arizonian Report post Posted August 5, 2007 Some days I wake up grumpy... Other days I let her sleep... Today I woke up Grumpy so we could scout Reddington. Got a late start, didn't leave the house till 7:00, and knew it was going to rain. No matter, the buggy don't care about the weather, we had raingear in the pack, a bit of food and drink, and the whole day ahead of us. An open buggy is not ideal for wet weather, but it's all I have. We got our share of rain today. It came and went, and then came back. Only once did it really pour, but that was over in five minutes. Ponchos kept us and the seats almost dry. For lack of a better term, the honeybowl was dry. Didn't see a darned thing until about 2:00. We had stopped at a corral and were poking around a bit and I saw legs through the log fence. Because of the construction of the corral, there was no way to get a look at what those legs belonged to. We looked over the fence once we got to it, but the critter was long gone, down into the bottom never to be heard from again. Or so I thought. On our way out, I had to take one last look at the honey bowl. I found a deer that was just starting to bed down. It was under a juniper tree about five hundred yards away. I don't know if it was a doe or buck because the head was turned away until it finally settled in, and then it was too deep under the tree. As overcast as today was, there wasn't any excess light to reflect off any horns, but my mind keeps telling me there were horns on that thing. Something was between the ears, so it might have been a spike. Now comes the question: When do Coues whitetail shed their antlers? I know the antlers are fully developed before the Oct hunt and the rut is in Dec/Jan. When are they in velvet? Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devinv Report post Posted August 5, 2007 they're in velvet now, not sure when exactly they drop their antlers, there is a section are here about coue biology and i think it says though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
longshooter Report post Posted August 5, 2007 They start dropping horns in may Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25-06 Report post Posted August 5, 2007 Bill, Next time you dont wake up grumpy give me a call... Terry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arizonian Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Bill, Next time you dont wake up grumpy give me a call... Terry Thanks for the info. I'll be keeping my eyes open for sheds. Terry, If work slows just a little, I'm thinking Saturday again. Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25-06 Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Saturday sounds great, just let me know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
