Video: Buck Sheds an Antler (Checks it Out Hours Later) - Ottawa, January 8

[Justin Hoffman]

Hello All,

What a cool video cam capture from yesterday! The footage begins seconds after a buck sheds his left antler, showing him shaking his head back and forth, unaccustomed to the lopsided weight (and possibly trying to drop the other side.)

Four hours later he returns and proceeds to lick the base of his own antler. Who knew?!

Olymbros T3 Trail Cam



Cheers,
Justin

[bester]

very cool

[oaknut]

He really did seem quite uncomfortable when it was first dropped. Haven't ever seen one come back to chew on a cast antler either.

Neat video!

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[Justin Hoffman]

Funny. When I pulled the antler from the snow, and before checking the cam footage, I was amazed how clean the base was for a fresh drop (I was just here a day and a half earlier so knew it had only just shed). Completely clean base without a drop of blood. Now I know the reason why, lol!

[kokes]

Thats an incredible video thanks for sharing Justin!

Just curious from your experience what % of bucks do you find shed their antlers in january?

[tom gobble]

Cool shed and vid

[Justin Hoffman]

Thats an incredible video thanks for sharing Justin!

Just curious from your experience what % of bucks do you find shed their antlers in january?

If I had to guess, more than 50% of my sheds I find in January - many finds happening around the second week. I have about 8 bucks on my cams right now - half of them have dropped their antlers already. The bigger bucks seem to be still holding still.

Cheers,
Justin

[benjhind]

So cool. Thanks for sharing!