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    Palms and points

    Aug 10, 2022 5 minutes

    I had been watching the fallow for some months in my general area and was amazed at the antler growth I was seeing during late 2021 and the beginning of 2022. I was also seeing better numbers and a lot more mature animals. Why?

    WELL, first, we’d received more rainfall — in fact, constant rain for several months — resulting in better feed than I’d seen in many years. Second, two seasons of COVID lockdown meant many hunters didn’t have the opportunity to pursue game, as most were in lockdown here in NSW for months on end.

    That said, the fallow deer in my area had cracked velvet by the end of the first week of February and the fallow rut came not long after in early April. During those months, I tend to get the fever. Not COVID fever, but the same one most other deer hunters get, where everything else

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