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This was from a few weeks ago. The far buck was the biggest but you can't really see. Don't make fun of my garden fence cages. HaHa. I got some remesh I'm going to replace them with. Actually the deer don't really seem to bother them.
Wow you just broke my heart with that pic. Haha. I got a pic of one last week that had brows and just started to Y off and I thought, oh ya that's going to be a good one. Then you post this. Good luck with him this year.
Wow! Normally with velvet photos you kind of question how much mass the buck will have. There is no doubt that buck is carrying some weight on his head!
Wow! Normally with velvet photos you kind of question how much mass the buck will have. There is no doubt that buck is carrying some weight on his head!
One of our backyard bucks is once again way ahead of the pack as far as growth. He did the same thing last year, growing roughly a month head of the rest. The other bucks are just beginning to split at their brows. He injured his base (didn’t look bad, just some noticeable blood one day) just as he was started into velvet and grew this split beam as a result.
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One of our backyard bucks is once again way ahead of the pack as far as growth. He did the same thing last year, growing roughly a month head of the rest. The other bucks are just beginning to split at their brows. He injured his base (didn’t look bad, just some noticeable blood one day) just as he was started into velvet and grew this split beam as a result.
Yes, he was one of the first to drop (each of the past seasons). Would have velvet nubs while half the crew is still carrying around full racks. Which was how we suspect he may have injured his base - he wasn’t shy about fighting others even after he shed out.
Yes, he was one of the first to drop (each of the past seasons). Would have velvet nubs while half the crew is still carrying around full racks. Which was how we suspect he may have injured his base - he wasn’t shy about fighting others even after he shed out.
Maybe others can chime in, but I think that's a genetic component - the timing with when they drop old antlers and start new antlers. I know there are many known factors affecting shedding antlers, but it seems like it is the same bucks every year. Seems like for the bucks we've been able to track, the ones who drop early are nearly always the first ones to start their new growth, and vice versa.
Maybe others can chime in, but I think that's a genetic component - the timing with when they drop old antlers and start new antlers. I know there are many known factors affecting shedding antlers, but it seems like it is the same bucks every year. Seems like for the bucks we've been able to track, the ones who drop early are nearly always the first ones to start their new growth, and vice versa.
you guys are WAY advanced than we are here. I've seen a couple with forked brows and starting to work out the beams... But nothing like native and david