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Title: September mule deer velvet
Post by: jstone on June 10, 2025, 03:25:58 PM: September 1st are the bucks still in velvet up high?
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Post by: teanawayslayer on June 10, 2025, 04:38:33 PM: Usually
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on June 10, 2025, 07:10:12 PM: From my experiences, some are, but usually the bigguns are clean, or will be within 3-5 days.
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Post by: BrockWeilep on June 11, 2025, 02:07:54 PM: Quote from: jstone on June 10, 2025, 03:25:58 PM
September 1st are the bucks still in velvet up high?
Last year I had my first buck I saw shed velvet Aug 30. It was a nice buck, but not big. Most of the bigger bucks I was watching shed the first week of Sept. I had some small stragglers hold until Sept 14. Hope that helps.

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Title: Re: September mule deer velvet
Post by: Mtnwalker on June 11, 2025, 02:23:18 PM: :yeah: I killed a mature 4 point on Sept. 15th in full velvet but it was ready to strip, he was with 3 other bucks 2 velvet and one hard horned
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Post by: jstone on June 16, 2025, 08:43:04 PM: Were they hanging out in the open hillsides
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Post by: erronulvin on June 17, 2025, 05:10:22 PM: Granted mine and my wife's bucks were low country mulies, my buck shed his velvet the day before season and my wife's buck was still perfect on the 2nd