Buck already shed antlers.

[Bango skank]

We have periodically found fresh whitetail sheds before Christmas in the past few years up in the 3000 foot level in Curlew

Every year i get whitetail bucks on camera that shed a couple days or so before christmas.  Its usually the big old *censored*s, and they always drop them on neighboring property 

Don't ya hate that   

Yes, i certainly do.  Been feeding the bucks on a chunk of private property last few years, its surrounded by private land that doesnt get hunted, kind of a sanctuary where a good number of bucks reach a very respectable age.  Every year the big guys drop around christmas, and i never get their antlers.  Theres a mainframe 6x5 there that ive been feeding for a few years now, and i never get the horns.  I give up.  No more feeding these ungrateful freeloaders who dont even have the common courtesy to give me the antlers theyre no longer using.  Jerks.

[JJB11B]

We have a buck where I work that never sheds, he keeps his velvet year round as well

[benhuntin]

We have a buck where I work that never sheds, he keeps his velvet year round as well

sounds like a "coastal blacktail" to me.

[BENCHLEG]

 

[kodiak 907]

I once shot a huge blacktail 2 hours drive from mount Vernon. In Winthrop. Pure "Columbian blacktail". 

[Bango skank]

I once shot a huge blacktail 2 hours drive from mount Vernon. In Winthrop. Pure "Columbian blacktail". 

Oh yeah?  Ive got a wall full of b&c couse bucks taken just a few hours flight from arizona

[kodiak 907]

It's not a whitetail, it's not a Muley, it's not an elephant, it's not a squatch, it a Columbian blacktail shot on the coast(aka east of the cascades).

Western extreme!!!!

[jkononen]

Go to bed Kodiak.

[buckcanyonlodge]

Check out the date on the pic. This buck shed the other two days later.. The next year he shed on Dec.18th.

[Skyvalhunter]

It was a doe

[boneaddict]

Almost everything was one to two weeks early this year through the whole cycle.  Even stuff that is often due to photo period.  I guess this would just be wrapping up the cycle.

[180-GRAIN]

It was a doe

Not a doe. He was 25 yards out my window for 10 minutes. I seen pedicles. Definitely buck. If not I'm going to quit hunting because I have no idea what a buck is lol.

[JDHasty]

I once shot a huge blacktail 2 hours drive from mount Vernon. In Winthrop. Pure "Columbian blacktail". 

The proof is in the smell.  If'n you are endowed with a Twisted Horn Western Extreme Deer Sniffer that will be the determining factor whether it is a pure Columbian blacktail or not.  Be forewarned, it takes years of hunting blacktails in Tillamook Oregon to properly calibrate a Twisted Horn Western Extreme Deer Sniffer. 

[blackveltbowhunter]

I dont remember the exact date, but several years ago I found a fresh 2 point in vail around thanksgiving. Also f a small fresh fork, around this time in december. Have heard plenty of stories of "antlerless" bucks shot in mid to late december. 

[DOUBLELUNG]

The earliest I've seen mule deer shed antlers in Chelan County was December 23.  When I worked in Wyoming, I had a hunter show me ATL pics of his Black Hills whitetail buck shot Thanksgiving weekend - the antlers popped off when the buck hit the ground, bloody bases and pedicels.