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Offline lokidog

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Out of velvet already?
« on: August 15, 2012, 07:41:08 AM »
Sorry for the bad picture quality (dirty window).  Weathergirl snapped this photo yesterday.  Seems pretty early?  Anyone else seeing bone yet?
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 08:12:44 AM »
I saw a big bull on Friday that had shed his velvet. Seems early for deer though.  :dunno: there are always wierdos  :chuckle:.
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 08:20:16 AM »
Saw a little whitetail buck in the alfalfa field that had bloody horns yesterday... A little early but it is the end of august!
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 08:35:55 AM »
About 3/4 of the bulls I have on camera are now velvet free, but all the deer still have it.   :twocents:
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 03:47:00 PM »
The Mulies I have on my property on the East side are all still in velvet. I did watch a bull locally last weekend hard at work removing the stuff.
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 03:50:13 PM »
All still full velvet here.
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 03:50:24 PM »
Nice shot Loki... Bulls are out of velvet around my house too now ... I try and get some pictures tonight !! :tup:
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 03:57:00 PM »
All the deer I have been seeing are still in velvet.  I usually don't see them lose it until end of September.  Seems like they like to run around with it starting to fall off and hanging all over the place during the high hunt.  Maybe that deer in the photo is an overachiever.
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2012, 03:58:35 PM »
4 bucks this week all still in full velvet in my neck of the woods
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2012, 04:18:13 PM »
I'm thinking any day now for the deer here to start.  Wouldn't be surprised  if  I have a pic on tcam right now.  Damn near a month ago, I had a freshly torn up tree near a cam.  Looks totally deer to me, but may have been an early elk/moose.  This past month of extreme heat has sped up the slow start to the year imo.
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2012, 04:42:10 PM »
Saw a forkie today in velvet and my buddy sent me a pic of a 3pt in ocean shores with bone
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2012, 09:17:51 PM »
i usually see a whitey every year by August 15 out of velvet..I have some i suspect to be out soon!
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2012, 09:24:24 PM »
That little guy looks so young!  He probably just doesn't understand how the whole velvet shedding thing works just yet
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2012, 09:30:02 PM »
He does look young, he won't be on our hit list this year.  Hopefully noone else will dump him, he has potential for out here with those eyeguards though.
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Re: Out of velvet already?
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2012, 09:54:22 PM »
Saw a nice big bull by packwood this last weekend that had no velvet.
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