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I found these on 2 different leases, I think the big 8 was hit by a car because he expired in the edge of a pasture less than 100 yards from a road. The In-tact skull was found along with a spike and doe close to some fields. Looks like they may have been shot and not followed onto our property.
 

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Wow that bottom one is very cool with the knots on his bases going all the way up. Top pic was a good deer also
 
gta hunter,

Very cool finds! I suspect the bottom-pictured buck--the one with the intense knurling (little bumps) all the way up the beams--died just before antler velvet shedding, yet after antler mineralization, which would put his death at the end of August. I say that because obviously his antlers were bone, but I don't think he had shed his velvet. Soon after velvet shedding, rubbing activity will rapidly wear down the sharp edges of the knurls.
 
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BSK":35ieyd4z said:
gta hunter,

Very cool finds! I suspect the bottom-pictured buck--the one with the intense knurling (little bumps) all the way up the beams--died just before antler velvet shedding, yet after antler mineralization, which would put his death at the end of August. I say that because obviously his antlers were bone, but I don't think he had shed his velvet. Soon after velvet shedding, rubbing activity will rapidly wear down the sharp edges of the knurls.


I would have to agree with this
 
TNGRIZZLY_":ruahhc4s said:
BSK":ruahhc4s said:
gta hunter,

Very cool finds! I suspect the bottom-pictured buck--the one with the intense knurling (little bumps) all the way up the beams--died just before antler velvet shedding, yet after antler mineralization, which would put his death at the end of August. I say that because obviously his antlers were bone, but I don't think he had shed his velvet. Soon after velvet shedding, rubbing activity will rapidly wear down the sharp edges of the knurls.


I would have to agree with this


I appreciate the info, never thought about it like that...I found him 75 yards from a blacktop road on the edge of a pasture, most likely he was hit by a car.
 

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