Wildlife & Related

[Hummer]

Dude look pretty Buck'ish.

Yes, and he's in the rut chasing does. It's a great time to hunt deer (and the first time I've ever hunted the mule deer rut). This fellow's head accentuates the very big body but the antlers, while high, lack basal mass and width. In the past three days I've seen a few bucks with wider antlers but probably not bigger bodied. I expect I'll be very lucky to find one much better. The very severe drought in western CO this year reduced food quantity and nutrients needed for antler growth. While October brought more rain which will help with winter forage it's too late to influence antler growth.

So far, November has been dry which will likely continue through the month.