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_droptine_
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I would like to hear what rules of thumb you guys use to know when the bucks have moved back into their summer homes above or at timberline after the winter is over.
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COjack
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I have also wondered the same thing, I have thought it was early July around here, another question is when do they have their full antler growth?
a lot of factors to consider
a lot of factors to consider
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RACKMASTER
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last week in June!
I think 90 day(in summer range) is what big bucks need to be at for an optimin developement of body and rack!
imo...
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I think 90 day(in summer range) is what big bucks need to be at for an optimin developement of body and rack!
imo...
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It really depends on the snow pack, and spring/early summer weather. If you follow the green-up (new growth of grass and forbs) just below the receding snowline, you should run into some of those timberline bucks making their way back to their summer homes. They should arrive on their summer range as soon as the green-up occurs.
Bucks tend to reach optimum antler growth just prior to shedding their velvet in September.
Bucks tend to reach optimum antler growth just prior to shedding their velvet in September.
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TFinalshot
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The rule I use is when I see them. . . Really. It's strange every year I see deer at the highet elevations and then see them at the trail head or in the same drainage but at a lower elevation and they all use the area. I think I see the most numbers of bucks at the higher elevations in end of July, August, and September, or until the snow or shooting brings them down. . .
Around here it is all dependant on snowpack. On average though, end of June is the norm. I normally start my summer scouting on the Canada Day Long Weekend. As for when they are fully developed, from what I've obsevered, bucks seem to pretty much finished putting on tine length by the second week of Aug.
Hiker
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I agree with the posts above, usually as soon as it greens up and another thing to keep in mind is flies. When it's a really bad fly year, bucks will go up as high as they can get to get into cooler weather and to get away from the flies and to give their antlers a rest from continual torment.
Hiker
Proverbs 3:5-6
Hiker
Proverbs 3:5-6
