dun":dltjn8db said:I've never seen a castrated deer or elk. I once killed a buck that only had one nut and it was shriveled and looked to be pretty much useless. It appeared that his antler just kept growing antlers and never shed the velvet or the antlers. He ended up with some pretty grotesque headgear.
dun
Ive been told by a few old hunters that on older buck will bite the nuts off of younger bucks.dun":1jvh4asf said:I've never seen a castrated deer or elk. I once killed a buck that only had one nut and it was shriveled and looked to be pretty much useless. It appeared that his antler just kept growing antlers and never shed the velvet or the antlers. He ended up with some pretty grotesque headgear.
dun
kjones":2bkyfatt said:Any way Ive allways seen it as a horn has one point and doesn't branch. An antler has multiple points and may branch.
I think you may have heard wrong about deer. They may have ment to say squirrel. I know this is true with squirrels. shoot lots of young and old male squirrels every fall with no nuts. I have a mut for a squirrel dog.kjones":2dftb10n said:Ive been told by a few old hunters that on older buck will bite the nuts off of younger bucks.dun":2dftb10n said:I've never seen a castrated deer or elk. I once killed a buck that only had one nut and it was shriveled and looked to be pretty much useless. It appeared that his antler just kept growing antlers and never shed the velvet or the antlers. He ended up with some pretty grotesque headgear.
dun
Supposedly to remove any future mating competition. when this happens the bucks will not lose their velvet. It probably has something to do with lack of testosterone from missing his goods. Any way Ive allways seen it as a horn has one point and doesn't branch. An antler has multiple points and may branch.
oscar p":2dsbixpb said:You may have heard right. I belive it to be Bull stuff.
oscar p":1e9zm1l3 said:I think you may have heard wrong about deer. They may have ment to say squirrel. I know this is true with squirrels. shoot lots of young and old male squirrels every fall with no nuts. I have a mut for a squirrel dog.kjones":1e9zm1l3 said:Ive been told by a few old hunters that on older buck will bite the nuts off of younger bucks.dun":1e9zm1l3 said:I've never seen a castrated deer or elk. I once killed a buck that only had one nut and it was shriveled and looked to be pretty much useless. It appeared that his antler just kept growing antlers and never shed the velvet or the antlers. He ended up with some pretty grotesque headgear.
dun
Supposedly to remove any future mating competition. when this happens the bucks will not lose their velvet. It probably has something to do with lack of testosterone from missing his goods. Any way Ive allways seen it as a horn has one point and doesn't branch. An antler has multiple points and may branch.
oscar p":2h5knszx said:Deer dont have top teeth in the front so I find it hard that they could bite them off. They couldn't get them in the back of the mouth to chew them off. I've hunted for 25 years, my dad for 52 years, weve never shot a buck with no testicles. Out of all the hundreds of T.V. hunting shows,magazines,and documenterys(?spelling) you know their would be an article or show about it.