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forked bucks
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12/02/13 07:01 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
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BIG TIME
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Light Foot
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Light Foot
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I have several young forked bucks is this good or bad? Will they grow to be anything big?
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Re: forked bucks
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#4799829
12/02/13 08:30 PM
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Triplesnake
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I've seen quite a few fork bucks this year too. I don't know how they mature compared to other deer, but I figure it has to be better than a spike so they've been getting a pass.
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Re: forked bucks
[Re: Triplesnake]
#4799965
12/02/13 09:03 PM
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8pointdrop
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1.5 yr old forks are better than 1.5 yr old spike I'd think. I have a 1.5 yr old basket 8 that I'm excited to see at 6.5
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Re: forked bucks
[Re: 8pointdrop]
#4800059
12/02/13 09:40 PM
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I have been letting them walk too I will wait and see what they look like next year.
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Re: forked bucks
[Re: 8pointdrop]
#4800108
12/02/13 10:01 PM
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Texas Dan
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IMO, you can see the potential in a buck's rack once he reaches 2-1/2 years, which for most equates to his second set of antlers, not counting the buttons most will carry in the fall of his first year. His rack will show evidence of gaining both width and height, as opposed to lesser bucks that show what I call "jack rabbit" antlers with more height than width. A young buck that has greater width potential will show curvature in his main beams even when young, much like that shown in the photo below. The larger rack is shown only to give a better perspective on the smaller size of the immature rack. IMO, the young buck who grew this shed, did so during the first summer of his second year. It's too small to be a 2-1/2 year old, and obviously too large for a fawn.
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