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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: boneaddict on August 24, 2014, 04:51:05 PM

Title: Velvet Free
Post by: boneaddict on August 24, 2014, 04:51:05 PM: 8 bucks yesterday, 50% are velvet free.
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Post by: Houndhunter on August 24, 2014, 05:38:35 PM: Pics or your making stuff up again.....
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Post by: jrebel on August 24, 2014, 06:17:41 PM: :yeah: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Watimberghost on August 24, 2014, 06:24:56 PM: not sure if Bone owns a camera :dunno:
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Post by: beaslayer6 on August 24, 2014, 07:17:15 PM: all the bucks I seen this weekend were velvet free too. I was wondering what was up with that? early winter? :dunno:
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Post by: Houndhunter on August 24, 2014, 07:17:25 PM: Quote from: Watimberghost on August 24, 2014, 06:24:56 PM
not sure if Bone owns a camera :dunno:

I heard he still uses film....
Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 24, 2014, 07:26:18 PM: Quote from: Houndhunter on August 24, 2014, 07:17:25 PM
Quote from: Watimberghost on August 24, 2014, 06:24:56 PM
not sure if Bone owns a camera :dunno:

I heard he still uses film....
whats film?
Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: X-Force on August 24, 2014, 07:27:05 PM: Quote from: Houndhunter on August 24, 2014, 07:17:25 PM
Quote from: Watimberghost on August 24, 2014, 06:24:56 PM
not sure if Bone owns a camera :dunno:

I heard he still uses film....
:chuckle:

What elevation bone?
Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: bankwalker on August 24, 2014, 08:08:40 PM: I need pics, with landmarks in the background, 3 types of id, and preferably a written statement from said velvet free bucks or I just don't believe it. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: boneaddict on August 24, 2014, 08:31:23 PM: 2000 feet or so. Rocks and camera don't mix, so no deal, though my daughter was trying to get one with her cell phone.
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Post by: Quackwhacker on August 24, 2014, 09:58:41 PM: Saw a velvet free 4 pt today up around 4000 ft. He was hanging out with a doe.
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Post by: HornHoarder on August 24, 2014, 10:02:34 PM: I also seen some whitetails out of velvet today.
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Post by: pope on August 24, 2014, 10:53:17 PM: Seems early, but tonight I saw a hard-horned blacktail 3-point with deep forks crossing the road near Buckley.
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Post by: lokidog on August 24, 2014, 11:01:54 PM: They still seem to have velvet here, but shouldn't be long now.
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Post by: returnofsid on August 25, 2014, 11:13:39 AM: The three bucks I saw in the southern Pend Oreille County area, last Wednesday were all still in full velvet.
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Post by: stringer on August 26, 2014, 08:25:26 AM: Still in velvet here.
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Post by: teanawayslayer on August 26, 2014, 12:13:16 PM: No pics?
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Post by: jasnt on August 26, 2014, 12:26:18 PM: Of the 11 bucks visiting my plot all are still in velvet. 2222' asl.
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Post by: Band on August 27, 2014, 01:40:34 PM: I completely believe Bone because karma usually catches up with liars in the form of being shot by a skunk and to my knowledge that has not happened. 8)

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: jasnt on August 27, 2014, 02:20:17 PM: Quote from: jasnt on August 26, 2014, 12:26:18 PM
Of the 11 bucks visiting my plot all are still in velvet. 2222' asl.
Update 1 young 4x4 was hard horned last night.
Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: gonehuntin68 on August 27, 2014, 05:56:52 PM: I have a blacktail on my camera that is hard horned.
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Post by: blindluck on August 27, 2014, 06:02:31 PM: drove by a dead forky blacktail on I-90 near issaquah hard horned and dark.
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Post by: demontang on August 29, 2014, 02:41:41 PM: Saw a hard horn buck along the yak. The bucks I chanced last early season all where out of velvet too
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Post by: GETOUTSIDE on September 03, 2014, 11:02:51 AM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F09%2F04%2Fza9a5aje.jpg&hash=b590cd7182da5aa2e15a27cc84ff31646d0bf537) not the greatest photo, on my computer, taken with my phone. Smallest of 5 legal bucks. The only one that's shed velvet. I think that pic was on the 28th.
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Post by: westside bull on September 03, 2014, 11:12:27 AM: I seen pics of a couple of bucks that were killed last weekend that had no velvet!
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Post by: gun-dog on September 03, 2014, 12:36:07 PM: I live just outside of Newport and right now it looks like we are about 50/50. The deer I stuck opening day was still in full velvet, but the one who walked out before him was hard horned. I would guess that they will all be hard horned before the week is up.
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Post by: bhawley76 on September 03, 2014, 01:11:00 PM: I haven't seen a buck that is hard horned yet, all are still in velvet around my house even the town bucks still have velvet :dunno:
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Post by: gun-dog on September 03, 2014, 01:14:20 PM: Quote from: bhawley76 on September 03, 2014, 01:11:00 PM
I haven't seen a buck that is hard horned yet, all are still in velvet around my house even the town bucks still have velvet :dunno:

Weird, Where are you located? We started to see some hard horned bucks early last week. I thought all of ours would be out of velvet before we even started hunting.
Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: jasnt on September 04, 2014, 06:56:36 AM: My plots about 50/50 now too. Im getting excited for mid Oct :tup:
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Post by: bhawley76 on September 04, 2014, 07:03:22 AM: I take that back checked my trail cams last night and got three good bucks that have no velvet, but there is still a bunch of little bucks that still have there fuzz on them. The three that don't are all good size, if I knew how to post pics I would put them up.
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Post by: Old Man Yager on September 04, 2014, 04:04:40 PM: I been seeing that too. Them little guys don't get as riled up as the bigger deer do, I think the bigger deer decide to show some poor tree who's boss and rub the velvet off sooner than the smaller bucks do.
Title: Re: Velvet Free
Post by: Jimmy33 on September 05, 2014, 07:23:22 PM: I haven't been seeing any velvet bucks at my house...