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Offline lokidog

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Are you still seeing velvet?
« on: August 23, 2010, 05:12:05 PM »
Our neighborhood bucks just seemed to drop their velvet in the last few days.  Didn't even see any in transition.  Of course, it probably doesn't take too long to strip a fork of it's velvet.   :chuckle:  Weathergirl was hoping to get a crack at one next week still with its fuzz, oh well.

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 05:14:37 PM »
I saw a dandy four point with velvet and a two point that was hard-horned the other day.

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 05:20:28 PM »
I saw a jumbo 4x4 this weekend. he was still fully velvet.

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2010, 05:48:30 PM »
I saw 200-250 deer over the course of the last week and not one was hard-horned...whitetails and mule deer.

I did see 1 bull that was hard horned, but the other 30 or so that I saw were still in velvet. That hard-horned bull was also the biggest bull I saw...about a 300"ish 6x6.

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2010, 06:05:39 PM »
I've yet to see a hard horned buck.
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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2010, 06:31:05 PM »
i would say that most of the bulls up here are now hard horned!   I did see a very nice buck Saturday that was still completely fuzzy.   Havent been seeing many bucks but the elk are def. hard horned!  Also heard the first bugle of the year friday!   

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2010, 06:39:08 PM »
i saw a buck last night still in velvet... blacktail

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2010, 06:44:14 PM »
Actually i saw this buck Saturday!     Wish i was gonna be around to hunt this year!!! 

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2010, 08:20:43 PM »
bucks in 340 still in velvet sat .

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2010, 08:26:43 PM »
Last Saturday I seen a 3x4 buck thats was all velvet and a 5x5 Bull that was hard horned.

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2010, 08:31:35 PM »
 Two point in velvet two days ago, I don't usually see the blacktail around here out of velvet until the 2nd week of September, minus the odd freak.

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2010, 09:06:09 PM »
was out looking around this evening saw 12 bucks about half an half

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2010, 09:12:59 PM »
Hey Hogsniper, I'll stand in for you, just let me know those coordinates.... Wouldn't want that buck to get lonely.   :chuckle:

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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2010, 11:07:55 PM »
I've yet to see a hard horned buck.
:yeah: Should start see some hard horned bucks any day now
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Re: Are you still seeing velvet?
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2010, 04:38:50 AM »
Hey Hogsniper, I'll stand in for you, just let me know those coordinates.... Wouldn't want that buck to get lonely.   :chuckle:

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