*****Help with this uhhh, odd Buck*****

[JW]

I can't tell but is he still in velvet (stag)? My brother shot a axis buck that stayed in velvet and his nads were missing..

Yep still in velvet. When i was runnin thru the pics i saw em n just kept on goin. I was thinkin 18 month old 4 point. Then i hit that pic of his face and the split ear. Then i started lookin. Looks like a stag to me.

[EZ-10RANCH]

Yep still in velvet. When i was runnin thru the pics i saw em n just kept on goin. I was thinkin 18 month old 4 point. Then i hit that pic of his face and the split ear. Then i started lookin. Looks like a stag to me.

That's what I was thinking. Too bad it's a AR county. He's just going to suck up corn and never produce. Camp meat, haha, wink wink and all that..

[JW]

That's what I was thinking. Too bad it's a AR county. He's just going to suck up corn and never produce. Camp meat, haha, wink wink and all that..

Ya think the possum cop can give permission to shoot a deer like this? It's not everyday circumstances.

[C.Read]

Well if his uhhh stuff is not workin, he should keep that rack.

Beings his testosterone levels obviously will not increase and trigger the velvet to die off, his velvet will live and the antlers should continue to grow.

[JW]

Beings his testosterone levels obviously will not increase and trigger the velvet to die off, his velvet will live and the antlers should continue to grow.

No sir they wont.

[C.Read]

No sir they wont.

Yes sir they will. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

[jooger17]

On second thought, you probably better not...

[rocky]

Ya think the possum cop can give permission to shoot a deer like this? It's not everyday circumstances.

He can give you permission, but then, he would be violating his oath to enforce the law.
Enforcing the law is the GW's job, not interpreting the law.
The less the GW knows about this whole situation, the easier it will be to resolve it.

[JW]

Yes sir they will. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

That came from a wildlife biologist i asked. Ive had a couple deer managers say the same thing. What ever antler phase they are in when they get their uhm, junk hurt like that, they are stuck. So i was told. If your info is right, give me somethin to back it up and i will let em grow about 6 years then i'll shoot em. He should be HUGE by then!!!

If that where the case wouldnt it make sense to catch a buck about July, casterate em, then let em grow for about 3 years solid. Then sell em???

[Draco]

His horns should keep growing and will probably be non typical as he gets old. I've known two deer that were cut after they started growing horns and both grew massive sets. The Freemans that owned the little store at the old Pedernales Crossing had one. It's name was Lucky. The bases on that deer were considerably bigger than my wrists and it had 15 points. The other was a deer called Radar. It lived in a subdivision out past Oak Hill. It mainly stayed at the next door neighbor of a friend of mine. He had too many points to count. Radar got poached and Lucky got run over by a boat, he loved to swim and I would guess, was not too lucky.

[JW]

His horns should keep growing and will probably be non typical as he gets old. I've known two deer that were cut after they started growing horns and both grew massive sets. The Freemans that owned the little store at the old Pedernales Crossing had one. It's name was Lucky. The bases on that deer were considerably bigger than my wrists and it had 15 points. The other was a deer called Radar. It lived in a subdivision out past Oak Hill. It mainly stayed at the next door neighbor of a friend of mine. He had too many points to count. Radar got poached and Lucky got run over by a boat, he loved to swim and I would guess, was not too lucky.

Well then lets lettem grow!!!! You know where he is!!!

Lmao!!!! Run over by a boat!

[glpoe1]

That came from a wildlife biologist i asked. Ive had a couple deer managers say the same thing. What ever antler phase they are in when they get their uhm, junk hurt like that, they are stuck. So i was told. If your info is right, give me somethin to back it up and i will let em grow about 6 years then i'll shoot em. He should be HUGE by then!!!

If that where the case wouldnt it make sense to catch a buck about July, casterate em, then let em grow for about 3 years solid. Then sell em???

Guys, what makes the antlers grow in the first place, being in velvet. That is their blood supply and conduit for growth and there is no other way for them to grow from the skull. That is the purpose of being in velvet. Now if he stayed in velvet and there was a good blood supply for growth then I can see where the "might" grow some. I agree with Ragin on this one, and I shoot a Mathews.

[JW]

Guys, what makes the antlers grow in the first place, being in velvet. That is their blood supply and conduit for growth and there is no other way for them to grow from the skull. That is the purpose of being in velvet. Now if he stayed in velvet and there was a good blood supply for growth then I can see where the "might" grow some. I agree with Ragin on this one, and I shoot a Mathews.

Lmao on the Mathews!!! Awesome!

Im not bein a *** to Dawg or my buddy Draco but yall are the first 2 ive ever heard say that. Im not saying ya'll are wrong now. I was just told differently in the past. Cuz i honestly dont have a clue!

[EZ-10RANCH]

I agree with you Ragin. The axis that my brother shot was on our family ranch and we had seen him a couple months prior and he looked the exact same once he shot him. That's my only experience with a stag so who knows??

[Atfulldraw]

Lmao on the Mathews!!! Awesome!

Im not bein a *** to Dawg or my buddy Draco but yall are the first 2 ive ever heard say that. Im not saying ya'll are wrong now. I was just told differently in the past. Cuz i honestly dont have a clue!

add me to the list of people who say you don't have a clue

by my count that makes three. LOL