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[benhuntin]

I shot a blacktail last day of late muzzleloader and the horns popped off of him. Ive been meaning to get them mounted on a skull, only been 15 or 20 years.

Seems to me the order is generally moose drop first, then blacktail/muley, then whitetail, then elk. A few years back I bumped into 4 nice bull moose still packing early February, and have seen them drop as early as November 15, so its definitely variable.

I agree with the order except I would put whitetails before Mulies for sure.


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[BlackRiverTaxidermy]

Had a guy bring a blacktail in yesterday that he got with his bow...horns already she’s. He was shooting anything to fill the freezer and when he walked up to the deer after a short track was surprised to see the freshly dropped button. No luck on finding the antlers...but he still wants the skull euro’d just to see how the shedded off skull looks. Seems pretty dang early!

[blackveltbowhunter]

Several years ago I found a fresh 2 point shed Thanksgiving weekend, BT. A few year back a member here posted a buck he killed that the horns popped off in the final bed. I tracked a buck a few years back that his compadre  dropped a bonus shed while I tracked the one I was after. That was mid December. I have killed several late [ after the 15th of december] including a few last day bucks and all have been tight. Saw a tall spike today.

I don't think its unusual for them to shed prior to the 15th, but I still believe it is predominantly  the exception rather than the rule.  Good bucks still packing into mid /late february  in BT.