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swollen necks on bucks #3020168
01/22/20 08:58 AM
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So what exactly causes a buck's neck to swell around the rut?

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020170
01/22/20 09:01 AM
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The myth is that it is swollen glands. The real reason is that in the months prior to the rut they are working out their neck muscles like crazy rubbing branches, etc. They are preparing their neck muscles to win fights with other bucks over mates. They also get increased testosterone around that time which increases the neck muscle mass. Think of it like if you suddenly started taking huge doses of steroids and worked out your neck and shoulder all day every day at the same time for a month. You would look swole too.

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020173
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Hormones.

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020177
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Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020206
01/22/20 09:36 AM
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Thanks fellers!

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020390
01/22/20 01:14 PM
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Be realistic 257 ! Does can't moan harder or faster ! slap Testosterone causes them o rub and push on trees. Haven't you ever seen a buck rub a sapling ? Often he will push it over.


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Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: ALclearcut] #3020470
01/22/20 03:17 PM
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blount county alabama
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Originally Posted by ALclearcut
The myth is that it is swollen glands. The real reason is that in the months prior to the rut they are working out their neck muscles like crazy rubbing branches, etc. They are preparing their neck muscles to win fights with other bucks over mates. They also get increased testosterone around that time which increases the neck muscle mass. Think of it like if you suddenly started taking huge doses of steroids and worked out your neck and shoulder all day every day at the same time for a month. You would look swole too.

So what accounts for how quickly they lose that swolen neck after rut?

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: jwalker77] #3020496
01/22/20 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jwalker77
Originally Posted by ALclearcut
The myth is that it is swollen glands. The real reason is that in the months prior to the rut they are working out their neck muscles like crazy rubbing branches, etc. They are preparing their neck muscles to win fights with other bucks over mates. They also get increased testosterone around that time which increases the neck muscle mass. Think of it like if you suddenly started taking huge doses of steroids and worked out your neck and shoulder all day every day at the same time for a month. You would look swole too.

So what accounts for how quickly they lose that swolen neck after rut?


Hormones. It’s all determined by hormones. Think of it like this. A deer goes through a hormone dump like a teen hitting puberty every fall and has it cut off after peak breeding.

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020503
01/22/20 03:52 PM
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How do you make a hormone?
Don’t pay her!!!!

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020584
01/22/20 05:04 PM
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Alabama
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lol

Re: swollen necks on bucks [Re: canvasback] #3020617
01/22/20 05:35 PM
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I saw on facebook where the state has put tracking collars on bucks before the neck swells. Does the collar stretch?


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