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Has anyone started the search? when is the best time to start? Really excited about trying to find some good ones and just being in the woods!
Has anyone started the search? when is the best time to start? Really excited about trying to find some good ones and just being in the woods!
I always find shefs when im out turkey hunting in Anson county. Never have any luck where I deer hunt here in union county.Don't fool with it until March. I've seen too many holding antlers still in March to wast time in Jan/Feb. anymore. Of course I rarely spend time looking for sheds anyway. I find most of them doing other stuff in the woods - turkey hunting, bird hunting, pruning lanes...
Starting to drop... only a few still holding for me he had
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Starting to drop... only a few still holding for me he had
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So I'm guessing timing of rut matters to when they drop? I've seen deer with missing sides during the season and them carrying until March. The latest I've seen a rack buck was in late march. So why do some areas see dropped racks while other areas deer still have racks?
Starting to drop... only a few still holding for me he had
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So I'm guessing timing of rut matters to when they drop? I've seen deer with missing sides during the season and them carrying until March. The latest I've seen a rack buck was in late march. So why do some areas see dropped racks while other areas deer still have racks?
I don’t believe the rut has much to do when they drop.... but I could possibly see if you had way too many doe and not enough bucks.... that as long as there was a few doe not bred... that the bucks would probably keep their testosterone up and possibly whatever else keeps the juices flowing to the antlers.... but never really thought much about it... got some still holding but starting to see more falling off this week
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Will the shedding be different times due to location as well? For example I’m in the Far East of N.C. vs the mountain regions or other states up north?
Many years ago, I had a nine point buck show up on the cam December 20. He was pure bones. His hips were so skinny, I thought maybe he'd been hit by a car. Around December 22 & 23 he shed both sides. I felt like this was a perfect example of a buck rutted out so hard, his body shed the antlers to help him survive. This was an extreme case and I'm sure there are different degrees of how hard they rutted and how much weight they kept on the bodies. I'm sure every buck's testosterone drops at different rates too. I fed that buck for a month and he gained at least twenty five pounds. Never saw him again the next year.
Main reason I put out corn and grow oats....corn does nothing for antlers but helps conserve energy, even now I put it out and they are destroying it.....rarely kill bucks over corn.....but they eat on it constantly even during the rut....a well fed buck becomes less stressed.
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Main reason I put out corn and grow oats....corn does nothing for antlers but helps conserve energy, even now I put it out and they are destroying it.....rarely kill bucks over corn.....but they eat on it constantly even during the rut....a well fed buck becomes less stressed.
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The last buck I killed this year post rut, had lost a ton of weight and we had feed everywhere all year. I believe the dominant breeders just burn more than they can consume, to keep the weight on. When they slow back down first of the year, they can gain it back quickly with corn.
Starting to drop... only a few still holding for me he had both sides yesterday afternoon
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Saw 4 bucks downtown Pittsboro yesterday. All still had antlers.