Author Topic: Blacktails getting hard horned (Read 3820 times)

Pete112288 · « **on:** August 30, 2018, 02:27:50 AM »

Yesterday morning got me excited. Kept it under wraps while bear hunting till now. I saw 2 bucks that had shed velvet and found an alder sapling completely thrashed and had blood spots and such on it. Of course I have longer to wait this year as I switched back to modern for deer this year. But still, its got me excited!

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2018, 05:09:39 AM »

Got Pics?

Pete112288 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2018, 06:06:23 AM »

No pictures this go around. We will see after I get out again tomorrow morning. I didnt have my camera and 1 buck was 200+ yards off, the other was in the dark by the road while I was driving near my hunting area.

flyfishWA · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2018, 12:21:57 PM »

theres a six inch spike that hangs around in our yard that has shed its velvet now.

N7XW · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2018, 01:13:11 PM »

Gettin' to be that time of the year!

smithkl42 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2018, 01:44:52 PM »

There was a hard-horned three point blacktail in my back yard yesterday that was pushing two does. Seems a bit early even for pre-rut behavior, but he was clearly interested in 'em (and they were just as clearly *not* interested in him).

Rob · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2018, 03:29:47 PM »

Need to check my cameras, but I don't think mine are loosing velvet yet - as least not as of the 18th according to these photos

Wanderer · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2018, 04:19:07 PM »

the two and three point bucks in our back yard just lost their velvet the last 2 days.

bornhunter · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2018, 05:05:34 PM »

Saw a nicw 4point whitetail today all polished up.

TomT · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2018, 06:09:00 PM »

The bucks in Ocean Shores have been steadily stripping the velvet since mid-August. Never seen it happen this early.

180-GRAIN · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2018, 07:27:36 PM »

All 8 bucks using my property have shed velvet. 2 were sparing pretty hard last night in front of my camera.

Lucky1 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2018, 07:32:22 PM »

I saw 3 bucks last Saturday. One little spike already polished off the velvet. The big fork and another spike still were in velvet. They were all hanging around with a little doe. Sniffing her up and getting run off by the big buck. She was trying to cuddle up to the big one.

fishnfur · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2018, 09:55:01 AM »

From 18 Aug - No velvet. First time I've seen this buck, at least this year. Spittin' image of the buck I shot there a couple years ago.

Milkman · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2018, 11:30:30 AM »

Saw 3 bucks on route Monday all had fuzz..... saw the same 3 today all hard horned!

Pete112288 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2018, 04:50:01 PM »

This guy has been on the same cam for 3 weeks at least every 3rd night.
Big fork with a little sticker off one of an

flyfishWA · « **Reply #15 on:** September 01, 2018, 09:03:24 AM »

went up in weyco last night, driving the roads at sunset. saw one herd of elk in the trees, a spike elk in a clearcut and a cow and two calves in another clearcut. we saw nineteen deer and four were bucks some had velvet and others were hard horned.

PolarBear · « **Reply #16 on:** September 01, 2018, 09:30:33 AM »

Watched a spike and a 2x3 spar last weekend by the front gate of the transfer station in Rainier. Both were hard horned or at least were after their sparring session

J.Brower · « **Reply #17 on:** September 02, 2018, 09:36:34 AM »

This one is hard horned, last week he was in velvet.

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