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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: lokidog on August 23, 2010, 05:12:05 PM

Title: Are you still seeing velvet?
Post by: lokidog on August 23, 2010, 05:12:05 PM: Our neighborhood bucks just seemed to drop their velvet in the last few days. Didn't even see any in transition. Of course, it probably doesn't take too long to strip a fork of it's velvet. :chuckle: Weathergirl was hoping to get a crack at one next week still with its fuzz, oh well.
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Post by: halflife65 on August 23, 2010, 05:14:37 PM: I saw a dandy four point with velvet and a two point that was hard-horned the other day.
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Post by: high country on August 23, 2010, 05:20:28 PM: I saw a jumbo 4x4 this weekend. he was still fully velvet.
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Post by: jackelope on August 23, 2010, 05:48:30 PM: I saw 200-250 deer over the course of the last week and not one was hard-horned...whitetails and mule deer.

I did see 1 bull that was hard horned, but the other 30 or so that I saw were still in velvet. That hard-horned bull was also the biggest bull I saw...about a 300"ish 6x6.

This was all down in the Blues.
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Post by: Gringo31 on August 23, 2010, 06:05:39 PM: I've yet to see a hard horned buck.
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Post by: hogsniper on August 23, 2010, 06:31:05 PM: i would say that most of the bulls up here are now hard horned! I did see a very nice buck Saturday that was still completely fuzzy. Havent been seeing many bucks but the elk are def. hard horned! Also heard the first bugle of the year friday!
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Post by: bowtech721 on August 23, 2010, 06:39:08 PM: i saw a buck last night still in velvet... blacktail
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Post by: hogsniper on August 23, 2010, 06:44:14 PM: Actually i saw this buck Saturday! Wish i was gonna be around to hunt this year!!!
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Post by: coachcw on August 23, 2010, 08:20:43 PM: bucks in 340 still in velvet sat .
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Post by: Jason on August 23, 2010, 08:26:43 PM: Last Saturday I seen a 3x4 buck thats was all velvet and a 5x5 Bull that was hard horned.
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on August 23, 2010, 08:31:35 PM: Two point in velvet two days ago, I don't usually see the blacktail around here out of velvet until the 2nd week of September, minus the odd freak.
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Post by: hambone on August 23, 2010, 09:06:09 PM: was out looking around this evening saw 12 bucks about half an half
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Post by: lokidog on August 23, 2010, 09:12:59 PM: Hey Hogsniper, I'll stand in for you, just let me know those coordinates.... Wouldn't want that buck to get lonely. :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on August 23, 2010, 11:07:55 PM: Quote from: Gringo31 on August 23, 2010, 06:05:39 PM
I've yet to see a hard horned buck.
:yeah: Should start see some hard horned bucks any day now
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 24, 2010, 04:38:50 AM: Quote from: lokidog on August 23, 2010, 09:12:59 PM
Hey Hogsniper, I'll stand in for you, just let me know those coordinates.... Wouldn't want that buck to get lonely. :chuckle:

:iamwithstupid:
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Post by: zackmioli on August 24, 2010, 09:32:49 AM: saw 3 bucks this weekend still in velvet, 4 bulls; 2 hard horned, 1 in transition, and 1 in velvet.
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on August 24, 2010, 09:44:28 AM: Blacktail spike still in velvet this last Friday.
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Post by: 50CalJim on August 24, 2010, 09:57:14 AM: Saw 3 Nooksack Bulls yesterday a 6x6, 6x5 & a 7x7 & they were all hard horned. They were also doing some sniffing & dry humpin but the ladies weren't interested. :'(
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Post by: runningboard on August 24, 2010, 01:53:33 PM: saw 3 small whitetails in 113 this morning, all still in velvet. been cooling off good in evening last few days, expect to start seeing changes in behavior soon
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on August 24, 2010, 02:08:26 PM: blacktail still in velvet... at least here
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Post by: dlaw on August 24, 2010, 04:15:06 PM: Still seeing blacktails in velvet in my area.
Bulls a different story.
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Post by: MtnMuley on August 24, 2010, 04:21:05 PM: Everything I've seen in the Methow/Okanogan is still in full velvet.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 24, 2010, 04:24:27 PM: Everything I am seeing still has velvet. These were from last week.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 24, 2010, 04:35:21 PM: Deer are almost 100% velvet so far, I'd say bulls are pushing slighlty more than 50% shed.
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Post by: dirty24d on August 24, 2010, 04:39:22 PM: Every buck i've seen in 448 and 460 are still fully in velvet.
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Post by: Raul Duke on August 24, 2010, 06:02:02 PM: Just got home from 162, only seen 3 bucks but all 3 where still in velvet.
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Post by: highlander on August 25, 2010, 09:32:29 AM: Mulies in 172 and 175 high and low, all velvetty. Seems to be a good crop this year!
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on August 25, 2010, 12:21:43 PM: Southeast part of the state.

deer will strip 1st of sept. give or take a few days.

pretty much all 3 year and older bulls are stripped, 2 year olds will be stripping right now and yearlings will be spread out over about the first 3 weeks of september.

general rule of thumb, there will be a few exceptions.

and Pathfinder, you need to go kill that buck! He doesn't look too bad.
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Post by: billythekidrock on August 25, 2010, 06:51:00 PM: I saw a hard horned two point BT on Saturday.
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Post by: turkey slayer on August 25, 2010, 06:53:01 PM: I have seen 2 hard horn this week. But I would say 95% are still in velvet in my area
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Post by: lokidog on August 25, 2010, 10:55:14 PM: I guess it's pretty much our baby fork horns that are velvetless already. Saw a spike still in velvet though tonight. Here is one of the three in the yard yesterday.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 25, 2010, 11:49:30 PM: Quote from: BLUEBULLS on August 25, 2010, 12:21:43 PM

and Pathfinder, you need to go kill that buck! He doesn't look too bad.

Private Land Bluebulls. Just happened to spot him from the road.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on August 27, 2010, 12:14:18 AM: I saw a decent 4x4 muley this evening with no velvet, First one i have seen this year.
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Post by: MtnMuley on August 27, 2010, 03:54:43 PM: Velvet is disappearing in the Methow in the last few days.
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Post by: JCClement on August 27, 2010, 04:44:20 PM: Blacktail walked by my front window yesterday still in velvet. Called the wife in to see and woke the baby, got in trouble. Still pretty cool though.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on August 27, 2010, 10:55:32 PM: Right now must be peek shedding velvet for mule deer this year . I saw 5 more bucks today that were hard horned anywhere from 2x2 to 4x4. I have yet to see a hard horned whitetail.
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Post by: jwroberts on August 28, 2010, 07:09:22 AM: I saw two 2pt BT about 3 days ago with velvet
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Post by: Axle on August 28, 2010, 07:24:10 AM: Weather may have played a part. We had a record warm winter followed by a record cold spring.

This is happening in other places too. I have a buddy in New Mexico who called me last night and said he has seen 30+ bulls over the past week and they are all in velvet. Weird!
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Post by: lokidog on August 28, 2010, 09:21:06 AM: We had one with a wide rack and he showed back up yesterday, still with his velvet. He was just a part of the moocher gang (second pic).
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Post by: weathergirl on August 28, 2010, 10:11:35 PM: Hey--you took that photo from my deer stand! :chuckle:
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on August 28, 2010, 10:19:00 PM: Muleys we saw this past weekend were still in velvet... from a spike to a big racked muley..... bulls were still in velvet also.
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Post by: shanevg on August 28, 2010, 11:35:36 PM: The blacktails up in he alpine today were all still in velvet.
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Post by: Birdguy on August 29, 2010, 09:23:21 PM: There was a nice 3X3 mule deer with small eye guards dead on Hwy 97 today that was still in full velvet. Got a pretty good look at him as the four trailers in front of me thought the speed limit was 45 :bash: :bash: :bash:. Makes a 6 hour drive a 8 hour drive when you combine it with that great bit of traffic on 90 around Cle Elum :bash:. I know my fault for timing the drive but I will be over it tomorrow :chuckle:.
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Post by: MtnMuley on August 30, 2010, 07:50:57 AM: Several legal muleys have lost their velvet since last weekend.
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Post by: Gringo31 on August 30, 2010, 08:28:57 AM: Saw 2 this morning, both full velvet.
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Post by: BLUEBULLS on August 30, 2010, 11:37:08 AM: 20-30 bucks this weekend, only 1 hard horned.

12 bulls, 3 yearlings in velvet, anything older was hard horned. Bulls were with cows and bugling decent.

eastside.
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Post by: Wazukie on August 30, 2010, 01:14:20 PM: Everything I saw today was still in full velvet. Lots of deer but no bear. No acorn crop this year :'(
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Post by: Muleyarcher on August 30, 2010, 01:48:09 PM: have a couple of bachelor groups pretty well patterned for the last month and a half all muleys except 1 big 5x5 whitetail hes the only one who is hard horned out of all of them, he was in velvet till last saturday. Hes the biggest whitetail ive seen in the sagebrush since ive been hunting muleys im a muley fanatic all the way but i dont know if i could pass on him if he gives me the opportunity
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 30, 2010, 02:15:37 PM: Saw a forkhorn muley last night at about 4000 ft. Still velvet.
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on August 30, 2010, 02:23:15 PM: I saw a few bucks up high on the east side. Still velvet.

-Steve
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Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on August 30, 2010, 02:55:46 PM: Muley near the river this morning still had a full set of velvet.
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Post by: Kain on August 30, 2010, 05:25:14 PM: This forkey, from last Saturday, still had velvet but the rub was pretty fresh and in the same area.

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Post by: wildwood on August 30, 2010, 06:55:14 PM: in my neck of the woods they've been clean for a week or so
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Post by: dogtuk on August 30, 2010, 07:20:04 PM: I was in the Clearwater unit on Saturday seen 4 herds of elk one rag horn 3 point hard horned the rest spikes all had velvet on
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Post by: turkey slayer on August 30, 2010, 07:39:33 PM: Seems like 50% in my area no
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Post by: Gringo31 on September 01, 2010, 07:04:41 AM: I saw 21 bucks yesterday. The smaller bucks were hard horned and the bigger bucks still had velvet.
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Post by: MtnMuley on September 01, 2010, 08:03:16 AM: That's wierd Gringo. Exact opposite up here. Nearly every bigger buck I've seen in the past few days was hard, and the little guys were fuzzy. One dandy 3 point this morning standing in front of me at 20 yds that was very fortunate that I was after another guy. ;)