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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
Joined: Jan 2011
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I know these 2 young guys well. Showed up last night already have dropped a side each. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/Wiiw6Mr.png)
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 44,380 Likes: 28
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 44,380 Likes: 28 |
I've had a one antlered buck at my place for 4 years. He'd be about 18" of he had a full tack.
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
- - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,538 Likes: 19
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,538 Likes: 19 |
I had one on camera yesterday that had shed his left side. He was a young 1.5 year old six point and I thought he had broken it fighting. Hard to believe they are dropping already here. This deer was in Lawrence County, close to Bankhead.
I can't stand a thief.
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 4,229 Likes: 1
10 point
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Joined: Oct 2013
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Probably caused by CWD 
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Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 2,417 Likes: 26
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 2,417 Likes: 26 |
Is it myth or truth. Ever seen a side of a rack come off after being short or trailing.
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27,316 Likes: 252
Pumpkin - The Thermal Expert
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Pumpkin - The Thermal Expert
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27,316 Likes: 252 |
I have a customer with a high fence operation. He has customers coming this week to kill deer. Said he was gona have a hard time getting it done because some of his 200+ inch bucks were running around with one antler. Not uncommon but expensive in his business. So you think "theyll be bigger next year". Problem is a 250 pays the same as a 200 so he will actually lose $600 in the next year feeding these early drop bucks. That is assuming they live and he gets them killed next year.
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27,316 Likes: 252
Pumpkin - The Thermal Expert
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Pumpkin - The Thermal Expert
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27,316 Likes: 252 |
Is it myth or truth. Ever seen a side of a rack come off after being short or trailing. My customer mentioned above said being run down(malnourished) or an injury(infection) is the main two reasons they drop early
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Joined: Feb 2005
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10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 4,219 Likes: 7 |
I have a customer with a high fence operation. He has customers coming this week to kill deer. Said he was gona have a hard time getting it done because some of his 200+ inch bucks were running around with one antler. Not uncommon but expensive in his business. So you think "theyll be bigger next year". Problem is a 250 pays the same as a 200 so he will actually lose $600 in the next year feeding these early drop bucks. That is assuming they live and he gets them killed next year. He would be money ahead on the holdover if he would cut the sheds up and sell them at pet store chew toy prices.
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 2,238 Likes: 4
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Dec 2014
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Is it myth or truth. Ever seen a side of a rack come off after being short or trailing. My customer mentioned above said being run down(malnourished) or an injury(infection) is the main two reasons they drop early Northern genetics affect this as well as they shed earlier. Some indication bucks that have had EHD shed earlier, this maybe related to being run down as well. It takes some hormone release to start the shedding process though so not sure how accurate all of this is.
Life is difficult
Science prevails over bulldoodoo and superstition every time
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27,316 Likes: 252
Pumpkin - The Thermal Expert
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Pumpkin - The Thermal Expert
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 27,316 Likes: 252 |
Is it myth or truth. Ever seen a side of a rack come off after being short or trailing. My customer mentioned above said being run down(malnourished) or an injury(infection) is the main two reasons they drop early Northern genetics affect this as well as they shed earlier. Some indication bucks that have had EHD shed earlier, this maybe related to being run down as well. It takes some hormone release to start the shedding process though so not sure how accurate all of this is. Norther genes shed early. Sick or hurt shed earlier. When the horns are gone, they cant breed any more, no testosterone, balls shrink up, so yes there is a drastic hormone change. A friend of my dads who raised orphaned deer told me when his bucks horns fell off, they would go somewhere and hide for a couple of weeks. He said they acted like they were ashamed of themselves, probably more like scared theyll get killed because their weapons fell off their heads. Nevertheless, its a big deal in the life of a buck when his horns fall off.
Last edited by jwalker77; 01/09/22 10:27 PM.
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