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Offline boneaddict

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Velvet Free
« on: August 24, 2014, 04:51:05 PM »
8 bucks yesterday, 50% are velvet free.   

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2014, 05:38:35 PM »
Pics or your making stuff up again.....

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2014, 06:17:41 PM »
 :yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2014, 06:24:56 PM »
not sure if Bone owns a camera :dunno:

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2014, 07:17:15 PM »
all the bucks I seen this weekend were velvet free too. I was wondering what was up with that? early winter? :dunno:

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2014, 07:17:25 PM »
not sure if Bone owns a camera :dunno:

I heard he still uses film....

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 07:26:18 PM »

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 07:27:05 PM »
not sure if Bone owns a camera :dunno:

I heard he still uses film....
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2014, 08:08:40 PM »
I need pics, with landmarks in the background,  3 types of id,  and preferably a written statement from said velvet free bucks or I just don't believe it. :chuckle:

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2014, 08:31:23 PM »
2000 feet or so.   Rocks and camera don't mix, so no deal, though my daughter was trying to get one with her cell phone. 

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2014, 09:58:41 PM »
Saw a velvet free 4 pt today up around 4000 ft. He was hanging out with a doe.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2014, 10:02:34 PM »
I also seen some whitetails out of velvet today.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2014, 10:53:17 PM »
Seems early, but tonight I saw a hard-horned blacktail 3-point with deep forks crossing the road near Buckley.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2014, 11:01:54 PM »
They still seem to have velvet here, but shouldn't be long now.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2014, 11:13:39 AM »
The three bucks I saw in the southern Pend Oreille County area, last Wednesday were all still in full velvet.
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2014, 08:25:26 AM »
Still in velvet here.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2014, 12:13:16 PM »
No pics?
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2014, 12:26:18 PM »
Of the 11 bucks visiting my plot all are still in velvet. 2222' asl.
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #18 on: August 27, 2014, 01:40:34 PM »
I completely believe Bone because karma usually catches up with liars in the form of being shot by a skunk and to my knowledge that has not happened. 8)

 :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #19 on: August 27, 2014, 02:20:17 PM »
Of the 11 bucks visiting my plot all are still in velvet. 2222' asl.
Update 1 young 4x4 was hard horned last night.
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2014, 05:56:52 PM »
I have a blacktail on my camera that is hard horned.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2014, 06:02:31 PM »
drove by a dead forky blacktail on I-90 near issaquah hard horned and dark.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #22 on: August 29, 2014, 02:41:41 PM »
Saw a hard horn buck along the yak. The bucks I chanced last early season all where out of velvet too

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2014, 11:02:51 AM »
not the greatest photo, on my computer, taken with my phone. Smallest of 5 legal bucks. The only one that's shed velvet. I think that pic was on the 28th.



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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2014, 11:12:27 AM »
I seen pics of a couple of bucks that were killed last weekend that had no velvet!

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #25 on: September 03, 2014, 12:36:07 PM »
I live just outside of Newport and right now it looks like we are about 50/50.  The deer I stuck opening day was still in full velvet, but the one who walked out before him was hard horned.  I would guess that they will all be hard horned before the week is up. 
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #26 on: September 03, 2014, 01:11:00 PM »
I haven't seen a buck that is hard horned yet, all are still in velvet around my house even the town bucks still have velvet :dunno:

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #27 on: September 03, 2014, 01:14:20 PM »
I haven't seen a buck that is hard horned yet, all are still in velvet around my house even the town bucks still have velvet :dunno:

Weird, Where are you located?  We started to see some hard horned bucks early last week.  I thought all of ours would be out of velvet before we even started hunting. 
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #28 on: September 04, 2014, 06:56:36 AM »
My plots about 50/50 now too. Im getting excited for mid Oct :tup:
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #29 on: September 04, 2014, 07:03:22 AM »
I take that back checked my trail cams last night and got three good bucks that have no velvet, but there is still a bunch of little bucks that still have there fuzz on them. The three that don't are all good size, if I knew how to post pics I would put them up.

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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #30 on: September 04, 2014, 04:04:40 PM »
I been seeing that too. Them little guys don't get as riled up as the bigger deer do, I think the bigger deer decide to show some poor tree who's boss and rub the velvet off sooner than the smaller bucks do.
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Re: Velvet Free
« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2014, 07:23:22 PM »
I haven't been seeing any velvet bucks at my house...
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