Antler Lock Ups

Near skeletal remains of a nice whitetail buck that got stuck on a tree while rubbing it.

Continue Reading The Last Rub

I received this email recently. Describes a pretty interesting day at the office. Here is how my day started yesterday ( 11-29-2007) Got a call that 2 bull elk were locked up and one was dead the other still alive. The bulls were in a field about 15 miles Northeast of Monticello. When I got [...]

Continue Reading Two Bull Elk Antler Locked

Here’s an interested set of photographs showing a whitetail buck that had locked up another buck. The winner of the skirmish apparently had to sit and wait for the other one to die. I wonder how the other one died. It looks a little gnawed on. The good farmer helps the buck out. The last [...]

Continue Reading Deer Antler Locked, II

Here’s another interesting set of photos. In the first photo notice the bulge under and to the left of the deer’s eye out between the nose and the eye. (left eye) On the second picture, the bulge is more noticeable and you can see what appears to be a wound in front of the deer’s [...]

Continue Reading Whitetail Buck with Horn in Nasal Cavity

I got this via email the other day. Check out this story. Whitetails are overpopulating and spreading West. I’m on a hill here and use a spotting scope to check out miles of floodplain, normally underwater ( John Martin resevoir) but now a vast prairie after 7 years of drought. There I can witness the [...]

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