which ones fall first

[kraabel2003]

I think the wider bucks drop first myself what do you think? The group of bucks I have been watching the wide 10 point is the only one that has dropped. He is about 20 inch wide. He dropped on jan 29.

[toddyboman]

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I think that the older mature bigger bucks drop their antlers first.

[bowtech]

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i think it has to do with nutrition and other factors ,,,,,,,,,i found a matched set this week off of a small 8 pointer and then saw a huge nine pointer that would score over 140 still holding on to both sides

[deershed]

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In my areas it's a coin toss which drops first.Here's my finds for the other day then saw a half dozen buck like the one in the pic.

[Turkeygirl]

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Nice photos. I just figure deer drop antlers when they drop them, never really take into account big vs. small

[SaskMan]

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Which ever ones are in the worst shape, big or small, does not matter at all.

[huntermq32]

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I am no expert but I do a lot of home work in my area and this is what I have experanced. Bucks that are old and sick drop early. The old bucks are hard to find simply because they don't exist in every location due to heavy hunting in some areas. I once thought all big mature bucks droped first but was prooved wrong due to many hours spent looking and finding small ones as well as big ones at the same time of year. I have also seen monster bucks carying antlers into April. One year I found a large set of an 11pt in early Dec, but my buddy shot this buck threw the nose due to arrow deflection in November.I truly beleave that you will find a mixed bag when they do drop. Some say that the bucks that rut early will shed first, we all know that mature bucks don't eat much during the rut.On the other hand young bucks seem to come into rut way before the mature bucks do at least in my area they do. The area I hunt still has alot of bucks carying antlers but a friend of mine that lives 20 miles away has seen several half racked bucks. I hope I didn't confuse any one with all this like I said I'am no expert but this has beed my experance in my area.