Re: Buck Shedding Already
[Re: sticksender]
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12/20/2018 07:15 PM
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Jeff Valovich
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some usually start about the 3rd week of December.... another reason not to like the Dec. kill all the antlerless season..... there may not be that many dropped bucked killed then, but IMO, one is to many .. ... same for the urban/reduction zone thing going all the way to Jan. 31st and allowing firearms at that time ... should be kept archery only ..
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Re: Buck Shedding Already
[Re: sticksender]
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12/21/2018 11:57 PM
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BowBo
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That, and button bucks... is why EVERY hunter should ALWAYS carry a GOOD set of binos!! I never shoot a "doe"... not even with a bow... without glassing them first!
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Re: Buck Shedding Already
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12/22/2018 11:13 AM
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Back on topic, the buck walked past that cam again last night, still carrying the right side. Always interesting to see how long they carry one side. Some of the bucks I've watched can take a week or two to drop the second one.
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Re: Buck Shedding Already
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12/22/2018 11:43 PM
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Stick, does he have any distinguishable markings so you will know it's him once he drops the other side? Would be cool to know how long it takes!
Just call me Bo! In the Spring I Strut ~ In the Fall I Rut!
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Re: Buck Shedding Already
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12/23/2018 07:23 AM
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The owners of the farm I hunt were up last weekend rabbit hunting and found a fresh five point shed. Checked the trail cameras yesterday, but no shed buck photos yet.
That's part of what I don't like about the late antlerless firearms season. Bucks are NOT the intended target of that season. Hunters just get a pass for shooting shed bucks due to the human error factor....much the same reason it is legal to shoot a bearded hen turkey in the spring.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
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Re: Buck Shedding Already
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03/27/2020 09:16 AM
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Well it took quite some time to finish out this story. The above buck that I posted about, carried that right antler for a long time....until it finally dropped on Jan 25, 2019. In spite of a lot of shed hunting, we never found either one of his sheds in 2019. And unfortunately, the buck was never seen again, after the spring of last year. Even though he'd been an every-day regular on the farm for at least 3 years. We'll probably never know what happened. Could've been road-killed, maybe died of natural causes, or maybe just wandered off to live elsewhere, for reasons known only to him. I sure would've liked to see how his rack progressed with one more year, but that was not to be. This year, the wife & I were out shed hunting on Feb 23rd, and with her eagle eyes, she came across a shed that turns out to be that left side he dropped way back in Dec 2018. Apparently last spring in 2019, we'd walked within 20 yards of it, but somehow missed it. Amazing that only the brow tine was chewed off. It'd been under flood a few times, and the mud coating and leaves must've kept from the squirrels from finding it. Hope at least he was able to pass his genes to a few buck fawns.
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