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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Bulldog4949] #5593477 02/11/15 04:56 AM
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None shed yet at our place in ETX that we've seen.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5593813 02/11/15 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted By: Cavemanwildlife
I live in the Lakeway area and we have ranches is different parts of the State. Our native bucks in Lakeway, Round Mountain, Mills County and Cotulla started dropping their horns about 3 weeks ago, especially in the Lakeway area. This is early...anyone else seeing this?


After reading your post I have payed special attention while checking stock and feeding on properties in central, western, and far western Mills. Our bucks are still in full headgear. My brother and I stopped and watched a bachelor group of nine bucks cross the county road late last week and all were still carrying both antlers. What area of Mills is your property where the bucks have dropped their antlers already?

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Any observer error? You see them with one side missing? they in pens? good look with binos? May just be a bunch of big fat ole does running around.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5595865 02/12/15 04:35 PM
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Saw a nice bachelor group of 4-5 deer and all of them still had their headgear. This was in Montgomery County (South East Texas).


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5596905 02/13/15 02:20 AM
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As of last weekend, All still carrying headgear on my San Saba lease.

Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5598138 02/13/15 09:49 PM
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Shoot, yesterday I watched a buck still chasing 2 does. I watched them run all over the place until he caught 1. Here in Azle, about 15 minutes west of Fort Worth

Re: Horns dropping early [Re: krazy kris] #5598227 02/13/15 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted By: krazy kris
Shoot, yesterday I watched a buck still chasing 2 does. I watched them run all over the place until he caught 1. Here in Azle, about 15 minutes west of Fort Worth


Had he dropped any yet?

Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5598311 02/13/15 11:46 PM
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Saw a good Buck this morning with only one side.

Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Frio County Hunts] #5600097 02/15/15 07:06 AM
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Shoot, yesterday I watched a buck still chasing 2 does. I watched them run all over the place until he caught 1. Here in Azle, about 15 minutes west of Fort Worth


Had he dropped any yet?


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5601088 02/16/15 01:18 AM
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Had 3 bucks eating my corn this afternoon. All had their antlers. Two showed up first, with the third one a bit later. When the third one (6 point) got close to the two 8 points, the bigger of the 8's dropped his head down and pawed the ground. Then he appeared to say "Awww, why bother" and went back to the grass and corn.

One thing of interest is that all three sets of antlers seemed to be a good bit whiter than they had been only a week or two ago. Was that just the light, or do they get whiter as they get close to dropping. I've never observed that, but maybe it happens.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5601441 02/16/15 04:55 AM
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Saw a bunch of bucks in Boerne today and all had both sets still. Some were sparring too.

Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5601726 02/16/15 02:43 PM
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Was at the lease this past weekend in Foard/Cottle and all I found was 1 spike shed I'm jinxed when it comes to finding them.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5601891 02/16/15 04:05 PM
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Valentines day had 5 bucks come in to the feeder. One was missing one horn, all the rest had all of theirs. Bosque County near lake Whitney.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5601951 02/16/15 04:34 PM
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Our peak rut didn't even hit till the first or second weekend in January. I herd/read most of south texas had a very late and/or un pronounced rut this year. Dropping early would seem strange to me, especially considering we had great rains and conditions going into and continuing through the season.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5602217 02/16/15 06:21 PM
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I have been finding sheds for about 3 weeks now, here in Rusk county. About 50% of bucks are shed or only have one antler left. They are in great shape and under little to no stress, I am not worried about it at all, 4 years ago the exact same thing happened and there was very good antler growth the next year.

Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5617221 02/24/15 02:45 PM
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Saw 3 bucks yesterday afternoon here in Rains county. One had shed on one side. Strange thing 2 of the 3 bucks were crippled in their front leg.

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I looked this weekend at my property in Bosque county near lake Whitney and did not find any. photos on trail camera showed bucks still had their horns


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5617254 02/24/15 02:53 PM
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I have one young buck that is missing one antler as of two days ago on TC. Not enough deer activity in my feed pens to say if any other bucks have shed. Winter grass and weeds are going to be so tall by mid March I won't be able to see a shed on the ground.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: stxranchman] #5617284 02/24/15 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted By: stxranchman
Winter grass and weeds are going to be so tall by mid March I won't be able to see a shed on the ground.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5617305 02/24/15 03:13 PM
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Still got their antlers here.


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Re: Horns dropping early [Re: Cavemanwildlife] #5617314 02/24/15 03:18 PM
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Somebody hit a deer by my place last week. Didn't even have a head when we drove up. smile i guess he still had antlers cause somebody cut his whole head off.


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Somebody hit a deer by my place last week. Didn't even have a head when we drove up. smile i guess he still had antlers cause somebody cut his whole head off.



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Didn't get to do any searching, but was in Mills County this weekend and saw several bucks with no antlers, and several that still had full sets.


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All bucks still have their headgear in frio county

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