Shed early, grow early
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:38 am
Last year in mid December I spotted a buck I'd never seen before in the picked cornfield beside my house. He had a wide rack that was very distinguishable, his right side was just a long main beam with a brow tine and no other tines. About a week later I took a walk over to where I had seen him go in the woods. I found where he had been bedding and found the shed right antler.
That was the last id seen of him until this Sunday evening. Just before dark I noticed a buck walking across the field with a large rack. I grabbed some binoculars and sure enough it was the same buck with the odd right side. His rack is already outside his ears with a four point left side. I've seen a few other bucks recently but none with that much antler growth yet.
I've heard of bucks shedding around the same time each year but I didn't really know if they started the growing process the same time each year. It makes sense but I don't know the science behind it. Thought?
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That was the last id seen of him until this Sunday evening. Just before dark I noticed a buck walking across the field with a large rack. I grabbed some binoculars and sure enough it was the same buck with the odd right side. His rack is already outside his ears with a four point left side. I've seen a few other bucks recently but none with that much antler growth yet.
I've heard of bucks shedding around the same time each year but I didn't really know if they started the growing process the same time each year. It makes sense but I don't know the science behind it. Thought?
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