strange or not?

[srupp]

Hmm driving near hospital in Williams lake..2 mule deer walked across Johnson st..BOTH were bucks BOTH HAD FULL HEADGEAR !!!
Seems a little late ? To be sporting racks? Or no..havnt really kept track over the years..
Late ? Or no.....
Srupp

[325]

Were they smaller bucks?

[m5wilson]

I saw a buck yesterday in Cranbrook still with antlers. Thought it was late as well.

[srupp]

No actually decent bodies . racks were..130..ish..
Srupp

[Wild one]

Seen a 2pt mule deer still packing around a week ago

[chris]

Very late.

[325]

Definitely late. Especially for larger racked deer

[Ride Red]

Had 5 does and one buck with nubs starting in my yard yesterday.

[Monashee]

Around Westbridge saw a 5 pt whitetail on April 10 back around 1986 . He probably lived in a 1/4 mile square with no fences

[ACB]

When there was still LEH for turkey around Creston we saw a young WT still with half of headgear just before the beginning of May. The same trip on the same day we saw a 5pt. bull elk and two other bulls that had their new antlers already sprouting.

[swampthing]

I have always seen small bucks with their gear as late as april. Takes the wind out of your sails when you are shed hunting!

[RugDoctor]

My experience in WL I’d say a little late alright.

[HarryToolips]

I'd,say late....

[Bugle M In]

Probably because there are no trees left to knock em off on!!??

[The_Bear_Man]

Been seeing the same little spiker out near vanderhoof lately. Also a nice mature buck with headgear about 2 weeks ago.

[MOOSE MILK]

Two good bucks fighting on a lawn in Oak Bay on the news yesterday, both had full set of head gear, I thought they would have shed by now and anything on their noggins would be in velvet.

[whitlers]

That's gotta be very late. I have seen good antler growth in velvet in early May.

[fearnodeer]

That is late for sure.

[Bugle M In]

Is it possible that these deer everyone are seeing are "pet" deer that are getting fed by people on a daily basis thru the
winter?
And would that effect them holding on to their antlers so late?

[boxhitch]

was thinking the same way
life must be good if they haven't dropped last years growth

[elch jager]

It's global warming... :razz:

[gcreek]

No actually decent bodies . racks were..130..ish..
Srupp


They might be drinking directly out of Williams Creek Steven. Haha

[eatram]

It's global warming... :razz:

trumps fault too

[Jrax]

group of 4 bucks in telkwa, 3 were still packing. One 2 point and 2 were 4pt bucks not huge but big enough to count easily driving by at 80km/hr and while my wife was harassing me to keep my eyes on the damn road. April 2nd I think.

[Bugle M In]

group of 4 bucks in telkwa, 3 were still packing. One 2 point and 2 were 4pt bucks not huge but big enough to count easily driving by at 80km/hr and while my wife was harassing me to keep my eyes on the damn road. April 2nd I think.
^^^^^that happens to me too....I had to laugh.

[northernbc]

Nice big buck here this morning still not dropped

[Bugle M In]

They must be getting fed on the side??
Makes no sense to me.
I don't think that is normal.
Sounds like they will only drop them when the new nubs start to come thru.
Or, we are going to have some spectacular non-typicals running around soon???

[sawmill]

High wide 2x2 in my yard here yesterday. He was trying to eat buds off my little apple tree. Can you say Crossman .177 in the ass?

[BTF]

I see it in the 'city' deer often. Especially at the land fill, everyone is dumping off their hedge trimmings and feeding the deer year round. With a food source year round they fawn at very odd times too, and the bucks sport antlers at anytime as well. I guess because they are breeding at anytime. Timing of food source/supply dictates when the does will breed in a normal environment. I assumed this year round food supply affects these off season bucks.

[walks with deer]

must be princeton dump?
have a photo of dad at the range waiting for the fawn to move from infront of the target lol.