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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: bornhunter on August 21, 2021, 09:54:27 AM

Title: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: bornhunter on August 21, 2021, 09:54:27 AM: Nice 5x5 bull road kill on I-5 just south of Grand Mound exit. Antlers clean of all velvet.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: Damnimissed on August 21, 2021, 10:27:10 AM: Quote from: bornhunter on August 21, 2021, 09:54:27 AM
Nice 5x5 bull road kill on I-5 just south of Grand Mound exit. Antlers clean of all velvet.

I saw that too. Must’ve been a sketchy salvage being right against the median. It was salvaged, though.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: bornhunter on August 21, 2021, 10:42:47 AM: Quote from: Damnimissed on August 21, 2021, 10:27:10 AM
Quote from: bornhunter on August 21, 2021, 09:54:27 AM
Nice 5x5 bull road kill on I-5 just south of Grand Mound exit. Antlers clean of all velvet.

I saw that too. Must’ve been a sketchy salvage being right against the median. It was salvaged, though.

I was thinking that also. Many road kill deer in that stretch but to see a bull there was a shocker.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: 280ackley on August 21, 2021, 12:46:21 PM: Saw a nice 5x5 on the 10th with velvet hanging,,, last Thursday saw a different bull in the same cut velvet clean.
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Post by: TommyH on August 21, 2021, 01:52:03 PM: Got Pics of a bull on 8/9 nearly rubbed clean, multiple others held their velvet longer tho.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: HntnFsh on August 21, 2021, 07:38:44 PM: Quote from: bornhunter on August 21, 2021, 09:54:27 AM
Nice 5x5 bull road kill on I-5 just south of Grand Mound exit. Antlers clean of all velvet.

Was this today? Buddy saw one there last week. Said it looked lik it broke a horn off when it got hit.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: Lumpy Taters on August 21, 2021, 09:46:16 PM: I have seen elk there in the past. If I remember right someone was really hurt about 10 years ago from hitting one around there. Not surprised it got salvaged. That's a lot of meat to waste
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: Farmer72 on August 22, 2021, 04:19:01 PM: I saw 2 6x6 bulls yesterday and they were rubbed clean. The 6x7 I saw 2 weeks ago in the same area was full velvet.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on August 22, 2021, 04:42:52 PM: They’re just finishing up with velvet rubbing. They’ll start gravitating towards the cows within a few weeks. Then, it’s party time.
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Post by: Gentrys on August 22, 2021, 09:06:17 PM: My cameras show them rubbing off Velvet every year in the 2nd to 3rd week of August.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: bornhunter on August 22, 2021, 09:09:54 PM: Quote from: HntnFsh on August 21, 2021, 07:38:44 PM
Quote from: bornhunter on August 21, 2021, 09:54:27 AM
Nice 5x5 bull road kill on I-5 just south of Grand Mound exit. Antlers clean of all velvet.

Was this today? Buddy saw one there last week. Said it looked lik it broke a horn off when it got hit.

No. Lat saturday. One side one missing.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: Wet Chicken on August 22, 2021, 09:54:31 PM: I have a pic of 2 bulls on the 16th rubbed clean, but still with a redish color.
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Post by: Roadkill99 on August 29, 2021, 01:07:06 PM: I saw 2 young bulls yesterday that where clean.
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Post by: WSU on August 29, 2021, 01:16:07 PM: Found a couple rubs yesterday.
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Post by: Colby Otto on August 29, 2021, 03:15:27 PM: I jest got a trail cam pic of a nice bull and buck and the bull does not have velvet but the buck does? I would think the buck would loose its velvet first because it sheds first?
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: Jingles on August 29, 2021, 04:47:50 PM: FWIW Have 3 bucks visit the yard daily the largest has completely shed and the other 2 have not even started yet
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: mburrows on August 29, 2021, 07:10:26 PM: Deer seem to always ditch velvet later than elk even though elk shed a month later. Wild how quickly the big bulls grow new antlers in such a short period of time.
Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: emac on August 29, 2021, 08:23:52 PM: Yes elk always rub off velvet first. And deer always shed first.

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Title: Re: Bulls rubbing already?
Post by: Colby Otto on August 30, 2021, 09:52:33 AM: Also I have a spike elk on cam same time and still has velvet and that explains it more :chuckle: