I've been watching the same herd of deer since early February waiting for the bucks to drop there antlers. I only come home from school every 2 weeks which makes it hard to hit all the areas I want to. Its been 2 weeks since I've been out looking and 4 weeks since I first started seeing the smaller bucks dropping. I went out looking today sure that all the bucks would have dropped. When I got close enough to see some of the deer, I noticed 2 little bucks still holding on to 1 antler. I then noticed 2 deer running through a field towards the rest of the herd and couldn't believe it when I looked through my spotting scope and saw antlers. One buck was a decent 4x4 with both sides and the other was a smaller buck with 1 side. The wierd thing is that I've seen these same 3 young bucks with 1 antler for 4 weeks now and have searched the area hard and haven't found one shed. I also noticed a lot of deer in the herd that looked like they could have been bucks that had shed but after searching the area for 2 hours and finding nothing, i'm not sure what I was seeing. Here's a pic of the 4x4 and the smaller buck, although not a very good picture.
I was bored yesterday so I took some pictures of some of the skulls that I need to clean up and mount. This first buck is the dead buck I found 2 weeks ago while out looking:
The rest of the skulls although not all that I have laying around still needing to be cleaned up. The two bucks in the middle row are my bucks from the last 2 years.
I was bored yesterday so I took some pictures of some of the skulls that I need to clean up and mount. This first buck is the dead buck I found 2 weeks ago while out looking:
The rest of the skulls although not all that I have laying around still needing to be cleaned up. The two bucks in the middle row are my bucks from the last 2 years.
