I found 7 years of antlers form this whitetail. Think he was nine when he died of EHD. Yea I sold the first two sets and a neighbor found the head. In the picture the second and third year of the line of antlers should be switched. He took a big drop on that third set of antlers(second in the...
This whitetail is eight. I have at least one antler from every year. At year seven he took a big drop. Went from a 75 inch five point to a 68 inch four point, but then at age eight he grew the best set ever. only reason I can think of for the drop is rut stress. At age 6 he may have become the...
A few more, I found at least one side from this buck for 7 years and I it is likely I missed a few or other people found them, Only 6 years in the picture. I found a small four point from the buck and left it in the hills. Back then I wasn't in to packing out small ones. Wish I hadn't. The best...
This pod cast is what has landed me on this forum. The part about bucks not going down hill until the end is exactly what I have seen in my 40+ years of shed hunting. Rapid growth at first, then slowing till about age 6 and then fairly steady until death with maybe one year of decline at the...