Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th

[Stalker]

Attached photo was taken today from a friends back porch in Colorado; note the buck on the right is still in velvet. Have you seen this before or know how common it is? I have never seen this in the past. Wonder if it is due to how warm things are out there.   

[Jonathan_S]

I've heard that does with a very late estrous cycle one year will give birth to a fawn that will be a few months behind like that for the first 1.5 years but I never heard of a older buck like this... Not a cactus buck so. 

[huntnphool]

Could be a stag.

[blacktailcody]

Doe?

[PolarBear]

Gay? 

[tazman2800]

I shot a 3-point with eyeguards 2 years ago. When I rolled it over it was a doe on the back end. Talking to farmers in the area they said that it had been running around for 3 years with the same rack, they never saw it without horns. It was a heavy horn, chocolate brown antlers. So this might be the same thing.

[grundy53]

More then likely it's a cactus buck...

[buck man]

More then likely it's a cactus buck...

Went to book cliffs last nov 10 th to do a deer count. Saw 76 bucks in 4 hours and two were still in the velvet. I believe they have a low testosterone level due to an injury. Often times referred to as cactus bucks. 

[Jonathan_S]

I guess the cactus bucks I've seen weren't the same as everyone else.  The cactus bucks I used to see had really hairy antlers like that one nasty bull elk that was posted on here a while back.

[Michelle_Nelson]

I shot a 3-point with eyeguards 2 years ago. When I rolled it over it was a doe on the back end. Talking to farmers in the area they said that it had been running around for 3 years with the same rack, they never saw it without horns. It was a heavy horn, chocolate brown antlers. So this might be the same thing.

 

[carpsniperg2]

If you look at the head it looks like a doe. I know a few guys that have killed them. I know of one really nice Oregon 5x5 that was killed this year that had doe plumbing.

[lghtnquik]

If he injured his boys during velvet this is common that he wouldn't shed