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- antler growth?? | Ohio Sportsman - Your Ohio Hunting and Fishing Resource
The cream, bucks shed their velvet because the amount of light in the day, as the days get shorter the gland in their eye triggers the blood flow to their antlers to stop But last year the majority of the bucks did shed their velvet a little early and the majority of the bucks in my area also shed their antlers 2-3 weeks early last winter
- Dead heads and sheds? | Ohio Sportsman - Your Ohio Hunting and Fishing . . .
I had an interesting conversation recently with a couple avid shed hunters and one of them pointed out that dead heads or antlers attached to dead deer can sometimes lay out in the field for months or even years untouched by squirrels and rodents while shed antlers seem to get chewed up
- Rainfall and antler growth | Ohio Sportsman - Your Ohio Hunting and . . .
Bucks need water as much as they need a healthy diet of proteins and other nutrients during antler growth If your property lacks water, it's time to think about placing multiple water stations around your farm These stations will help prevent stunted antler growth and it will help bucks reach their full potential
- Your Ohio Hunting and Fishing Resource - Ohio Sportsman
This has been discussed in the past, on this site, and others and I think that the size of the antlers is how most would determine if they would use their tag, not the time before recovery Especially if it makes the book Remember the Zaft buck?
- $13,000 fine for poaching, | Ohio Sportsman - Your Ohio Hunting and . . .
The value is determined by measuring the antlers and using the following formula plus the value derived for wildlife The formula for white-tailed deer will be applied to all individuals whose gross score exceeds 125 Boone and Crockett inches
- Deer antlers WANTED! | Ohio Sportsman - Your Ohio Hunting and Fishing . . .
Im sure youve already know, but check out ebay, they've got all kinds of listings for antlers of all different sizes, and collections as well Check em out in the taxidermy subcategory in hunting
- Your Ohio Hunting and Fishing Resource - Ohio Sportsman
That's all fine and well but for some reason it just seems wrong to entice or encourage a buck's antlers to come off I know it probably doesnt harm them at all, but it just doesn't seem right in some way?
- When do you start your shed hunting | Ohio Sportsman - Your Ohio . . .
Deer usually have dropped their antlers by the end of March I'd say I've had luck finding sheds on trails between bedding and feeding areas Thats been my personal luck Along fence rows and anywhere a deer must jump are said to be good places
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