What's Chewing on my Antler Sheds? Trail Cam Sting Operation Reveals Culprit!
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- One my first antler shed finds of the winter was freshly chewed up pretty bad, so I set up a trail camera (in video mode) to figure out what critter is responsible for the damage.
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Good detective work Brett! I always thought it was mice chewing on them!
Pretty sure mice enjoy nibbling on them too! I've picked up many sheds with chew marks that are much smaller.
Wow, squirrels.. would not have guess they were the culprits.
Wonder if badgers chew on dropped antlers as well. They came wandering into my property after they built a bridge to the mainland.
Badgers might, but probably wouldn't chew for long. They aren't knawing rodents like those dang squirrels!
@@UncleBucksYeah, they are not.
Currently binge watching all your excellent work now as the season is pretty much over here. Food plots are razed and covered completely in 20cm snow that have glazed. The deer have migrated to the coast where there is less snow and more food.
Over the pond here I don't think I have ever seen a blind with windows that are shut while hunting. Most hunting out of blinds here is done while the moon is up and making it possible to shoot with a good scope (artificial light is not allowed). But I like the thinking as you can stave off the deer going nocturnal if they are not stressed.
Given that you get a fair bit of snow and that your hunting season stretches in to that period. What do you do to feed or attract deer on your property in that period? My property is as I wrote above mostly abandoned by them in that period. Then they return during spring,
@rolfnilsen6385 Using bait piles is illegal in WI, so unless there's an ag field with crops or fields with crop spoils, it's really tough to get one in late season. They don't really migrate here, they just relocate locally. I plant food plots. This year I have a few acres of corn. Next year it'll probably be soybeans. I'm blessed with property to be able to do that.
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@@UncleBucks I struggle to find crops that will be available for the deer in the fields when the snow start to pile up and the soil freezes here at 63deg North (about same latitude as Alaska - but quite a lot milder due to weather patterns and the gulf stream).
Did a walkabout today, and the fields were like deserts. No tracks - no food. Some tracks in the woods where there is browse.
I suppose they get and like some of the minerals that are in the antlers. Bet they are hard to chew. After all, antlers have been used in the past for making arrowheads...
Too bad they're not even harder to chew. The varmints can get their vitamins from the acorns and leave the antlers for us. 😆
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Yes sir time for some squirrel hunting!