Mule deer antler growth

[Muleyhntr00]

Curious on how the antler growth is looking for everyone else this year so far? Lots of northeast nevada bucks seem to be a bit behind. Curious on what the outlook is for the rest of the west.

 

[RockAndSage]

I'd be curious about this too, for the rest of Northern Nevada. We've had one of the wettest years on record in NW Nevada apparently, and feed seems plentiful.

 

[Jaden Bales]

It seems like we’re a bit behind here in central Wyoming. Haven’t seen any bucks fork into 4’s yet, though they’re getting kinda close. I’ll share what I see this weekend if I get a good digiscoping photo.

But yes, like most places in the west, we have water and feed for days right now. Pretty wild to see how green it still is.

 

[Ken Swenson]

This is the most growth on a buck I’ve seen so far. Just a couple days from seeing all four points

 

[ColoradoV]

Still a ton of snow above 11k here. Passes are pry 10 days to 2 weeks out from opening a lot of places.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Saw one MD buck this week just hitting the ears so much behind others pictured here.

 

[CorbLand]

Saw one about 10 days ago that was just barely starting to split.

N. Utah for context.

 

[ColoradoV]

Elk are much further along. Pic from yesterday..

 

[UThunter6]

Bucks in central Utah are starting to
Split into 4s. Green as ever in the mountains right now.

 

[UTJL]

Same as everyone else is seeing. Antler growth in central Utah is behind a normal year. Best I’ve seen is just starting to split into 4’s. I talked to a biologist about it and he believes we’ll see rapid growth in July from all the great feed.

 

[benclimbing]

7/7/23 in Colorado...