Posted By: caseyusmc
Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/16/17 05:41 PM
I really love this guys rack. Always been a fan of the. Dark chocolate antlers
Posted By: hook_n_line
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/16/17 06:00 PM
Oh crap. I just hit the protein feeder, I was shaking so bad.
Posted By: Sirrah243
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/16/17 06:17 PM
I was told that the more the rub the darker the get. I wonder it there is any truth to that
Posted By: Texasteach
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/16/17 06:39 PM
According to a wildlife biologist:
"Antler coloration is determined by several things, including: (1) buck age (older, more dominant bucks make many more rubs on trees than younger bucks, therefore their antlers tend to be darker; (2) bark coloration of the predominant rubbing trees in a region; (3) genetics (some strains of bucks have light racks in their DNA while other have dark); (4) time of year (early in the fall “new” antlers are darker; later in the season antlers that have been exposed to sun and light longer and are more bleached out, especially in open habitats."
Posted By: caseyusmc
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/16/17 07:15 PM
Honestly I'm not positive why some are darker by texasteach seems to make sense to me so I'd go with what he said.
Posted By: dlrz71
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/16/17 07:17 PM
That's not all I would be a fan of
Great looking buck!!
Like everything about him.
Posted By: Erathkid
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/16/17 10:33 PM
According to a wildlife biologist:
"Antler coloration is determined by several things, including: (1) buck age (older, more dominant bucks make many more rubs on trees than younger bucks, therefore their antlers tend to be darker; (2) bark coloration of the predominant rubbing trees in a region; (3) genetics (some strains of bucks have light racks in their DNA while other have dark); (4) time of year (early in the fall “new” antlers are darker; later in the season antlers that have been exposed to sun and light longer and are more bleached out, especially in open habitats."
Sounds perfectly reasonable. Thanks for sharing that... Great looking buck.
Posted By: Superduty
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/17/17 03:06 AM
I would pass.....
.....the bullet into the chamber.
Posted By: D Rogers
Re: Nice dark chocolate rack - 11/20/17 08:11 PM
don't think i would even notice the color if you hadn't said something