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Offline Pete112288

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Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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!
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2018, 05:09:39 AM »
Got Pics?
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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.
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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.
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2018, 01:13:11 PM »
Gettin' to be that time of the year!
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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).
« Last Edit: August 30, 2018, 01:52:16 PM by smithkl42 »
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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.
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2018, 05:05:34 PM »
Saw a nicw 4point whitetail today all polished up.
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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.
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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.
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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.  :dunno:
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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.
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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!   :tup:
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Re: Blacktails getting hard horned
« 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
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