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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Stalker on November 25, 2012, 04:01:50 PM

Title: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: Stalker on November 25, 2012, 04:01:50 PM: Attached photo was taken today from a friends back porch in Colorado; note the buck on the right is still in velvet. Have you seen this before or know how common it is? I have never seen this in the past. Wonder if it is due to how warm things are out there. :dunno:
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 25, 2012, 04:18:57 PM: I've heard that does with a very late estrous cycle one year will give birth to a fawn that will be a few months behind like that for the first 1.5 years but I never heard of a older buck like this... Not a cactus buck so. :dunno:
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: huntnphool on November 25, 2012, 04:36:41 PM: Could be a stag.
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: blacktailcody on November 25, 2012, 04:37:43 PM: Doe?
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: PolarBear on November 25, 2012, 04:39:26 PM: Gay? :dunno:
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: tazman2800 on November 25, 2012, 07:35:43 PM: I shot a 3-point with eyeguards 2 years ago. When I rolled it over it was a doe on the back end. Talking to farmers in the area they said that it had been running around for 3 years with the same rack, they never saw it without horns. It was a heavy horn, chocolate brown antlers. So this might be the same thing.
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: grundy53 on November 25, 2012, 08:48:39 PM: More then likely it's a cactus buck...
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: buck man on November 25, 2012, 08:56:59 PM: Quote from: grundy53 on November 25, 2012, 08:48:39 PM
More then likely it's a cactus buck...
:yeah:
Went to book cliffs last nov 10 th to do a deer count. Saw 76 bucks in 4 hours and two were still in the velvet. I believe they have a low testosterone level due to an injury. Often times referred to as cactus bucks. :twocents:
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: Jonathan_S on November 25, 2012, 10:50:38 PM: I guess the cactus bucks I've seen weren't the same as everyone else. The cactus bucks I used to see had really hairy antlers like that one nasty bull elk that was posted on here a while back.
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 25, 2012, 10:54:47 PM: Quote from: tazman2800 on November 25, 2012, 07:35:43 PM
I shot a 3-point with eyeguards 2 years ago. When I rolled it over it was a doe on the back end. Talking to farmers in the area they said that it had been running around for 3 years with the same rack, they never saw it without horns. It was a heavy horn, chocolate brown antlers. So this might be the same thing.

:yeah:
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 25, 2012, 11:13:41 PM: If you look at the head it looks like a doe. I know a few guys that have killed them. I know of one really nice Oregon 5x5 that was killed this year that had doe plumbing.
Title: Re: Muley buck in Velvet Nov. 25th
Post by: lghtnquik on November 25, 2012, 11:14:47 PM: If he injured his boys during velvet this is common that he wouldn't shed