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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: E-Town Hunter on December 22, 2010, 01:34:27 PM

Title: Early droppers
Post by: E-Town Hunter on December 22, 2010, 01:34:27 PM: Seen some really nice Whitey sheds already. Is that normal for NE wash? I've seen the mulies here in the basin still packing in late MARCH early APRIL. :dunno:
Title: Re: Early droppers
Post by: woodywsu on December 22, 2010, 01:36:50 PM: perfectly normal. white-tail shed prior to muleys.
Title: Re: Early droppers
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on December 22, 2010, 03:55:12 PM: I have seen whitetail with antlers in April...but that is the exception. I always see WT shedding this time of year but I do think a larger perecentage of them seem to be dropping than I have seen in years past....personal observation..nothing scientific about it. I see most of them shed in Jan/Feb.
Title: Re: Early droppers
Post by: link on December 22, 2010, 06:12:28 PM: Wasn't there a big whitetail on here recently that got killed then popped one side off when the guy got to it?
Title: Re: Early droppers
Post by: wayner on December 22, 2010, 07:37:43 PM: was just watching a 5 point in the back yard. had both sides :)
Title: Re: Early droppers
Post by: Shed Stud on December 23, 2010, 12:15:24 PM: Quote from: link on December 22, 2010, 06:12:28 PM
Wasn't there a big whitetail on here recently that got killed then popped one side off when the guy got to it?
Yes, I heard of two cases of antlers falling off draging bucks out. :DOH: I love sheds but not that kind
Title: Re: Early droppers
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 23, 2010, 12:30:33 PM: Intresting i never knew that the whitetails would shed before the others.
Title: Re: Early droppers
Post by: huntnnw on December 24, 2010, 01:29:36 AM: not uncommon around here to arrow a big buck in the last few days of the archery season to have antlers popping off, I have shot 3 bucks in the past years Dec 13-15th and 2 of them have lost sides