Going To Be A Good One!

[SJS]

He's showing up weekly. Seems to be small bodied compared to other 8 pointers showing up?

 

[MUP]

Good luck with him!

 

[catsbackr]

Beautiful deer!

 

[JohnnyBond]

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I love that split G2!

 

[RiverBuck10]

He is skinny and looks really young!! If you makes it thru a few seasons he will be a stud!!

 

[SJS]

What is amazing to me is I have smaller racked bucks coming in that are much bigger bodied. This one you are right about, appears to be younger and with a good start on antler growth what kind of potential is there as he ages.

Good question LSU, I would also like to see an answer.

 

[wayers]

very nice deer.

 

[Rubberduck270]

Nice buck, but he's a young one. Needs a couple more years under his belt.

 

[SJS]

I love that split G2!

Both G2's are split. He would be perfect if he had some drop tines!

 

[SJS]

Just talked to Ben Layton at Reg. 3; he said that they could still grow longer of course but not wider , at least not much, if i understood him correctly.

Interesting!

 

[BSK]

Love those forked G2s. Not a commonly expressed trait, but I see it from time to time.

 

[double browtine]

Young deer with some good genetics. I would like to see him in 3 years.

 

[BSK]

Questin for someone with antler growth knowledge; once to the point of seeing a rack with countable points will he grow from the ends and not from base at this time, I quess what i'm asking is will a buck get wider after they get to this point by growing from the base instead of from end of the points outward?

All antler growth occurs at the tips (not from the base once the base has formed). See those "bulbs" at the tips of each tine? That is where the antler is actively growing. In fact, as long as a tine or beam has the bulbous tip, it is still growing long. Once it stops growing longer, the tip narrows down to a point. Look at the browtines on the pictured buck. They no longer have the bulbous tip at the end. They have finished growing and won't get any longer. But all of the other points and beam are still growing.

 

[easy45]

Ton of potential in that one

 

[tn droptine]

Heck of a nice deer for as young as he is!

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I love that split G2!

Both G2's are split. He would be perfect if he had some drop tines!

Thought so, but couldnt tell. I love seeing that

 

[Boone 58]

He's showing up weekly. Seems to be small bodied compared to other 8 pointers showing up?

He is forking like Mule deer traits!!!

 

[SJS]

Questin for someone with antler growth knowledge; once to the point of seeing a rack with countable points will he grow from the ends and not from base at this time, I quess what i'm asking is will a buck get wider after they get to this point by growing from the base instead of from end of the points outward?

All antler growth occurs at the tips (not from the base once the base has formed). See those "bulbs" at the tips of each tine? That is where the antler is actively growing. In fact, as long as a tine or beam has the bulbous tip, it is still growing long. Once it stops growing longer, the tip narrows down to a point. Look at the browtines on the pictured buck. They no longer have the bulbous tip at the end. They have finished growing and won't get any longer. But all of the other points and beam are still growing.

Thanks BSK, interesting stuff. Any idea of age, I'm terrible with that?

 

[BSK]

[Any idea of age, I'm terrible with that?

Where was the picture taken (what geographic region)?