2017 shed thread
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My third dead. This one was in plain sight on some dry ground out in the marsh. It's been there awhile. Tells me people aren't going there.
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Hawthorne wrote:That's a good question. A mortally wounded buck can travel a couple miles. I think joere brothers buck was found like 2 miles from where it was shot. The problem where I found this buck is it's all private land. You can't blood trail here without permission. If a buck covers 2 miles here he could cross many different properties.
And some states you legally are allowed to track your animal onto private property, some you need a warden, and some you are out of luck if you don't get permission. I lost a nice 8 point 5 years ago when it went onto private and the landowner wouldn't let me track it. Every state is different, I think a couple states the landowner can get fined for wasting an animal if they refuse access and don't search/tag it themselves.
Its a shame but the landowners have a lot of power in politics and usually get what they want.
But yeah I don't question any deer and their will to live. A buddy of mine gave up tracking deer at his house. Every deer he has ever shot died in the exact same 20' area. Regardless of hit. Heart, lung, liver, guts. He goes out in the morning after and finds them without trailing blood. About 500 yards from his stand in a christmas tree plantation on his neighbors land. I think its been over 20 deer now since he started recording it.
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I was in my first marsh today. When I stepped on something, I just knew. Completely hidden in tall grass but the way my foot rolled and it rolled, I just knew.
Basic three point left side but he must be very mature. At the base are three 1 inch stickers and two points splitting off the g2. The brow tine is like the other base stickers.
Gnarly. Only one so far.
Basic three point left side but he must be very mature. At the base are three 1 inch stickers and two points splitting off the g2. The brow tine is like the other base stickers.
Gnarly. Only one so far.
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http://rs1248.pbsrc.com/albums/hh495/sw ... 0&fit=clip
Found this one while trying to id a cover type that I was having trouble iding on satellite images
Found this one while trying to id a cover type that I was having trouble iding on satellite images
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Found a deadhead and 2 sheds yesterday. All were over a year old nothing fresh
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So far 6 sheds/2 matches. Yesterday's match were 600 yards apart. Now this snow will postpone the search
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I live in Va and work in Tenn and I saw a nice buck that still had antlers attached as I drove home on the 9th, shouldn't he have already shed them seems a littlte late for that.
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Moccasin Hunter wrote:I live in Va and work in Tenn and I saw a nice buck that still had antlers attached as I drove home on the 9th, shouldn't he have already shed them seems a littlte late for that.
Some hold on until Mid April. That's the latest I've seen and I'm sure it's a combination of things. Good food and a high population of doe's.
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Nocturnal wrote:Moccasin Hunter wrote:I live in Va and work in Tenn and I saw a nice buck that still had antlers attached as I drove home on the 9th, shouldn't he have already shed them seems a littlte late for that.
Some hold on until Mid April. That's the latest I've seen and I'm sure it's a combination of things. Good food and a high population of doe's.
High population of doe's? Would that have to do with testosterone levels staying high therefore antlers holding longer?
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Outdoor814 wrote:Nocturnal wrote:Moccasin Hunter wrote:I live in Va and work in Tenn and I saw a nice buck that still had antlers attached as I drove home on the 9th, shouldn't he have already shed them seems a littlte late for that.
Some hold on until Mid April. That's the latest I've seen and I'm sure it's a combination of things. Good food and a high population of doe's.
High population of doe's? Would that have to do with testosterone levels staying high therefore antlers holding longer?
Yes, If there are a good number of doe's in an area. Some will miss their opportunity to breed and sometimes they may get missed a second time or a extremely rare occasion, missed a 3rd time. I believe once the last doe gets bread, it's shortly after, he drops his set.
They say mature bucks usually drop first. In areas like these I see the younger ones drop first and the older bucks holding strong. I'm sure it's a pecking order thing, but that's just a theory of mine.
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I saw him inside a fenced US Army compound where you have to enter a drawing to hunt and the definitely have a very high doe population.Nocturnal wrote:Outdoor814 wrote:Nocturnal wrote:Moccasin Hunter wrote:I live in Va and work in Tenn and I saw a nice buck that still had antlers attached as I drove home on the 9th, shouldn't he have already shed them seems a littlte late for that.
Some hold on until Mid April. That's the latest I've seen and I'm sure it's a combination of things. Good food and a high population of doe's.
High population of doe's? Would that have to do with testosterone levels staying high therefore antlers holding longer?
Yes, If there are a good number of doe's in an area. Some will miss their opportunity to breed and sometimes they may get missed a second time or a extremely rare occasion, missed a 3rd time. I believe once the last doe gets bread, it's shortly after, he drops his set.
They say mature bucks usually drop first. In areas like these I see the younger ones drop first and the older bucks holding strong. I'm sure it's a pecking order thing, but that's just a theory of mine.
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And yes he was a very mature buck. I see lots of nice ones there.Moccasin Hunter wrote:I saw him inside a fenced US Army compound where you have to enter a drawing to hunt and the definitely have a very high doe population.Nocturnal wrote:Outdoor814 wrote:Nocturnal wrote:Moccasin Hunter wrote:I live in Va and work in Tenn and I saw a nice buck that still had antlers attached as I drove home on the 9th, shouldn't he have already shed them seems a littlte late for that.
Some hold on until Mid April. That's the latest I've seen and I'm sure it's a combination of things. Good food and a high population of doe's.
High population of doe's? Would that have to do with testosterone levels staying high therefore antlers holding longer?
Yes, If there are a good number of doe's in an area. Some will miss their opportunity to breed and sometimes they may get missed a second time or a extremely rare occasion, missed a 3rd time. I believe once the last doe gets bread, it's shortly after, he drops his set.
They say mature bucks usually drop first. In areas like these I see the younger ones drop first and the older bucks holding strong. I'm sure it's a pecking order thing, but that's just a theory of mine.
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Found 5 sheds so far, but nothing big. Sunday the 12th I watched 8 bucks feeding and 7 were still carrying their antlers. It's always best the end of March where I live in southern Tennessee.
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Saw 2 bucks this week still holding.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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