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Anyone heard of this before

DroptineKrazy

DroptineKrazy

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My wife just told me a guy she works with showed her a pic today of a 6 pointer that had shed his velvet already. Said it was a decent 6 and the guy said he got pics of the buck last year too. Same thing. Shed this early? Anybody witness or here of this? Earliest I've heard of is Middle of August.
 
That's strange, wonder what would cause that. A hormone deficiency/imbalance or are the photo receptors that signal the hormone change needed to go from velvet to hard horn wacky....very interesting. Is the rack a normal size for that area?
 
krub6b said:
That's strange, wonder what would cause that. A hormone deficiency/imbalance or are the photo receptors that signal the hormone change needed to go from velvet to hard horn wacky....very interesting. Is the rack a normal size for that area?
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She said it was respectable 6. She grew up on venison, so she knows her stuff. Her dad probably shot more deer than anyone I've ever met. lol.
 
Was gonna say it might be possible down in Florida where they have some areas of deer that rut way early, like coming up pretty shortly and they may shed way early but I would not expect one to have shed this early up your way.
 
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