 2009, 01:01:01 PM

I'm at work and don't have a pic of it. I will try to get one up over the weekend. However, there is something weird about this shed. It's bleached white already and I know its fresh. I've watched the buck lost it in a fight. What causes these antlers to turn so white so fast? Do you think it is a deficiency of something?

Maybe you picked up the wrong one. Guess I need to go for a drive.

Like 509er said, lots of desert bucks are pretty white in color. Maybe sun beating on them all the time, not much shade out there.

Wild guess. Anyway, post it up for us. SOunds like a keeper.

BLUEBULLS · « **Reply #27 on:** January 30, 2009, 06:53:56 AM »

the bucks I've been watching are really messing with me. My wife found the first freshy on Jan 3rd, i found one on the 10th and 4 more since. the buck that dropped my best fresh one this year is still packing the other side. I like them all to drop at the same time like they did last year, it keeps the hiking down. we've seen quite a few muleys and whitetails still packing. I'd say the south east part of the state, 90% of whitetails have dropped and 10% to 20% of muleys.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 30, 2009, 11:52:59 AM »

(Quote) What causes these antlers to turn so white so fast? Do you think it is a deficiency of something?

Like a couple of people have said, lots of desert bucks have white or very light colored antlers. I am no expert, but the way I understand it the color of a deer's antlers comes from 2 main sources; blood and sap. When a buck sheds, he rubs the drying, cracking velvet off on whatever he can find. If he is a rubbing on a conifer, which starts bleeding sap almost immediatley after you scratch the bark, he will generally have dark, chocolate-colored antlers. If he is a wheat field/CRP buck, lots of times he just winds up rubbing on dry brush, eliminating sap from the coloring process. If he rubs enough, he will clean off the blood, and when the antler dries, it will look very light colored.
Of course I am not a biologist, so this is all based upon "what I have been told" by people who (I assume) know what they are talking about. Here is a pic of a wheat field buck I shot a few years ago. Antlers were so light colored that with the sun glinting off them, he looked waaaaaaaaayyy bigger than he really was. LOTS of ground shrinkage...

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 30, 2009, 11:53:48 AM »

oops. hit the wrong button, forgot to attach the pic...

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #30 on:** January 30, 2009, 11:55:26 AM »

grrrr...

having trouble with my computer... here it is...

BLUEBULLS · « **Reply #31 on:** January 30, 2009, 12:00:08 PM »

that's definitely true, they also lighten up the longer the deer packs them in the spring without rubbing much.

SpokaneSlayer · « **Reply #32 on:** January 30, 2009, 12:49:04 PM »

I saw 4 muley bucks on base during lunch today. A 4x4, two 4x3's, and a forky. The bigger ones were also pushing each other around. First time I'd seen that, ever. Pretty cool.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #33 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:37:48 PM »

Spokaneslayer,
I assume you are talking about that little muley herd out on the FAFB airfield, right? I haven't seen them this year, but last year I know they had a couple of healthy looking 3X3s. Did they grow up? I'll bet if they did they are good bucks this year..

SpokaneSlayer · « **Reply #34 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:44:56 PM »

This was in the field by the sports range and EOD, but they are probably the same ones. I've seen bigger ones out here, but not lately. There was also a herd of about 30 white-tails, no horns in the bunch.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:47:37 PM »

Well, keep watching 'em slayer. They'll drop pretty quick...

BENCHLEG · « **Reply #36 on:** January 30, 2009, 09:01:08 PM »

its a simple thing. take a dark fresh antler and put it in the desert and check on it 6 monthes later. IT WILL BE LIGHTER. THE DEER HAVE NO COVER THE SUN BBEATS DOWN ON THEM ITS A NO BRAINER. if you have cover you have dark antlers if you dont you have lighter ones . many variables here depending on there surroundings.

bow4elk · « **Reply #37 on:** January 30, 2009, 09:09:29 PM »

A lot depends on the types of vegetation/trees as well. Blacktails and Roosevelt elk rub on red alder, for example, which gives that rich mahogany coloring. A whitetial rubbing on pines and hardhack brush will not stain antlers as dark.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2009, 10:21:26 PM »

hmmm, OK, more good to know..

blacktail luv · « **Reply #39 on:** January 31, 2009, 08:12:48 PM »

I went out and helped a friend of mine fix a covered patio that got a little messed up from all the snow earlier in the year today. He said he was up checking out an adjacent piece of property to his that he was thinking of buying. Found a big heavy three point shed that was from this year. Saw it in an opening while he was riding his 4-wheeler. Now i am gonna have to go out tomorrow and take a walk, I'll post if i find any.

Tikka Bird Dog · « **Reply #40 on:** February 12, 2009, 03:21:07 PM »

take it easy benchleg! anybody who knows anything about horn hunting and knows whare to look was sniffin around for horns in january. i dought any ships were sunk over his post!

BENCHLEG · « **Reply #41 on:** February 12, 2009, 04:43:59 PM »

bow-n-head · « **Reply #42 on:** February 12, 2009, 06:42:34 PM »

hey pathfinder is that Montana dirt I see in the picture

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #43 on:** February 12, 2009, 06:47:24 PM »

Ha! I WISH!! That's Southeast Washington dirt. Montana is gonna make a few bucks off me this year though. At least in bonus point fees if nothing else. Maybe I have a chance for Antelope... For deer I just want to start building points. I am going to study my copy of Eastman's MRS like it's my friggin' job tonight...

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