Just the other evening I saw two bucks together. Both deer were wearing a growing set of velvet antlers. One buck was going to be narrow, but very high, and the other was just a forkhorn, so far. At this stage of their developement its hard to determine the deers age, but down in the southern part of the state a 1-1/2 old deer can sport a nice 8 point rack. Nutrition is important to a deers antler development as well as genetics and overall health. There is so much food for the deer around here that the winter starvation index doesn’t even come into play. Southern Michigans deer herd is looking pretty good according to the latest report by the D.N.R. We should be in for an excellent deer season.
Mike