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I would have shot that buck myself had it crossed my path while javelina hunting! Meat in the freezer and jerky in the pantry.

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Never refer to me as a liberal hahah I would of shot it my self... not trying to get anyone busted or anything, I just had a genuine question

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Regs specify antlered deer. Those look like antlers to me.

That's true but the question is are they shedable?
Of course they are. They are a hard antler, so they are dead and will be shed, to be replaced with a new set this summer. I wonder if that was a 1.5 year old buck with bad genetics, or a 6 month old button buck?

 

This does bring up a very interesting question though....is a cactus buck a legal deer to shoot? They stay in velvet year round and NEVER shed their antlers again.

 

What does G&F consider "fully erupted from the skin"? Velvet is technically skin, so are early archery season bucks technically illegal deer too?

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Regs specify antlered deer. Those look like antlers to me.

That's true but the question is are they shedable?
Of course they are. They are a hard antler, so they are dead and will be shed, to be replaced with a new set this summer. I wonder if that was a 1.5 year old buck with bad genetics, or a 6 month old button buck?

 

This does bring up a very interesting question though....is a cactus buck a legal deer to shoot? They stay in velvet year round and NEVER shed their antlers again.

 

What does G&F consider "fully erupted from the skin"? Velvet is technically skin, so are early archery season bucks technically illegal deer too?

 

That's a great question. Just hope Shawn Wagner isn't the warden you run into when you shoot that cactus buck. He has a tendency to interpret the rules as he sees fit.

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Well, if your friend entered the deer contest ... we have a winner for the Smallest Buck category! :)

 

Ernesto C

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Was that from 36b by chance

 

no....why?

Is it one you were watching?
Yep, probably on someone's hit list.
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Thats a pretty nice December 31st buck, lol! Seriously, I consider any buck taken with a bow a trophy.

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The late Wes Bramhall, one of the founders of the Record Desert Whitetail Club, made a bolo tie from a tiny three-point Coues whitetail shed he found somewhere. I always wanted one like it.

 

Bill Quimby

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