Bachelor Groups?

[bartiks]

Hello all,
I have a question, well actually 2:

1.    Pertaining to the Bachelor Group Question, are they in their bachelor groups right now??  Kind of odd I thought, being the other day on the trail camera I caught 5 of them together.  Being that as it may just wanted me to get a jump start on this years hunting being that if they grow much more I will have a 12, 10, 8 and possibly another 8 running around on me.

2.    How long after they shed their antlers do they start growing them back?  Is it immediately?  Reason for me asking that is one of the 5 that I seen had 2 very distint nubs coming out of the top of his head.

Thanks to all and god bless.

[shouldernuke]

Feb 21, 2015 12:04:03 GMT -5 bartiks said:

Hello all,
I have a question, well actually 2:

1.    Pertaining to the Bachelor Group Question, are they in their bachelor groups right now??  Kind of odd I thought, being the other day on the trail camera I caught 5 of them together.  Being that as it may just wanted me to get a jump start on this years hunting being that if they grow much more I will have a 12, 10, 8 and possibly another 8 running around on me.

2.    How long after they shed their antlers do they start growing them back?  Is it immediately?  Reason for me asking that is one of the 5 that I seen had 2 very distint nubs coming out of the top of his head.

Thanks to all and god bless.

Right now deer both bucks and doe are simply on the best food in any given area and that is a large area thing a range of about 3500 acres in any direction of what we think of as their home hunting /summer range .They are simply all yarded up on that food its not really any sort of bachelor grouping until later in the spring when the herds go back to their core areas and break up and leave the deer yards they are at now .

that's by the book anyways .

Antler growth is a slow process of healing then they will start at some point when they become better fed and the hormones start to climb to grow them usually late April first part of may here in our state.

[bartiks]

thanks shoulder, didn't really know either way. Thought i would ask the question. Appreciated the input.