Deer trapped on levee

[roy365]

Originally Posted by JLG_Engineer

OK hold the phone, how does the one buck in the first picture allready have antlers. Do deer in Mississippi keep antlers all year round? I would be shocked to see see velvet yet, but rubbed antlers.

Must be close to nuclear power plant.

[VikingWarrior2004]

Ya I was gonna say thats a pretty long time for that buck to have his antlers still on. No way thats a new set, he just didn't drop them yet. This is a current picture right???

[helomech]

Originally Posted by JLG_Engineer

OK hold the phone, how does the one buck in the first picture allready have antlers. Do deer in Mississippi keep antlers all year round? I would be shocked to see see velvet yet, but rubbed antlers.

I still had a few on my property last week with antlers. Most have shed them, but not all. I haven't seen many pics this week, so they may all be gone now.

[helomech]

Originally Posted by VikingWarrior2004

Ya I was gonna say thats a pretty long time for that buck to have his antlers still on. No way thats a new set, he just didn't drop them yet. This is a current picture right???

Yes, we saw it on the news. Then my brother got this emal from a friend of his that lives there.

[tnbowhunter]

I thought it was unusual to see a buck in "hard horn" this time of year also. No way in hell he has already grown a new set and shed velvet. He's probably just an odd ball and has held onto his antlers a little longer than most. It is a fact the further South you go the bucks will keep their antlers longer. Also the rut occurs later the further South you go. It's not unusual for Texas, South Florida, etc deer to rut into late January or later, wheras our rut "usually" occurs around the middle of November.

Most of our bucks drop antlers in mid February. In fact I have seen a few bucks with new antler growth already. Of course you have to look really hard to see anything.