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Author Topic: Have you ever seen this? PICS!  (Read 1348 times)

Offline Huntrdfk

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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2007, 01:01:00 PM »
That's pretty cool Mickey.  I've never seen it, but when you think about it it makes sense with the calcium that is in the antlers......


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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2007, 01:31:00 PM »
I have suspected this behavior, when I found shed antlers way out in a field with no squirrels around, and the tips were chewed just as in your photo.  Another unusual thing is that mice in my house have chewed some of my sheds in the antler pile in the basement in half, if there was already entry into the center of the antler.
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2007, 01:40:00 PM »
At one point she walked away and cruised thru a little flower garden nibbling here and there (to the left of the little dogwood in this photo) but eventually wandered back to the antlers

 

and proceeded to chew some more

 
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2007, 02:24:00 PM »
Happens here too, most commonly giraffe chew bones. ( no shed antlers in Afica!) Antelope like eland and kudu as well. Cattle also chew bones. The general concensus is that they chew them for the minerals, especially calcium. Interestingly after a veld fire many differnt species of grazing and browsing animals will gather to lick up the white burnt ash of trees and grass clumps. Zebra are quick to move to a burnt area. Same thing as a mineral lick, ash is pure mineral, no fibre and no water.

Is there such a thing as a real vegetarian given that humans are reputed to swallow at least fifty spiders in their sleep per year?
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2007, 02:26:00 PM »
Great pics and interesting subject. Thanks.
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #25 on: August 08, 2007, 02:43:00 PM »
well thats it i wont be hunting whitetailed deer them buggers bite back.  :biglaugh:    :biglaugh:  real nice pics mickey
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #26 on: August 08, 2007, 05:03:00 PM »
Wow new to me great pics as usual Mickey!
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #27 on: August 08, 2007, 05:20:00 PM »
Wow I never seen that before. Mick love that garden/ a do know if I lived near you ya would have to worry about more then them deer chewing on them!  :bigsmyl:  <><
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2007, 05:36:00 PM »
Now thats a new one on me. Got the be the minerals in the horns.
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #29 on: August 08, 2007, 05:55:00 PM »
She's picking birdseed out of her teef.

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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #30 on: August 08, 2007, 05:57:00 PM »
I want to know what Ferret planted to grow those things in the first place!
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #31 on: August 08, 2007, 06:47:00 PM »
Maybe she was feeling a little horny  :scared:
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #32 on: August 08, 2007, 07:43:00 PM »
Looks like you need to make a mineral lick with some di-cal and salt in it.    Neat pic and thanks for sharing it with us.

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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #33 on: August 08, 2007, 09:01:00 PM »
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Maybe she was feeling a little horny   :scared:  
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #34 on: August 08, 2007, 10:33:00 PM »
How the hell can you shoot those sweet (tasty) thangs Mickey?  :D
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« Reply #35 on: August 08, 2007, 10:37:00 PM »
Hmmmm Killdeer may be onto something LOL (feasting on white millet for the ground birds)

 
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #36 on: August 08, 2007, 11:04:00 PM »
Great Day In the Morning!

I'd heard it but now we know...thanks for sharing.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #37 on: August 08, 2007, 11:30:00 PM »
Man thats a first for me!  :confused:  I always thought it was mice and squirrels.By the way I like your yard  :thumbsup:
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #38 on: August 09, 2007, 06:18:00 AM »
Well, I haven't seen deer chewing on antler before, but I had to avoid a doe on the highway this morning at 4:30. (That'll wake you up!) Anyway, I swear she was licking the pavement in the left lane! Maybe Al Gore has an explanation for this behavior.
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Re: Have you ever seen this? PICS!
« Reply #39 on: August 09, 2007, 07:54:00 AM »
Al Gore...well...nevermind   :biglaugh:  

Anyhow, just walked out and looked out front. Look where the elk rack is this morning (compare it to the first pic on page 1)

 

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