Antlers....

[J Darcy 5,871]

I have always had an interest in Antlers, especially roe. On sunday i took a photo of a buck that has been clean for a week (saw it last week but missed with camera!), and back in november i saw a very well developed buck in velvet approx have grown. The earliest i have ever seen a dropped head was october (20th i think) and the latest was boxing day one year when i stumbled upon a youngish buck that had just dropped and was still bleeding from the pedicule....

 

So, whats the latest/earliest you guys have encountered such things on roe??.....JD

[IanB 0]

Saw an old buck clean of velvet last saturday with foxhunter and david when we had a look out..

[foxdropper 17,092]

As a rule of thumb ,we dont see many bucks clean before Christmas,and see several every year still in hard antler as late as early february . They arent clean long however and ive seen some very good potential heads in velvet already,including another possible moss head or peruke but we will see .Looks to be a good buck season anyway .

[Rabbithunter 456]

i seen a buck last wednesday in velvet.... im not that educated in the subject of antler development

[roedeer08 0]

I had to shoot a buck on our land on the 9th February this year due to an RTA - he was still in velvet but will make a silver medal - just a pity he had to be shot as he was in a bad way!