Buck Shed His Antlers

[Cariboo5]

Young buck on trail cam looks like he shed his antlers probably late February. In a month or so will go look for sheds in this area.

 

[Chilli]

Young buck on trail cam looks like he shed his antlers probably late February. In a month or so will go look for sheds in this area.

He looks like "damn, those things on my head fell off!"
But seriously, how long do they typically take to regrow to full size?

 

[Cariboo5]

He looks like "damn, those things on my head fell off!"
But seriously, how long do they typically take to regrow to full size?

He sure does Chilli... Here the "bigger bucks" start to grow antlers mid April 12 - 14 which are just bumps. By mid May 15 - 26 the antlers are pushing past the ears in width and growing upwards. By mid June 13 - 22 the antlers are starting to fork. By August 25 - 30 the antlers are fully grown. Usually in September they start to rub off the velvet. It's just amazing that in a short 5 1/2 months the antler growth is complete.

Over the years I have been fortunate to get on video the start to finish of a buck's antler growth on several bucks. The attached picture shows a buck named notch ear (his left ear has a notch) staring from April 15 to almost fully grown on August 04, 2016.

 

[robertk]

Over the years I have been fortunate to get on video the start to finish of a buck's antler growth on several bucks. The attached picture shows a buck named notch ear (his left ear has a notch) staring from April 15 to almost fully grown on August 04, 2016.

That is a very cool sequence.

 

[Chilli]

He sure does Chilli... Here the "bigger bucks" start to grow antlers mid April 12 - 14 which are just bumps. By mid May 15 - 26 the antlers are pushing past the ears in width and growing upwards. By mid June 13 - 22 the antlers are starting to fork. By August 25 - 30 the antlers are fully grown. Usually in September they start to rub off the velvet. It's just amazing that in a short 5 1/2 months the antler growth is complete.

Over the years I have been fortunate to get on video the start to finish of a buck's antler growth on several bucks. The attached picture shows a buck named notch ear (his left ear has a notch) staring from April 15 to almost fully grown on August 04, 2016.

Wow that is fast. I didn't know it all happened in such a short time.
Cool those pictures of notch ear, shows it perfectly, what a transformation!

 

[Gare]

GREAT PICTURES Thank you for sharing

 

[Gare]

Do you ever find any shed Antlers ?

 

[ToddsPoint]

I found a shed two or three weeks ago. I also saw a buck that still had his rack several days ago. I’ve seen bucks with racks in April several times in the past.

 

[Gare]

Todds last week I seen bucks that still had antlers on . Tried to get a picture but failed. One of the bucks had only half on. They were running together