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Post by Dave W on Dec 27, 2011 21:56:13 GMT -5
Friend picked up this matched set Monday, gross approx 183" with a conservative 16" spread. Several other accounts of one or both sides missing already.  |
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Post by deadeye on Dec 27, 2011 22:41:29 GMT -5
horns dropping while the grass is green & possibly needing mowed ;D every year is different & thx for sharing davew! awesome sheds bet he is excited!
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Post by sw on Dec 27, 2011 23:11:38 GMT -5
Trees look fairly green, also. Here in NE AR, bucks are again chasing does.
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Post by ET on Dec 28, 2011 2:58:07 GMT -5
Nice set of horns and would love to see the boy carrying them.
Crazy weather this year as the grass is still green here also. But according to the weatherman that is about to change shortly.
Ed
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Post by Al on Dec 28, 2011 3:44:00 GMT -5
Nice set of horns and would love to see the boy carrying them. Crazy weather this year as the grass is still green here also. But according to the weatherman that is about to change shortly. Ed Ed, white is headed your way along with some wind and a bit of cold. Been nasty here since 6ish lastnite, but only dumped 2-3" from the looks of it. I too have seen a couple of one sided bucks this past weekend, as a rule it's about mid January before they drop around here. |
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Post by Dave W on Dec 28, 2011 5:25:03 GMT -5
Extremely mild winter here so far also. I don't recall having snow on the ground for a 24hr period to this point and few if any sub freezing days.
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Post by davewolf on Dec 28, 2011 17:24:11 GMT -5
Nice sheds! Here in Pa they've started dropping antlers about a week ago.
Odd, because in some places they held on to them until as late as early April in one area I hunt.
Many biologists contribute early antler loss to lack of food. Here we have a dismal mass crop of both acorn and beech.
Not to change the subject but I'm looking for other states to hunt, and have been eying W/V. Where do I start looking?
Have a great day!
Dave
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Post by mrbuck on Dec 28, 2011 18:39:38 GMT -5
Bucks in NJ have been dropping their antlers for more than a week now. A roadkill last Sat. had only one antler. Some taxidermists had bucks with horns ready to drop at the end of our Buck Season on Dec 10th. It is thought that the bigger bucks shed first- maybe weak and worn out from the rut. About 4 years ago I saw a buck with horns running a young doe the first week of March.
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Post by ET on Dec 29, 2011 2:06:49 GMT -5
Al
The cold hit yesterday but no snow and the wind made you feel the cold.
Expecting a possible 2” today but afterwards a short warming trend is forecasted.
The deer are definitely not having a hard winter to deal with so far. Have to check with my hunting partner if they even are herding in this weather.
Ed
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Post by Dave W on Dec 29, 2011 4:47:18 GMT -5
Nice sheds! Here in Pa they've started dropping antlers about a week ago. Odd, because in some places they held on to them until as late as early April in one area I hunt. Many biologists contribute early antler loss to lack of food. Here we have a dismal mass crop of both acorn and beech. Not to change the subject but I'm looking for other states to hunt, and have been eying W/V. Where do I start looking? Have a great day! Dave |
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Post by davewolf on Dec 30, 2011 8:12:45 GMT -5
Thanks Dave W.
Are they're any areas(without giving out your own hot spots) that might be better than others?
Would even consider a guide for the first trip down there. I hunt with a crossbow and inline. I use the inline in rifle season as well.
Thanks and have a great day!
Dave
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Post by ozark on Dec 30, 2011 10:43:01 GMT -5
Depending on things i don't understand or know about horns begin to drop at different times of year. Sometimes early, sometimes late. Sometimes does have well formed antlers, does anyone know if they also drop or wear them year round. One doe I seen that had been killed had a well matched small eitht point basket rack. I don't mean to horn in on this thread and hope that I am basically on the same subject. What a great shed in the picture....Wow...
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Post by Dave W on Dec 30, 2011 14:31:10 GMT -5
Thanks Dave W. Are they're any areas(without giving out your own hot spots) that might be better than others? Would even consider a guide for the first trip down there. I hunt with a crossbow and inline. I use the inline in rifle season as well. Thanks and have a great day! Dave I would like to steer you in the right direction but unfortunately I gave up deer hunting in WV many years ago in favor of the big bucks in Ohio. Plenty of deer in WV but mature bucks are harder to find. Crossbows are also out unless you get a special permit in WV, but legal for Ohio. |
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Post by 12ptdroptine on Jan 1, 2012 18:58:13 GMT -5
My son seen and wife seen a small buck wed night that had dropped already.... Last year I had good pics of bucks still wearing them in med Feb
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 23:53:47 GMT -5
Praying to find the sheds off the one I been after for so long, never wanted to find a set of dropped horns so bad in my life, hopes are not up tho cause I never find many, just don't have the luck for it.
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Post by Al on Feb 22, 2012 3:51:25 GMT -5
I seen a pair of basket 6's on the way home lastnite, both sides intact which is odd for around here.
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Post by jims on Feb 22, 2012 12:12:00 GMT -5
On Sunday two decent bucks were seen here in Ohio, each had dropped one antler, one still on. Close to being done it appears.
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