Zbone's Link
https://forums.bowsite.com/tf/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=504547&messages=1&forum=4
They didn't turn on the cameras until this morning, but the buck's pedicles look recently shed...
Buck in the trough is what the Pantry folks are calling, "Vincent"...
The 5x shed on 12/17 and is still carrying one side 2 weeks later and pedicle still looks bloody ... Interestingly, I watched him run off a small buck by head down pointing his one side, he knows he's not fully crowned...8^)
The last picture looks like this shed buck has a pretty good open wound... Broadhead maybe?
The one they call Vincent is still fully crowned...
Babysaph - With the heavy snows, deer yard naturally in Maine so it wouldn't matter if the feed them or not, they are still going to be congregated in winter... From their site/channel:
"The Brownville Food Pantry For Deer feeds up to 800 pounds of native oats and at least a bushel of apples per day to help sustain the white-tailed deer population through rough winters here in Brownville, Maine. Feeding happens daily around 08:00(8AM) to 09:00(9 AM) Eastern Standard Time starting December 16 and continues to around the beginning of April. These are wild deer and this is not a deer farm. Some of the deer have been coming for more than 10 years. At times there are 200+ deer at the pantry. Wild turkeys also come and eat the native oats along side the deer. There is no Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD in wild deer in Maine. Please don't complain about it in chat. These deer are all very healthy and there has never been any type of disease spread among these deer. This "Yarding" of deer happens in Maine every winter, even if they were not being fed. You may see deer that are lame. Experts tell us that leaving them alone is the best thing we can do for them. Thank you for watching!"
