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Antler Color
#3720307
08/03/22 03:07 AM
08/03/22 03:07 AM
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Posts: 5,173 F L A
Tree Dweller
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12 point
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: Tree Dweller]
#3720515
08/03/22 12:59 PM
08/03/22 12:59 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,751 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
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Awbarn, AL
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In a nutshell it says that it has a little to do with genetics but its mostly a matter of blood staining and tree species staining combined with sun bleaching
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: Tree Dweller]
#3720680
08/03/22 05:04 PM
08/03/22 05:04 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 42,094 UR 6
top cat
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I killed some so dark the look stained and others so white the look bleached
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: top cat]
#3720755
08/03/22 06:33 PM
08/03/22 06:33 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,617 Bay Minette, AL
scrubbuck
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I killed some so dark the look stained and others so white the look bleached
Same here and in the same location. There are factors at play beyond just habitat.
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: Mbrock]
#3721075
08/04/22 11:13 AM
08/04/22 11:13 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 51,953 Round ‘bout there
Clem
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Mildly Quirky
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Round ‘bout there
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Genetics, how soon after shedding velvet they begin rubbing and the species of trees they rub seem to be the primary culprits.
I didn’t read that article Clem, but is that what they summarized? What CNC said --- mostly blood staining, the sap-tannins-bark on trees or conifers-evergreens, minimal genetic influence. Sunlight or shade doesn't make much of a difference, either. I shot a buck in Saskatchewan that has dark brown antlers. Chocolate brown, just gorgeous. Another in Kansas that was typical - a little mottled, white-tan. Georgia, Bama, Florida - light-colored with a little tan, probably from blood staining.
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: Tree Dweller]
#3721103
08/04/22 12:06 PM
08/04/22 12:06 PM
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Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 8,024 Alabama
Shaneomac2
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clorox stumps are to blame for light colored. Cald for dark!
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: Clem]
#3721135
08/04/22 01:06 PM
08/04/22 01:06 PM
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Posts: 21,751 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
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. Sunlight or shade doesn't make much of a difference, either. This is just my personal opinion but I would think that sunlight would have to play a role.......The reason I say that is because once the buck is out of velvet, that antler is the same solid bone sitting on top of his head that it is the day he drops it in the woods somewhere and we find it.....We obviously see that sheds will bleach out fairly quickly if they're left out in the sun for a while so it would seem like the same would have to be true for when its attached to his head as well.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: Mbrock]
#3721159
08/04/22 01:32 PM
08/04/22 01:32 PM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 219 Ridge Top
bayouturkey
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I’ve killed dark and light colored antlered deer from one extreme to the next off the same property days apart with very similar habits and movements. There’s many factors at play. I agree. It’s not as simple as deer in open ground vs deer in thick ground. I really like em dark. Not too sure I'd admit to that last part...
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Re: Antler Color
[Re: Tree Dweller]
#3721366
08/04/22 06:29 PM
08/04/22 06:29 PM
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Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 1,076 the Flatwoods
Fldoghunter
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All the ones I've killed in Alabama had light to white horns. Almost all the ones I've killed in FL had dark horns.
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