jesse8953 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 How much do antlers grow per week and when do they stop growing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 I dont really know how much they grow per week. It probably depends on where your at, and what kind of nutrition is available for the bucks. Around here they are done growing for the most part by the end of August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 I'm pretty sure around now through August, bucks can add anywhere from 1/2 inch to an inch per day...July and August are normally when antler development is at its peak...Thought i read that somewhere, cant remember where though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 http://www.realtree.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87903 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Thanks Todd, I can't believe I missed that one.Just wandering how much this one would grow.Looks like a 8 point to me, not very wide though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeinwalker Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 Thanks Todd, I can't believe I missed that one.Just wandering how much this one would grow.Looks like a 8 point to me, not very wide though. This is a young deer (most likely 2.5yrs.). He will be a nice deer this year, but I would guess wind up scoring only 100-115 before he's done. Give this deer one more year almost for sure, but keep that camera in the woods. Antler growth can accellerate depending on the deer and the location. He might get to 130 and surprise you. Keep postin the pics. Afterall, he has 3-4 more weeks before he's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted July 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 This is a young deer (most likely 2.5yrs.). He will be a nice deer this year, but I would guess wind up scoring only 100-115 before he's done. Give this deer one more year almost for sure, but keep that camera in the woods. Antler growth can accellerate depending on the deer and the location. He might get to 130 and surprise you. Keep postin the pics. Afterall, he has 3-4 more weeks before he's done. I will let this one walk another year but he probably will not make it, cause the hunting pressure is so high around here.Groups push woods around here and shoot anything that is brown.Lots of young deer taken to early.This was in my buddys 40 arcer woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeinwalker Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 (edited) I will let this one walk another year but he probably will not make it, cause the hunting pressure is so high around here.Groups push woods around here and shoot anything that is brown.Lots of young deer taken to early.This was in my buddys 40 arcer woods. I will let this one walk another year but he probably will not make it, cause the hunting pressure is so high around here.Groups push woods around here and shoot anything that is brown.Lots of young deer taken to early.This was in my buddys 40 arcer woods. Same here. In NC hunting with dogs in the eastern district is still legal. The only reason is because lots of legislators would loose their jobs if that were to change. In the old days, we were dirtroads and backwoods. All that has changed. Farmers figured out that they could sell-off road frontage in their bean fields for $20,000/acre and now there are trailerparks everywhere. Up until a few years ago, NC had the most miles of paved roads in the U.S. I was shocked by that statistic, and I don't know if it still stands, but now, I can believe it was once accurate. These dog hunters are also allowed to hunt with high-powered rifles. It's a sport whose time really has come and gone. Things change, but some of these guys just refuse to change with the times, mostly because it's easier to ride around in the truck than to walk 200 yards to a deer stand. They shoot everything they see. When a buck is running full-sprint across a bean field, they don't have much time to judge antlers before they have to pull the trigger or let him go. So, the deer doesn't have a chance. Once in a great while you'll see an articel in the paper where someone managed to kill a big one by chance running it with dogs, but it's always in a remote part of the state. I live in one of the mos sparsley populated counties and the dog hunters do o.k. from time to time, but you still have to hope you don't get between a deer hunter and a deer crossing the road. Last season, my family and I were coming home from town on a Saturday afternoon and caught a father with his 10-year-old son lying on the roof of a truck on the side of the road shooting at a deer in a cut-over. Just this weekend I was around a group of guys with whom I am aquainted that openly admitted, dog-hunting very seldomly produces a trophy-class buck. In fact, in all the years they've been doing it, they've never killed anyhthing over a very small 8. I harvested a nice 8 (19.5" wide) last year on a farm that we have been hunting moderately for 15 years. There were 5 bucks chasing 2 hot does. The next largest buck in the group was a perfectly symetrical 6 with 8" brow-tines and at least 18" spread. My wife saw the same deer 2 days later, but opted not to shoot as she was not comfortable with the distance. After the beans were picked, I moved a climber into the swamp. That creek is usually dog-hunted, but last year was only run twice. The last time I caught dog hunters on the road, I was coming out of the stand. I stayed in my truck in the driveway to the property to make sure if their dogs ran the deer out into the empty field that they did not get a shot. They came down to where I was and asked what I was doing. When I pointed to the posted signs and told them that the owner expressly forbids hunting by anyone but myself, my wife and my hunting partner on the property and that I was making sure if a deer ran out that they did not shoot it on that property, they quickly informed me that they were done for the day and that they were only looking for one more dog. They were pissed, and sped off, but mostly, they knew they did not have permission to take deer from the property and were very eager to leave and some what appologetic (to my face) before someone called the sherrif. These guys think that just because their dogs ran the deer out on a property that they have a legal right to harvest the deer whether they have permission to hunt the property or not. They already had a 4-point on the back of thier truck. Anyway, the following weekend, the deer came by my stand at 4:40 in the afternoon. I know he was not killed last year because there were only a couple of days left in season. Also, I know his tracks from those he left near my stand and can easily identify him. I had been seeing his tracks a week or 2 before the first time I saw him and confirmed that they were his after I saw him the last week of the season near my stand. I was in there about a month ago and saw his tracks again. I know he's sticking pretty close to that farm. I know he's going to be a real wall-hanger this year. I also know, if I don't get him during muzzelloading season or the first week of rifle, my chances will be pretty slim. Edited July 15, 2009 by treeinwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 I will let this one walk another year but he probably will not make it, cause the hunting pressure is so high around here.Groups push woods around here and shoot anything that is brown.Lots of young deer taken to early.This was in my buddys 40 arcer woods. Pretty much the same on the properties behind us, especially in the gun seasons. Too many people and way too much pressure. Thanks Todd, I can't believe I missed that one.Just wandering how much this one would grow.Looks like a 8 point to me, not very wide though. Could be wrong, but don't think that deer will grow a whole lot more this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 I was always under the understanding that they'll grow until they shed the velvet. How much they grow depends on food and water...if he's got good nutrition and plenty of water...I would think he'll grow more. Shooter depends on your location...I've seen bucks that I let walk and know others would take in a heart beat. I would love to take a 150"+, 5 1/2 year old off my property...realistically...that ain't gonna happen. My land is too small to manage and they get hunted hard around me...so, basically foolish to let a 110" 2 1/2 year old walk...but I have in hopes they make it another year or two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 depending on water and nutrition in your area (proteins), antlers will grow from mid-late August and then begin to shed velvet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted July 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 They got a pond in the woods and beans all the way around 3 sides.Corn field across the other road.Mineral sights that have been there for 3 years now.I refresh the mineral site about every 3 months.Still gitting different deer on cam but nothing giant like I had last year at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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