BSK
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I don't know what happened last year, but I'm seeing more bucks with one or both antlers severely deformed than I've ever seen in a single season.
Yes.You had a bully buck last year and got a bunch of pedicle injuries. Did you notice more bucks with broken racks last year than normal?
As you know, bucks have different personalities... some are lovers, some are fighters. Gotta remove those fighters ASAP. I've got one that has taken over a 3.5ac plot and the bedding area beside it that is beating up every buck that comes near. I'm killing him tomorrow when conditions are right, just hope he hasn't done too much damage already.Yes.
I've explained this several times already guys.
When does carrying fawns bed down on steep hill sides, their offspring's racks tend to grow more on one side than the other.
Also it's exacerbated during the peak moon phases. (This is known as Bernoulli's principle and can be found in the ID-10 T section of his book.) Basically its caused by the gravitational pull of the moon, combined with the steep hill sides.
Hang around Brian, and pay close attention...there's lots more to learn here.
Everybody knows that only happens with cows.So it's kinda like hillbillies having one leg longer than the other because of walking and standing along the hillsides...
Likely this is the reason.You had a bully buck last year and got a bunch of pedicle injuries. Did you notice more bucks with broken racks last year than normal?
I totally agree. I have pictures of three that are messed up.I don't know what happened last year, but I'm seeing more bucks with one or both antlers severely deformed than I've ever seen in a single season.
How have you been able to pinpoint him as the culprit? Just curious.As you know, bucks have different personalities... some are lovers, some are fighters. Gotta remove those fighters ASAP. I've got one that has taken over a 3.5ac plot and the bedding area beside it that is beating up every buck that comes near. I'm killing him tomorrow when conditions are right, just hope he hasn't done too much damage already.
When the season is over and you have time please share some pics. I would be curious to see if it is clearly pedicle damage or body injury.I don't know what happened last year, but I'm seeing more bucks with one or both antlers severely deformed than I've ever seen in a single season.
Thank you sir!Hang around Brian, and pay close attention...there's lots more to learn here.
I don't know what happened last year, but I'm seeing more bucks with one or both antlers severely deformed than I've ever seen in a single season.