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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: huntnnw on November 28, 2011, 09:42:18 PM

Title: whitey already sheding
Post by: huntnnw on November 28, 2011, 09:42:18 PM: Watched a little 4 tonight behind place with a shed antler ...start shed hunting guys :chuckle:
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Post by: buck man on November 28, 2011, 09:47:29 PM: That sucks ! I haven't stuck my deer yet :(
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Post by: Ripper on November 28, 2011, 09:54:53 PM: Are you sure it shed or did it get knocked off during the rut? It is quite early for shedding.
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Post by: huntnnw on November 28, 2011, 09:56:24 PM: Me too! But at the same time seeing bucks running all over looking for does
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Post by: huntnnw on November 28, 2011, 10:00:22 PM: Seen many bucks over the years in 127 shed in late November ...I know of 3 harvested bucks that the antlers fell off in November. I looked. Real close at him at 20 yards with binos..bloody round pedicle just as it looks when they shed
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Post by: Arteman on November 28, 2011, 10:09:51 PM: I was going to go shed antler hunting over the thanksgiving weekend and see if I can't find any I missed last spring since my seasons are over already. Instead I ended up going with my brother archery elk hunting who walking 10 yards in front of me Sunday picked up a nice 5 pt bull shed that was dropped last spring. It was like a slap in the face!
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Post by: boneaddict on November 28, 2011, 10:30:52 PM: Something must be wrong with him. Sick or something. I know that can cause them to shed or not shed for that matter. I know of shedding early, but they are in the middle of their first rut cycle, not even the latter one yet. That just seems wrong.
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Post by: groundhog on November 29, 2011, 06:15:03 AM: I have seen it before also. Both with muleys and whitetails. I always figured a buck that drops that early is probably " a little light in the loafers". Probally not interested in the girls anyway.
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Post by: coachcw on November 29, 2011, 06:33:35 AM: could it be that he is lacking in certin minerals ?
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on November 29, 2011, 06:40:40 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on November 28, 2011, 10:30:52 PM
Something must be wrong with him. Sick or something. I know that can cause them to shed or not shed for that matter. I know of shedding early, but they are in the middle of their first rut cycle, not even the latter one yet. That just seems wrong.

Here are a couple pics from last Dec. 9th & 10th. I fed six bucks and all but the spikes shed by Dec. 18th. Rule #1 during late archery up here is Never drag your buck out by the antlers!!
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Post by: buckcanyonlodge on November 29, 2011, 06:47:10 AM: By the way, here is the same buck this year. Didn't have anyone is this stand that day or he would have been heading to the taxidermist.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on November 29, 2011, 06:52:14 AM: Interesting
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Post by: huntnnw on November 29, 2011, 07:50:26 AM: I have taken 3 bucks in 127 over the years That a side has come off ...bucks were taken December 12-15. This buck I watched looks super healthy.