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Offline acnewman55

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Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« on: July 07, 2019, 01:35:47 PM »
New to elk hunting. Got three bulls on my trail cameras this week but none of them have branched antlers yet. Are these bulls going to be spikes in September or will their antlers develop tines between now and then?  Pictures are from the last week.

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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2019, 01:37:30 PM »
Spikes or two points (maybe).
Not branched bulls.
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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2019, 01:42:26 PM »
Those are some fine west side spikes  ;)
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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2019, 01:43:29 PM »
I would say so. There pretty small and still look like they could be nursing
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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2019, 01:44:42 PM »
Spikes for sure...main frames should be established by now, just add length the rest of the summer..




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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2019, 02:52:49 PM »
I’d say bulls are mostly done growing by now. Maybe they’ll add a little bit more but not much. What you see is what you’re gonna get come hunting season.
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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2019, 04:08:16 PM »
Those are trophy’s!! Send them east!

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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2019, 05:31:13 PM »
Next year....

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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2019, 06:13:31 PM »
Trophy spikes.

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Re: Are these bulls going to be spikes come September?
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2019, 09:28:46 PM »
Spikes.  Please push them East.

 


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