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| Author: | runngun93 [ Sun Dec 29, 2013 1:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | They are dropping!! |
Went out for an evening hunt yesterday in Botetourt county and found a pretty decent 10 pt right side shed in the middle of an agricultural field. This is the same buck that I have pictures of back in 2011 when he was a 3 year old. Found the shed within 50 yards of an active scrape that he works year after year. This 5 year old buck is quite impressive with mass throughout and 11 inch g2s. |
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| Author: | Windsor52 [ Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
Yes they are. Some friends and I did some man drives on Friday. A buck came running my way and I was able to get a good shot on him and put him down. When he hit the ground his rack fell completely off! |
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| Author: | CavMan11 [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
Yes they are. We killed some does yesterday. One of them was a young buck with his antlers already dropped. I also heard from a friend that shot an 8 point that his antlers fell off when he hit the ground |
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| Author: | Rich [ Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
They've been dropping since early December in Caroline County. They say it's due to the lack of acorn crop and the deer being in poor shape due to it. |
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| Author: | runngun93 [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
Went back two days later after I found the one shed and what do you know, I found the other side!! The two sides are almost identical and I did a rough score on it and it came out to score somewhere in the low 140's range. |
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| Author: | Gobblevt [ Sat Jan 04, 2014 6:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
Saw 2 bucks last week already shed ... |
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| Author: | Windsor52 [ Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
Last week of the season, a couple guys with us found some small sheds and one deer we shot the last week for a doe turned out to be a decent sized buck that had already dropped. |
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| Author: | Neill [ Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
It will be interesting to see how much of an effect the lack of acorns has. I will be tracking trail cam photos until spring. The deer I killed all seemed plenty healthy despite the lack of acorns. |
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| Author: | Windsor52 [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They are dropping!! |
According to Katie Martin with the VDGIF you can use an "Anterless" Tag on a deer that dropped its antlers but have to record it as an "Antlered" Buck with 0 points... Our Club asked her this question to ensure we checked the deer properly when we turned out check books in on Sunday after the last day. |
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