Up coming "season"!
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- Spike
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Up coming "season"!
The season is nearing in my part of the country and I am itching! When you've got the bug there is nothing like a good long day of horn hunting! The first browns could be on the ground up north, but it still seems too far off for bucks and bulls down south here! Keep after 'em and I'd like to see some pics when the time is right! Good luck to you horn fanatics!
~shedhunter~
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- Fawn
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droppin in Mt attatching photos????
I have seen a few older bucks drop in the last week. The earliest browns I have found in Mt were the 26th of Dec but average is Feb 1-15. Say, I cant figure out how to attach photos, can you run me through it. Im a better horn hunter than I am a PC user, Thanks!
- MuleyMadness
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Bittersweet, WELCOME!
Try this link for help with photos...
http://www.muleymadness.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=301
I believe you can upload photos to the web here...
http://tinypic.com/
Then follow the instructions in the link. Hope this helps.
brett
Try this link for help with photos...
http://www.muleymadness.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=301
I believe you can upload photos to the web here...
http://tinypic.com/
Then follow the instructions in the link. Hope this helps.
brett
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- Spike
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Elk
As far as I know down this way I usually start finding browns the first week in march down south here. I know there are exceptions to the rule, but as far as I know the date seems to be pretty much a general time, not too many big bulls roaming after that second week, some I've seen pack into April though too. Its a fine science that hopefully someday we can all master! From what I have been told, others say that elk are more a timing thing, drop on a time schedule, and deer differ by their own biological clock (it makes sense to me cause some of the bigger deer will drop in January and others it could be into April before a side hits the ground). I am no expert, by any means, but this has been the case for me.
~shedhunter~
- MuleyMadness
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- Spike
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Not much experience.
MuleyMadness:
I cannot answer that one, I could give it a guess, but it is strictly opinion. I know that the full velvet thing is true, elk do reach their full potential in horn growth earlier and shed their velvet up to a month before some bucks even start to rub. I would like to hear others opinons on this, I would just make a guess of elk packing longer because they have a lot more bone to break down before it falls off their head. Deer would have smaller antlers and thus less horn to breakdown between the old horn and the new antler. I really have no clue though! Any biologists have the right answer??
I cannot answer that one, I could give it a guess, but it is strictly opinion. I know that the full velvet thing is true, elk do reach their full potential in horn growth earlier and shed their velvet up to a month before some bucks even start to rub. I would like to hear others opinons on this, I would just make a guess of elk packing longer because they have a lot more bone to break down before it falls off their head. Deer would have smaller antlers and thus less horn to breakdown between the old horn and the new antler. I really have no clue though! Any biologists have the right answer??
~shedhunter~