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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: lokidog on August 15, 2012, 07:41:08 AM

Title: Out of velvet already?
Post by: lokidog on August 15, 2012, 07:41:08 AM: Sorry for the bad picture quality (dirty window). Weathergirl snapped this photo yesterday. Seems pretty early? Anyone else seeing bone yet?
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Post by: grundy53 on August 15, 2012, 08:12:44 AM: I saw a big bull on Friday that had shed his velvet. Seems early for deer though. :dunno: there are always wierdos :chuckle:.
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Post by: jess on August 15, 2012, 08:20:16 AM: Saw a little whitetail buck in the alfalfa field that had bloody horns yesterday... A little early but it is the end of august!
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Post by: Daytonite on August 15, 2012, 08:35:55 AM: About 3/4 of the bulls I have on camera are now velvet free, but all the deer still have it. :twocents:
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Post by: Biggerhammer on August 15, 2012, 03:47:00 PM: The Mulies I have on my property on the East side are all still in velvet. I did watch a bull locally last weekend hard at work removing the stuff.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 15, 2012, 03:50:13 PM: All still full velvet here.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on August 15, 2012, 03:50:24 PM: Nice shot Loki... Bulls are out of velvet around my house too now ... I try and get some pictures tonight !! :tup:
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on August 15, 2012, 03:57:00 PM: All the deer I have been seeing are still in velvet. I usually don't see them lose it until end of September. Seems like they like to run around with it starting to fall off and hanging all over the place during the high hunt. Maybe that deer in the photo is an overachiever.
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Post by: dirty24d on August 15, 2012, 03:58:35 PM: 4 bucks this week all still in full velvet in my neck of the woods
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Post by: MtnMuley on August 15, 2012, 04:18:13 PM: I'm thinking any day now for the deer here to start. Wouldn't be surprised if I have a pic on tcam right now. Damn near a month ago, I had a freshly torn up tree near a cam. Looks totally deer to me, but may have been an early elk/moose. This past month of extreme heat has sped up the slow start to the year imo.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on August 15, 2012, 04:42:10 PM: Saw a forkie today in velvet and my buddy sent me a pic of a 3pt in ocean shores with bone
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Post by: huntnnw on August 15, 2012, 09:17:51 PM: i usually see a whitey every year by August 15 out of velvet..I have some i suspect to be out soon!
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Post by: DoubleJ on August 15, 2012, 09:24:24 PM: That little guy looks so young! He probably just doesn't understand how the whole velvet shedding thing works just yet
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Post by: lokidog on August 15, 2012, 09:30:02 PM: He does look young, he won't be on our hit list this year. Hopefully noone else will dump him, he has potential for out here with those eyeguards though.
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Post by: Hurricane on August 15, 2012, 09:54:22 PM: Saw a nice big bull by packwood this last weekend that had no velvet.
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Post by: Icdeadelk on August 16, 2012, 03:28:58 PM: We used to have friends that lived on Blakely island and it seemed things were always 2-3 weeks ahead of the mainland out there.
Sure miss being out there and watch the water go by sipping suds.