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Title: Anything Odd Here?
Post by: Killdeer on March 19, 2008, 08:27:00 PM: I took this pic this afternoon. This is a DOT site near my apartment complex. The deer are usually here in stormy weather, so when I came home and it was raining, I took the dog up that way for a walk. These two were bedded, but got up to give us a look.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Wildlife/th_Deer031908.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Killdeer/Wildlife/Deer031908.jpg)

Killdeer
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Post by: ishiwannabe on March 19, 2008, 08:32:00 PM: Wow...havent dropped yet huh?
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Post by: Greyfox54 on March 19, 2008, 08:32:00 PM: My eyes are bad I don't see anything but trees, can you enlarge pic? Thanks , Fred
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Post by: BigRonHuntAlot on March 19, 2008, 08:34:00 PM: There have been several seen this month that still have a rack. Click on the pic Fred it is a thumbnail.
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Post by: SpikeMaster on March 19, 2008, 08:35:00 PM: Just click on the pic Fred.
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Post by: Peckerwood on March 19, 2008, 08:36:00 PM: It looks like the spike buck just threw a used tire into the woods. :banghead:

Bill
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Post by: Killdeer on March 19, 2008, 08:38:00 PM: I remember a guy starting to drag his New Year's Day buck...and the antler popped off in his hand!! I don't think I have ever seen a buck this late with the antlers. They are supposed to be growing new ones now!

Killdeer
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Post by: Killdeer on March 19, 2008, 08:39:00 PM: Durn spikers got no respect...and the cops around here don't do anything to litterbugs!

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Post by: bayoulongbowman on March 19, 2008, 08:48:00 PM: Very cool , thank you for sharing...mark#78 :campfire: :clapper: :goldtooth:
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Post by: bentpole on March 19, 2008, 08:55:00 PM: Kathy funny you should post this.Last Friday coming home from work on RT 78 there was a dead buck on the side of the road.How'd I know? Still had his rack. Looked like a sixer.I didn't say anything to any one because I figured no one would believe me. Strange eh?
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Post by: Abel on March 19, 2008, 08:55:00 PM: Deer with hormone issues will keep their antlers longer. I've seen bucks still in velvet in december that had suffered testicle injuries.
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Post by: WidowEater on March 19, 2008, 09:02:00 PM: Im still seeing a wide eight point around my house in mid michigan
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Post by: JDinPA on March 19, 2008, 09:06:00 PM: Killie,
It's all global warming.
It's been a mild winter in the East, maybe he hasn't been stressed more than normal.
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Post by: Aeronut on March 19, 2008, 09:11:00 PM: It is not uncommon for bucks to still have one or both antlers in the middle of April around here. I don't really get too geared up to shed hunt until turkey season is open. Then I can hunt turkeys, antlers, and Morels all at once.

Dennis
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Post by: owlbait on March 19, 2008, 09:16:00 PM: A few years back I had a 6point on my place with antlers in July. They were spindly and bleached white. Must've never dropped. On another note I found my first decent shed ever this last weekend, a left side with 4 nice points!
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Post by: Killdeer on March 19, 2008, 09:20:00 PM: Multitasking in Kansas... :)
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Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on March 19, 2008, 09:29:00 PM: I often see bucks carrying well into April.. I don't think I have ever seen May.. Conversley I have seen them shed in mid December. When they shed is still one thing the "Experts" have yet to clarify.. I have heard several theories but that is all they are.
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Post by: outbackbob48 on March 19, 2008, 09:30:00 PM: Killdeer, The thing that seems odd to me is the nice green leaves on the bushes, still fighting the cold war up by Lake Erie, We still have about a foot of snow an more is falling tonite. I,ve seen a buck in April one yr. but thats the latest for me. Later Bob
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Post by: LKH on March 19, 2008, 09:38:00 PM: It's an individual thing, but the younger ones tend to keep the antlers the longest.
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Post by: kurtbel5 on March 20, 2008, 12:41:00 AM: Heck Killdeer
From the title I thought you were going show pictures about all us trad gangers
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Post by: laddy on March 20, 2008, 01:54:00 AM: Last year we saw a yearling forky with his in March, last November 11 I saw a tiny little fawn with bright spots and light coat barely larger than my cocker spaniel. Perhaps there are unbread does around that keep the bucks harmones flowing.
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Post by: Brian Krebs on March 20, 2008, 03:19:00 AM: I am thinking that the does that do not breed on their heat cycle come back into heat again; and again; and as long as the stimulant is in the air; the bucks keep their antlers.

I have NOT seen this with muledeer. Has anyone else?

I remember a guy shooting a doe in September with a partially formed fawn in it. That had to be a really late breeding...( whitetail).
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Post by: Izzy on March 20, 2008, 10:17:00 AM: May be an antlered doe.Did you look in the right area to confirm this?
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Post by: brettlandon on March 20, 2008, 10:58:00 AM: He's just a young one, you spooked him and he dropped his teething ring. Or maybe she was trying to ring a spike??? Nice picture Killdeer, is that your mobile hunting blind in the back ground?

-Brett
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Post by: bloodyarrow on March 20, 2008, 11:02:00 AM: I have seen them into april during our turkey season with there horns. :campfire:
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Post by: joe skipp on March 20, 2008, 11:04:00 AM: Nice....where's your bow??? :rolleyes:
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Post by: doeboy on March 20, 2008, 11:08:00 AM: I was trying to harvest a nice 8 point during the archery season with no luck, so I figured I would get him with my Cap-lock in the late season. He finally started coming through my area at a consistent time (he’s on my cudde-back) and I thought I had him pegged. The night I went out to sit for him he comes down the trail with one horn? This was the 2nd week of January? I was mad but then realized he’ll be a better buck next year and I’ll have a shot at him with the bow!

P.S. I have looked for his sheds for the last 4 weeks without any luck,it would be cool to have his sheds and pics form this year and harvest him as a bigger dear next year!
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Post by: Can Hahaka on March 20, 2008, 12:41:00 PM: Two things are odd - 1.) the buck didn't drop his horns yet and 2.) there is no one sleeping in the county truck!
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Post by: Stone Knife on March 20, 2008, 02:26:00 PM: I have seen bucks with there antlers still intact in late march, but most of the time they are long gone by now. I found a small shed this past Dec. that was pretty fresh.
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Post by: Terry Green on March 20, 2008, 08:48:00 PM: Yep......got pics of bucks with antlers here in March as well.

Cool pic!
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Post by: Greyfox54 on March 20, 2008, 11:50:00 PM: Sorry I was showing my computer illiteracy . Thanks , I can see them now . Side note I have seen bucks with racks here in late trapping season , Feb. and end of March but have also found fresh sheds as early as first week of Jan.
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Post by: Osagetree on March 21, 2008, 08:50:00 AM: The wife and I took these pics 2nd week of March 2008! Same buck in all pics and looks to be a fair 8 point.

Upper right corner of pic
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Cheryls%20pics/IMG_0143.jpg)

Walking away
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Cheryls%20pics/IMG_0144.jpg)

Sky line behind the doe
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Cheryls%20pics/IMG_0146.jpg)

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but a doe can have a rack too and they will keep them all year. Same goes for a buck that has no nad's!
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Post by: Tom Phillips on March 21, 2008, 09:35:00 AM: Killdeer,
I did see a small buck 4 pointer April 7th a handful of years back near Lake Placid NY that had not shed antlers yet.
Also my hunting partner was still hunting Dec 22 this year in Western,Ma and slipped up on a mature buck in it's bed that had shed both sides !!!
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Post by: jrchambers on March 21, 2008, 01:05:00 PM: some of the young deer up here, especialy spikes will go a whole year without loosing thier velvet,
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Post by: Chris Surtees on March 21, 2008, 02:27:00 PM: Have some cam pics from March of last year with bucks still having antlers.
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Post by: SteveMcD on March 21, 2008, 03:00:00 PM: Anything Odd? Is that Elvis in the truck?
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Post by: SteveMcD on March 21, 2008, 03:00:00 PM: I couldn't resist! :bigsmyl:
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Post by: vermonster13 on March 21, 2008, 03:06:00 PM: If there are does still coming into heat, there will be bucks that keep their antlers to breed them. Does with antlers usually stay in permanent velvet as for they don't have the testosterone for the antlers to harden in most cases. Bucks that stay in permanent velvet have had personal injury. A huge Muley was killed last year that was with a permanent velvet rack and since those racks continue to grow he wasn't eligible for PY.