PA bucks sheding the horns yet?
12-25-2004, 06:12 AM
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Fork Horn
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PA bucks sheding the horns yet?
has anyone seen any bucks that have dropped their horns already or are most of the bucks still donning their racks? I still have a buck tag (like so many other guys, THANKS TO MR ALT) and would give the late bow season a shot. If most of the bucks have dropped their horns than I'm staying home.
12-31-2004, 09:50 PM
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RE: PA bucks sheding the horns yet?
Yesterday, we did a drive for a buddy that has an essentially dead leg from the thigh down in area 2B. We put three out to him. One was a high wide 10 pt. The second was a very high spike and the third had no horns. He shot the third, thinking it was a doe and it turned out to be a 1.5 shed buck. Based on the pedicels it didnt appear that he had much of a rack (at least not much mass)
Never like to see a shed buck get killed for a doe but was glad to help my buddy get the first deer he's gotten in a few years
Looks like they're starting to drop.
Never like to see a shed buck get killed for a doe but was glad to help my buddy get the first deer he's gotten in a few years
Looks like they're starting to drop.
01-03-2005, 12:18 PM
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RE: PA bucks sheding the horns yet?
The good news is that the big guys seem to still be packin horns
Obviously, its a hormonal thing. I've read and heard that as long as there are does coming into estrous, bucks will have horns. I also believe I saw where the dominant bucks are often the last to shed.
Obviously, its a hormonal thing. I've read and heard that as long as there are does coming into estrous, bucks will have horns. I also believe I saw where the dominant bucks are often the last to shed.
01-03-2005, 01:03 PM
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RE: PA bucks sheding the horns yet?
Do you have a source to back that up? Not disputing you but it is the opposite of what I've heard. Id argue if I was sure of my source but I'm not. I will say that most of the shed bucks I've seen early on were young ones but I'm sure nutrition and genetics come into play here.
01-03-2005, 04:48 PM
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Spike
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RE: PA bucks sheding the horns yet?
BT
Some mature bucks shed early some late and some yearlings shed in dec and some in april. The deers health and hormones have a lot to do with when they shed but the older bucks are more likely to shed earlier.
Jan 15th was my first last year. from a 2 1/2 yr old
Some mature bucks shed early some late and some yearlings shed in dec and some in april. The deers health and hormones have a lot to do with when they shed but the older bucks are more likely to shed earlier.
Jan 15th was my first last year. from a 2 1/2 yr old