Velvet Bulls July 7&9th. Lots of 7pts!!!!!

[Lance]

These pictures are from July 7th and 9th. These are some of our local boys that love to get their pictures taken. You may reconize a couple of them from our June time pictures. Check Out all the 7th points on these young bulls! Ive seen a lot of these extra points on bulls this year, and not just the younger bulls. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

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[Jimmer Negamanee]

Great pictures! Makes me question my "wet year = phenomenal antler growth" hypothesis. These are some whopper bulls. Thanks for posting.

[Lance]

Great pictures! Makes me question my "wet year = phenomenal antler growth" hypothesis. These are some whopper bulls. Thanks for posting.

 

 

Jimmer

This is a post i wrote on our June 14th velvet bulls post. I thought id share it here as well.

 

"It's a dry year but I think the majority of the antler growth will not be affected. Everywhere these particular bulls are living has plenty of water and plenty of lush green food. So I don't beleive there are any antler growth restrictions amongst these bulls. As in most areas where posible, when it gets dry the elk naturally move to where the best feed and water is. Like burns, or golf courses, or drying up lake beds, or mountain medows where the snow has just melted or in towns where food and water can be found in a number of places. Especially the bulls who know they need the nutrients. There is always the exception and some elk will be too dumb to know whats good for them or just not have the opportunity. But for the most part there is always some where the smarter ones can escape to with some kind of good food and water.

I know that bad habitat conditions will have a direct effect on every part of an elks life, including anteler growth. And I've seen the effects. But, because elk are usually smart enough to take advantage of other options like mentiond above, I don't beleive it has the big all around effect on anteler growth throughout our state that many people have come to think it does."

 

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