Head Start on Antler Growth

sn_outdoors · May 15, 2017

Despite the bad winter, one of the bulls I saw this weekend seemed to be doing pretty well in the antler growth department. Has anyone ever seen a bull this far along so early? I know I haven't.

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Califelkslayer · May 15, 2017

Maybe he didn't shed?

andrew12gauge · May 15, 2017

That was my first though too but in the video you can clearly see he is still in velvet.

HUNTNNW · May 15, 2017

To me if he didn't shed the antlers would look pretty bad by now.. Those look like this years growth

sn_outdoors · May 16, 2017

I think the only plausible explanation is steroids. ;-)

I watched him for about an hour. The velvet looked too clean and healthy for me to think it's carried over from last year. He has the growth of what I imagine most bulls have around mid to late July. It was quite a shock to see him like this.

"The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there." -Vince Lombardi

Stillwater165 · May 17, 2017

He must have found quite the place to winter ? Deer feed pellets ???

sn_outdoors · May 17, 2017

>He must have found quite the
>place to winter ? Deer
>feed pellets ???

Lol. Maybe. Whatever he was eating, he didn't share it with his buddies.

"The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there." -Vince Lombardi