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Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:48 pm
by greenhorndave
Literally just about ran into him driving home a few minutes ago.

Couldn't tell if he still had both sides, but I was surprised that he hasn't shed yet.

Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:58 pm
by Dewey
Must have been eating good all winter. I saw a buck one year still carrying both sides the end of April. They seem to have a very wide range of horn growth and shedding.

Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:10 pm
by greenhorndave
Now that the snow is gone, he should be doing better. The does have been hitting the south-facing slopes for anything green, which is there on neighborhood lawns.

Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:23 pm
by OH nontypical
Dewey wrote:Must have been eating good all winter. I saw a buck one year still carrying both sides the end of April. They seem to have a very wide range of horn growth and shedding.


I have also seen bucks hold antlers till end of April

Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:20 pm
by headgear
I've seen stumps in Dec and both sides in April, very dependent on the conditions and individual deer.

Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:48 am
by greenhorndave
About 45 and sunny today in SE WI. Deer all over the place at a noon drive on I94 from Brookfield on out enjoying the sun and available food.

I love seeing them back on their feet and turning the corner from a cold winter.

Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:07 am
by Dewey
greenhorndave wrote:About 45 and sunny today in SE WI. Deer all over the place at a noon drive on I94 from Brookfield on out enjoying the sun and available food.

I love seeing them back on their feet and turning the corner from a cold winter.

I always like hearing about midday movement. Never fails when I bring up the moon data. 8-)

Seems they were up a little early for the major.

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Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:43 am
by greenhorndave
8-)

Re: Saw a six or basket 8 tonight.

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:37 am
by Bigb
We went shed hunting at the farm I hunt 2 weeks ago and didn't find a single one. We still have about 15 acres of standing beans and 5 acres of standing corn so I don't know if they are just still holding or what. We usually find a couple this time of year so it was odd. We really walked the beans and corn and didn't find a single one. Did find a dead head from a buck we last had on camera Feb 1st. I think the cold spell got him we had in early February. Shame, he was a good 2.5 year old.