Last year we saw a yearling forky with his in March, last November 11 I saw a tiny little fawn with bright spots and light coat barely larger than my cocker spaniel.  Perhaps there are unbread does around that keep the bucks harmones flowing.

I am thinking that the does that do not breed on their heat cycle come back into heat again; and again; and as long as the stimulant is in the air; the bucks keep their antlers.

I have NOT seen this with muledeer. Has anyone else?

I remember a guy shooting a doe in September with a partially formed fawn in it. That had to be a really late breeding...( whitetail).

May be an antlered doe.Did you look in the right area to confirm this?

He's just a young one, you spooked him and he dropped his teething ring. Or maybe she was trying to ring a spike???  Nice picture Killdeer, is that your mobile hunting blind in the back ground?

-Brett

I have seen them into april during our turkey season with there horns.  

Nice....where's your bow???   :rolleyes:    

I was trying to harvest a nice 8 point during the archery season with no luck, so I figured I would get him with my Cap-lock in the late season. He finally started coming through my area at a consistent time (he's on my cudde-back) and I thought I had him pegged. The night I went out to sit for him he comes down the trail with one horn? This was the 2nd week of January? I was mad but then realized he'll be a better buck next year and I'll have a shot at him with the bow!


P.S. I have looked for his sheds for the last 4 weeks without any luck,it would be cool to have his sheds and pics form this year and harvest him as a bigger dear next year!

Two things are odd - 1.) the buck didn't drop his horns yet and 2.) there is no one sleeping in the county truck!

I have seen bucks with there antlers still intact in late march, but most of the time they are long gone by now. I found a small shed this past Dec. that was pretty fresh.

Yep......got pics of bucks with antlers here in March as well.

Cool pic!

Sorry I was showing my computer illiteracy . Thanks , I can see them now . Side note I have seen bucks with racks here in late trapping season , Feb. and end of March but have also found fresh sheds as early as first week of Jan.

The wife and I took these pics 2nd week of March 2008! Same buck in all pics and looks to be a fair 8 point.

Upper right corner of pic
 

Walking away
 

Sky line behind the doe
 

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but a doe can have a rack too and they will keep them all year. Same goes for a buck that has no nad's!

Killdeer,
I did see a small buck 4 pointer April 7th a handful of years back near Lake Placid NY that had not shed antlers yet.
Also my hunting partner was still hunting Dec 22 this year in Western,Ma and slipped up on a mature buck in it's bed that had shed both sides !!!

some of the young deer up here, especialy spikes will go a whole year without loosing thier velvet,

Have some cam pics from March of last year with bucks still having antlers.

Anything Odd?  Is that Elvis in the truck?

I couldn't resist!  

If there are does still coming into heat, there will be bucks that keep their antlers to breed them. Does with antlers usually stay in permanent velvet as for they don't have the testosterone for the antlers to harden in most cases. Bucks that stay in permanent velvet have had personal injury. A huge Muley was killed last year that was with a permanent velvet rack and since those racks continue to grow he wasn't eligible for PY.