fly Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Anyone seeing antler growth yet? Either the deer I've seen the past couple weeks are all does or if bucks they haven't started growing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 No you won't see any real antler growth in early May. Bucks are beginning to sprout "nubs" this early. Beginning in late May the months of June & July is when antlers seem to grow over night like the hulk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Seeing some nubs here. Interested in seeing what kind of pics I get the next few weeks from my cams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I got a couple pics two weeks ago that had some pretty decent nubs poking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Yeah, we're getting some nice nubs here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I saw one last week with about 3 inches of bone sticking up, but everything else has just been nubbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 for the eastern NY area it's still early. i haven't seen any deer with antler growth yet. i'm sure some are out there with "nubs", but nothing more. - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Seen one the other day with about 3" of antler growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I've seen bucks with 6" of antler growth already and some with main beams sprouting. Most good bucks around here are forking for browtines already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Ohiobucks and I saw a mess of deer yesterday while turkey hunting. One bachelor group of about 7 deer came through, and they all appeared to be bucks. One buck already had 3 or 4" of main beam started, the other ones had and inch or so or nubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tdm69 Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 They are defintly sprouting antlers. I had several pics of bucks on my trail cam last week with nubs and some with some good bases started. I'll be swapping cards today or tomorrow, so we'll see what a week has done. You can check them out at www.myarcheryhunt.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I saw a couple of bucks with antlers just starting to branch in Minnesota. I will be setting out the cameras this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CSRoth Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 Have seen two bucks with 6 inches or more in the last two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Saw about 5 inches of growth in one deer, and about 8 in another in Northwest Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I'm starting to see some good antler growth now. There Sunday I was going up to the farm to pick some wildflowers for a project I have due and I saw one with about 5" of bone and getting his brows. Can't wait to get some good trail cam pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I am seeing some velvet nubs and small growth here in PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 We saw a buck the first weekend in May while turkey hunting that had about 5" of growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Saw a big buck about 50 yards off RT 37 by Vans Valley road dead with probably 4" of growth. It was a big deer, easily #200+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest social Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I saw a nice buck yesterday that already was forming splits in his beams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest batman Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 They are rooting thru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washi Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 There are several around here with 3-6" of growth around here. There have been several with that much hit on the highway sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHbuckeye1 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 This is the biggest one I've seen so far. http://www.realtree.com/img/1003/thumbs/ICAM0159.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHbuckeye1 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Here's one of the local boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Saw one in my field last night. His G-1's were almost fully developed, and you could see the 2's just starting to bud. He was a decent sized deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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