I was out scouting turkeys with my dad around the end of March. We walked back to the truck and seen some deer out grazing in the field. Well I suddenly threw up my binoculars and noticed one still had horns(it looked to be young 4pt). Is there some reason he still had horns on or do southern deer shed at a diffrent time than northern deer.
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I was out scouting turkeys with my dad around the end of March. We walked back to the truck and seen some deer out grazing in th
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yeah sometimes southern (warmer weather) deer shed them later. But it also depends on the buck's specific genetics. Some bucks will shed early and some won't shed until late march or even april. Plus the fact that it was a smaller buck means that he has less chances of knocking his antlers off on something. Bigger bucks hit branches or other stuff that just takes the antler off for them.
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Deer from different parts of the country will shed at different times, so it's not uncommon. It also makes sense as environmental conditions differ greatly from place to place, which likely plays a factor in this. Genetics would also play a role as the populations of deer aren't contained so gene flow does occur from population to population.
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