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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: winston2789 on August 28, 2015, 07:09:31 AM

Title: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: winston2789 on August 28, 2015, 07:09:31 AM: Curious how many of you guys would rather shoot a mature buck in full velvet vs hard horned if you planned on putting him on the wall?
Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: headshot5 on August 28, 2015, 07:19:21 AM: Hard horned. Velvet does absolutely nothing for me. I prefer blacktails later in the season too, when their faces turn gray.
Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: BigBullDreamer11 on August 28, 2015, 07:32:11 AM: I think blacktail look funny in their summer coats i like them later in year and their necks dont look like toothpicks.
Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 28, 2015, 07:34:30 AM: Hard horned, red rack, thick necked bruiser :drool:

It only matters to me when I am looking at magazines and pictures though. When I am hunting, I care about getting him on the ground...regardless of velvet, antler color, cape color, etc.
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Post by: westsidehntr on August 28, 2015, 07:37:33 AM: Definitely hard horned :twocents:
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Post by: boneaddict on August 28, 2015, 07:39:15 AM: I don't like velvet at all.
Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: cowboycraig on August 28, 2015, 07:43:09 AM: Can velvet go on the wall? Thought it had to be removed anyhow. I am such a meat centric hunter... All I really care about is shooting a legal deer made of meat :)

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Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 28, 2015, 07:49:10 AM: Quote from: cowboycraig on August 28, 2015, 07:43:09 AM
Can velvet go on the wall? Thought it had to be removed anyhow. I am such a meat centric hunter... All I really care about is shooting a legal deer made of meat :)

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Bigger antlers = bigger animal = bigger meat :tup:
Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: boneaddict on August 28, 2015, 07:51:29 AM: Quote from: cowboycraig on August 28, 2015, 07:43:09 AM
Can velvet go on the wall? Thought it had to be removed anyhow. I am such a meat centric hunter... All I really care about is shooting a legal deer made of meat :)

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Yes, there are mounting methods now that are pretty good about preserving the antlers, or the look of velvet.
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Post by: blindluck on August 28, 2015, 08:46:14 AM: HARD!!!
Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: Jonathan_S on August 28, 2015, 08:56:29 AM: I think velvet looks awesome until about mid July. Then it's kind of a rag-tag look.

I especially like how antler tips look when they are in full swing growth. Obviously that doesn't apply to a wall mount.
Title: Re: Blacktail velvet vs hard horned?
Post by: BLR 243 on August 28, 2015, 09:03:07 AM: Wet grey and black with a salamander neck.No velvet.