This one puzzles me a bit!
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ORIGINAL: TJF
Fawnbucks shed their buttons just likeany racked buck. While we have never found a button... we have found winter killed fawns that had shed their buttons.
Antelope sheds the sheath ( outside layerof the horn ) but not the whole horn to my knowledge.It is weird.
Tim
Fawnbucks shed their buttons just likeany racked buck. While we have never found a button... we have found winter killed fawns that had shed their buttons.
Antelope sheds the sheath ( outside layerof the horn ) but not the whole horn to my knowledge.It is weird.
Tim
This must be a new strain of antelope!!
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My guess would be that the button buck came through the winter in better shape than the 8 point simply because the 8 point most likely had no reserves left (because of the rut) by the time winter hit. Now come spring the button buck is in good shape, ready to go, and the 8 is still recovering. While he is recovering I would guess the body naturally puts its energy into building the body back before the antlers. I would also guess that at some point that eight catches up to and passes that button buck in growth rate as eats the new growth, replenishes his mineralsand his health improves.
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ORIGINAL: oakcreek
This must be a new strain of antelope!!
ORIGINAL: TJF
Fawnbucks shed their buttons just likeany racked buck. While we have never found a button... we have found winter killed fawns that had shed their buttons.
Antelope sheds the sheath ( outside layerof the horn ) but not the whole horn to my knowledge.It is weird.
Tim
Fawnbucks shed their buttons just likeany racked buck. While we have never found a button... we have found winter killed fawns that had shed their buttons.
Antelope sheds the sheath ( outside layerof the horn ) but not the whole horn to my knowledge.It is weird.
Tim
This must be a new strain of antelope!!
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Tim
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ORIGINAL: MNpurple
My guess would be that the button buck came through the winter in better shape than the 8 point simply because the 8 point most likely had no reserves left (because of the rut) by the time winter hit. Now come spring the button buck is in good shape, ready to go, and the 8 is still recovering. While he is recovering I would guess the body naturally puts its energy into building the body back before the antlers. I would also guess that at some point that eight catches up to and passes that button buck in growth rate as eats the new growth, replenishes his mineralsand his health improves.
My guess would be that the button buck came through the winter in better shape than the 8 point simply because the 8 point most likely had no reserves left (because of the rut) by the time winter hit. Now come spring the button buck is in good shape, ready to go, and the 8 is still recovering. While he is recovering I would guess the body naturally puts its energy into building the body back before the antlers. I would also guess that at some point that eight catches up to and passes that button buck in growth rate as eats the new growth, replenishes his mineralsand his health improves.
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Their are about a dozen different scenario's that could cause this Schultzy... but I'll keep this post to a minimum.
Whitetail fawns are born at many different times throughout middle of spring and into early summer. This ensures the species to survive.
When a whitetail sheds his antler.. lets say on the 3rd of March... that same buck will generally (as long as he has health) shed his bone every year for the rest of his life within a few days of that March 3rd date... and then begin growing them right after... again about the same date for that individual.
Even more interesting... an individual buck will even shed his velvet every year about the same date... yr. in and yr. out. (although different biologists record slightly different results.)
So... it is just most likely that the young buck will always have an early shed date.. followed by a early re-growth start date... and ultimately an earlier velvet shedding date. (most likely)
The bigger buck probably has a late shed date... thus an later start to his re-growth.. and even his velvet shedding.
Neat stuff to witness... now maybe you can use this to your advantage while sheddin' next season.
Of course this is all under normal health conditions. (For you RockinChair)![Smile](https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Whitetail fawns are born at many different times throughout middle of spring and into early summer. This ensures the species to survive.
When a whitetail sheds his antler.. lets say on the 3rd of March... that same buck will generally (as long as he has health) shed his bone every year for the rest of his life within a few days of that March 3rd date... and then begin growing them right after... again about the same date for that individual.
Even more interesting... an individual buck will even shed his velvet every year about the same date... yr. in and yr. out. (although different biologists record slightly different results.)
So... it is just most likely that the young buck will always have an early shed date.. followed by a early re-growth start date... and ultimately an earlier velvet shedding date. (most likely)
The bigger buck probably has a late shed date... thus an later start to his re-growth.. and even his velvet shedding.
Neat stuff to witness... now maybe you can use this to your advantage while sheddin' next season.
Of course this is all under normal health conditions. (For you RockinChair)
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ORIGINAL: TJF
Do a search on the net. Seems the only new strain of antelope is apparently theone your familar with. ![Big Grin](https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Tim
ORIGINAL: oakcreek
This must be a new strain of antelope!!
ORIGINAL: TJF
Fawnbucks shed their buttons just likeany racked buck. While we have never found a button... we have found winter killed fawns that had shed their buttons.
Antelope sheds the sheath ( outside layerof the horn ) but not the whole horn to my knowledge.It is weird.
Tim
Fawnbucks shed their buttons just likeany racked buck. While we have never found a button... we have found winter killed fawns that had shed their buttons.
Antelope sheds the sheath ( outside layerof the horn ) but not the whole horn to my knowledge.It is weird.
Tim
This must be a new strain of antelope!!
![Big Grin](https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Tim
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ORIGINAL: dukemichaels
When a whitetail sheds his antler.. lets say on the 3rd of March... that same buck will generally (as long as he has health) shed his bone every year for the rest of his life within a few days of that March 3rd date... and then begin growing them right after... again about the same date for that individual.
When a whitetail sheds his antler.. lets say on the 3rd of March... that same buck will generally (as long as he has health) shed his bone every year for the rest of his life within a few days of that March 3rd date... and then begin growing them right after... again about the same date for that individual.
If you can show me some documentation or research that says bucks will generally drop around the same day within a few days I will stand corrected.