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Post by: boneaddict on July 07, 2011, 03:58:19 PM
many have shed by then as well.
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Post by: carrot13ify on July 07, 2011, 07:36:10 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEH8Zddc0Ms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEH8Zddc0Ms#)
Post by: huntnnw on July 08, 2011, 04:13:15 AM
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Post by: colockumelk on July 11, 2011, 11:15:18 AM
A study done by Harvard Law foudn that deer antler growth is only 78.67852% complete by September 1st. Further more almost 92.74532% of bucks still have velvet through the 13th of September. The actual day that bucks antlers stop growing all over the US is exactly Sept 15th. The Native Americans used to celebrate this day in a festival known as "Day of the Hardening" NOTE *Historians have conflicting views on what this day really meant* For the next two weeks the antlers begin a process of bone hardening. On October 1st the bucks begin the peeling process. The deer accomplish the peeling process like this. In every drainage there is a tree known to the deer as the "Rubbing Tree" all the buck will gather around and take turns rubbing their velvet off. A study done by the University of Delaware found that the biggest bucks started first followed by the smaller bucks. This process usually takes exactly 14 days. Therefore the peeling process will be complete by October 14th. Oxford University found that in the United States on October 14th EXACTLY 99.3245% of bucks have finished peeling their velvet. Which if you guys must know is the exact reason why Rifle Season in Washington starts on October 15th. The WDFW wants all the rifle hunters to be able to shoot hard horned bucks.
So you see the WDFW isn't as dumb as you all think. There now you know how the growing and peeling process is done and why rifle season starts October 15th. Now go ahead try and shoot some holes in that process and explination I DARE YOU!! You can't it is bullet proof and completely sound. So what if I used made up stats and facts. Their still facts. :chuckle:
Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on July 11, 2011, 11:18:16 AM
Saw it on the internet so it's a fact.
Post by: huntnnw on July 11, 2011, 02:56:48 PM
Also I see NOTHING that ha to do with this side of the COUNTRY!
Post by: BULLBLASTER on July 11, 2011, 03:02:58 PM
Post by: grundy53 on July 11, 2011, 03:04:17 PM
OMG :chuckle: that is some of the most far fetched crap I have ever read..how about watching thousands of deer everyday of your life and thousands of trail cam pics... if ya did u would also be laugh
Also I see NOTHING that ha to do with this side of the COUNTRY!
Probably why he stated twice that he made up the facts. It was satire....
Post by: huntnnw on July 11, 2011, 03:09:04 PM
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on July 11, 2011, 03:09:44 PM
OMG :chuckle: that is some of the most far fetched crap I have ever read..how about watching thousands of deer everyday of your life and thousands of trail cam pics... if ya did u would also be laugh
Also I see NOTHING that ha to do with this side of the COUNTRY!
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Really He didn't get it? :yike:
Post by: grundy53 on July 11, 2011, 03:12:52 PM
I am sure there are people who beleive this crap :chuckle:
Probably :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: colockumelk on July 11, 2011, 10:24:15 PM
:yeah:
Saw it on the internet so it's a fact.
Yep I put it on the internet so it is now 100% factual. The factualitiness of it can not now be denied.
Post by: JLS on July 11, 2011, 10:38:57 PM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 13, 2011, 10:02:46 AM
OMG :chuckle: that is some of the most far fetched crap I have ever read..how about watching thousands of deer everyday of your life and thousands of trail cam pics... if ya did u would also be laughawww...Bless your heart. You didn't know this was a joke... :hello:
Also I see NOTHING that ha to do with this side of the COUNTRY!
Better not read any other threads that you see Colockumelk (or me for that matter) chime in on. He'll have you setting Bfoot traps around your camp (and have the "factual" evidence to back it up too... :chuckle: :chuckle: )
Post by: coachcw on July 13, 2011, 01:00:13 PM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on July 13, 2011, 01:21:01 PM
I'm going to disagree with everyone on here. I'm also going to argue my case using facts and statistics using datat that I just now made up.
. So what if I used made up stats and facts. Their still facts. :chuckle:
You're going to have to change your name to "colockumalgoreelk" :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 13, 2011, 05:35:42 PM
I'm going to disagree with everyone on here. I'm also going to argue my case using facts and statistics using datat that I just now made up.
. So what if I used made up stats and facts. Their still facts. :chuckle:
You're going to have to change your name to "colockumalgoreelk" :chuckle: :chuckle:
That one took me a minute. I had to diagram the word.... :chuckle: :chuckle:
you missed the fact that a bucks horns fall off oct 14th and grow back a second time in november !
Coachcw, I think you just hit upon a theory that could change the way we argue on forums from now on... :tup: :chuckle:
Post by: 400out on July 13, 2011, 07:22:50 PM
LOL Good point Coach!I'm going to disagree with everyone on here. I'm also going to argue my case using facts and statistics using datat that I just now made up.
. So what if I used made up stats and facts. Their still facts. :chuckle:
You're going to have to change your name to "colockumalgoreelk" :chuckle: :chuckle:
That one took me a minute. I had to diagram the word.... :chuckle: :chuckle:you missed the fact that a bucks horns fall off oct 14th and grow back a second time in november !
Coachcw, I think you just hit upon a theory that could change the way we argue on forums from now on... :tup: :chuckle:
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on July 13, 2011, 07:33:02 PM
...
But...
I shot a 3X3 with eyeguards in the Apline Lakes (spectacle lake, paddy-go-easy Pass) on Sept 20th once (High Country Buck Season) That was still in velvet.
But that was "Back in the Old Days" (mid '80's), so things were different......
Post by: colockumelk on July 13, 2011, 07:59:03 PM
I have to agree with everyone about growth.
...
But...
I shot a 3X3 with eyeguards in the Apline Lakes (spectacle lake, paddy-go-easy Pass) on Sept 20th once (High Country Buck Season) That was still in velvet.
But that was "Back in the Old Days" (mid '80's), so things were different......
Yep you reminded me of another study I recently read which was published by the New York Times. Back in the mid-80's there was not such thing as Global Warming. Once global warming took effect it completely changed the dynamics of antler growth. Now that global warming is gone and we have Climate Change..... whew now things are really out of whack. Just my :twocents:
colockumalgoreelk
Post by: boneaddict on July 18, 2011, 06:17:36 AM
Post by: colockumelk on July 19, 2011, 11:30:03 AM
Looked over 50 or so bucks this weekend, and they are at all stages of developement from ones that are starting to harden (interesting enough some are starting to shed out of their reds as well) and the biggest buck of them all, still a long ways to go in growth, turned the corner at over 30 inches and just forking with big BIG round knobs.
This does not support any of the research I have seen. Bone your going to have to give me grid coordinates to this location so that I can do some research on my own. 8)