Article in the paper recently talking about how the easy winter last year is producing some fat deer this fall. Biologists have verified several yearling bucks (18 months old) with 6-8 points and are dressing out at more than 150#. Is that not huge? Normal weight for that age is approx. 115-120#. Wonder if that will mean more 200-plus bucks in a couple of years.
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That is huge now, but this year will not carry over in weight gain or antler growth over the years, both are too dependent on nutrients.
Those are some nice weights for young deer at 1.5 yrs, but I wouldn't call them yearlings. They quit being yearlings about May this last spring. Fawns have spots yearlings are within there first year. JMO
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by SkeetÂr89 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Those are some nice weights for young deer at 1.5 yrs, but I wouldn't call them yearlings. They quit being yearlings about May this last spring. Fawns have spots yearlings are within there first year. JMO</td></tr></table>
Really? We consider a fawn without spots to be a lamb (camp meat) and everything between 1 & 2 is called a yearling. Oh well, I guess it's not the most important issue in the world.
Here's a pic of a micro 6-point in the back yard that's probably 18 months. I'm surprised he survived rifle season in a heavily hunted area and didn't end up on a scale himself. He and the doe he's hangs with are surprisingly slippery. I never scoped either of them and I know they slipped out of several drives without a scratch using different escape routes each time. They would NOT allow themselves to be pushed forward. Last week they ran across our field and stood between two houses until it was safe.
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18 month old deer down here is MAX 120lbs on a good year. For a yearling doe its about 70lbs
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Those are big weights for 1.5 YO bucks. The points on them is irrelavant though. I've seen 1.5 YO's from spikes to 10 points. Even here in the middle of crop country and mild winters I'v never seen weights like that.
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<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by GRR884 »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Those are big weights for 1.5 YO bucks. The points on them is irrelavant though. I've seen 1.5 YO's from spikes to 10 points. Even here in the middle of crop country and mild winters I'v never seen weights like that.</td></tr></table>
+1
Nutrients are the key. My cousin and I were talking about this very thing. We have seen quite a few bucks with broken head gear more than ever. We used to put out "Rack blocks" in our hunting area religously but had to trim down on our supplements dut to lack of funds. BIG mistake! One we will not make again! Another thing to consider THIS winter in Indiana: most of the crops were out of the fields MUCH earlier than in previous years. It is going to be a hard winter on the herd this year. If you have the means (I did this one winter) buy some alfalfa pellets and put them in a feeder in the woods...it does help! I made some out of scrap treated lumber and covered them with leftover tin roofing. I'll try to get to the farm and take a picture of one of the feeders which we do not put anything in until AFTER season.
<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by BP in ME »</td></tr><tr><td class="quote"> Wonder if that will mean more 200-plus bucks in a couple of years.</td></tr></table>
I sure hope so.
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