Thread: Please Tell Us About Antler Growth

area i was in last week had most of the stags in hard antler, But i did see 1 stag with about 200 of velvet and a couple of spikers with velvet buttons on top of their heads

Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

Antlers don’t break through the skin, velvet grows from the Coronet.
Can see from this photo Stags at different stages of growth.

You will note from this picture that the ones which eat meat grow velvet later/slower than their vegetarian friends.

Fallow buck who drppped his antlers yesterday.
They have a change in attitude once they drop. No way would I have gone in the paddock with him a couple of days ago.
He's a grumpy little bastard when he's got hard antler up.

My brother got this Kaimai stag with a yearling two weeks ago, would the leathery nubs have turned to velvet or is there something else going on there?

yes ,thats the very beginning stage,button velvet its referred to as..or velvet buttons.

Same guy as my picture above.

Same guy today.
Ticks are giving him hell.
Have to dip him every ten days to keep on top of them.
We didn't have ticks here three years ago.

@7mmwsm my father inlaw sprays for ticks on some deer farms in Taranaki. If you want his number to chat with him on what could help you, let me know

On a deer control hunt in Nelson Lakes National Park that I took part in last month we saw two stags with good velvet heads. We left them for some lucky hunter if they ventured into the area. One yearling stag was shot that had maybe 3cm stubs of velvet so I guess it goes to show there are no hard and fast rules about antler growth.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

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Same guy today.
Ticks are giving him hell.
Have to dip him every ten days to keep on top of them.
We didn't have ticks here three years ago.

Big sis was advised to use ripcord on cows to combat biting flies....I'm surprised the likes of ivomec isn't working for Rudolph..

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Big sis was advised to use ripcord on cows to combat biting flies....I'm surprised the likes of ivomec isn't working for Rudolph..

11 types of ticks in NZ. Ivomec effective on cattle ticks, not effective on all.

Originally Posted by Billbob

@7mmwsm my father inlaw sprays for ticks on some deer farms in Taranaki. If you want his number to chat with him on what could help you, let me know

@Billbob thanks. I'll message you once all the Christmas stuff goes away.

I'm using Bayticol. But it appears ten days and they are back.
I'm toying with the idea of torching their little paddock. There's a lot of trash, dead grass etc that the little buggers will be hiding in.
It appears to be the only area the ticks are.
Sheep and cattle around the rest of the farm appear to be clean.
Shore my lambs just before Christmas and didn't see a tick on them.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Pffft. What about a 77 year old on viagra?

What a crack up. I can’t stop cackling like an old hen.

I know for sure it works well on pigs....might work just as well on deer for lice n ticks.... Give diesel vechille an oil change and use the thick black by product as a poor man's pour on. Couple of cup fuls down centre of pink pigs back and by next day had black pig that no longer scratched so much..but like brylcream and nits..... I'm told they do not like greasy/ oily environment....