Well, for the most part, we know that most drop tines are caused by genetic coding. It is quite simple, young growing bucks that lack brow tines will mature into old bucks without brow tines.
We breed for what we want to hunt.
Bucks with drop tines. Such bucks are like ghosts of the forest and can cause a lot of sleepless nights. I�ve seen people get worked up about a small 100 inch buck with a drop tine. True trophy class bucks with drop tines are quite rare, just as any trophy buck is in ks.
Our old neighbor bagged a buck very similar to this one. One of them makes a cut through the velvet on come bucks after their main frame is formed. They are not uncommon in ks if you look at several hundred bucks each year, that is.
Wouldn�t a single drop tine deduct from the overall score? You see that on many of the big drop tines and on all the most impressive ones. Well, for the most part, we know that most drop tines are caused by genetic coding.
They can come to no consensus on them. Why are they considered the holy grail? The bucks can’t or don’t rub the velvet off the bottom tips.
At tin bender ranch we love big, typical framed bucks with some kickers and drop tines to add some flair, and inches! I am really neither here nor there about them. Plus, this buck had nine lives.
Alas, those illusions had turned out to be a stick in the background, or a buck’s ear at a weird angle. Tyler behlman shoots his first buck ever with a bow, a giant buck with a drop tine he calls wishbone. mike reed has the biggest deer he�s ever seen. However, sometimes hard work pays off in a big way.
We�ve invested in the top genetics and specific blood lines in the country to produce any hunters dream buck! I had actually seen only 1 legit drop tine buck in my life, and he was too far for a shot. We breed for what we want to hunt.
In 2015, he threw off some trash, namely drop tines. With great habitat, superb genetics, and strict management policies in place allow drop tine guides and outfitters to guide you to the most sought after, hardest trophy to obtain on. Sure, bucks can grow weird antlers because of prior injuries, which could have been the case with the buck in this photo (note how close it is to the pedicle), but most true drop tines are the result of a whitetail buck�s genes.
An even worse scenario is that the mature old bucks without tines still get to mate each year and spread their genes bearing bucks that will also lack brow tines. By josh honeycutt january 20, 2022. The old #5 buck from okie, buddy 111, and dude at 3years are exceptions and i am sure there are many others.
Pick up many shed with drops. The drop tine buck had survived the heavy pressure of the 2010 pennsylvania deer season and was alive and well. It was standing on one side of a draw and on the other side of.
There�s a big buck with big drop tine on our farm, and a nearby hunter took a buck with a drop tine and a 180 inch typical frame. I think they ruin a great typical rack. Nobody wants to hunt a buck without a healthy antler to show for it as a trophy.
Sure, bucks can grow weird antlers because of prior injuries, which could have been the case with the buck in this photo (note how close it is to the pedicle), but most true. It is quite simple, young growing bucks that lack brow tines will mature into old bucks without brow tines. Suppose someone shot a perfect 17 point that scored 215 inches, but that odd six inch drop tine ruined the chance of a world record.
There are a few in the area we hunt (if they got throught he season). It gives them more character, as if they need it. One summer night while fighting mosquitos and filming deer feeding on green soybeans, i caught a glimpse of a buck with a familiar rack shape, but no visible drop tine.
Robert foos shot this beautiful buck in south dakota this season on an epic spot and stalk hunt. Our trail cameras confirmed it was him. Very few deer will grow a 15+ typical tine and have a drop on that side.
This is a unique opportunity to hunt mature bucks during the rut. Hunter tags an oklahoma buck with double drop tines. Once steady, jim didn’t hesitate and shot the buck right behind the shoulder with his.270.
But i had thought i had seen a drop tine 1,000 times before during the last 3 decades of hunting across america. One of my observations is that deer with drop tines rarely have great tine length. Well, for the most part, we know that most drop tines are caused by genetic coding.
The buck fled with a short burst, but dropped in sight. Especially when it is the buck of a lifetime. The crowning glory is a couple inches of black, hardened velvet on the bottom of the club.
The south dakota drop tine. What causes a drop tine on a deer? I filmed the buck with my cell phone, but let him roll, thinking it would be cool to let the 3 year old with light drop tines grow a year.
The buck was a homebody, always on the cameras, rarely being out of sight for more than a day or two on the cameras. When you add in a specific feature such as 10 brow tines, a drop tine, 6x6 typical antlers or a 23 inside spread the odds of seeing that feature on a huge antlered buck drop to one in tens of thousands. Op, i see drop tine bucks about every year, sometimes several.