Am I missing something

[lightsareout]

I don't get the appeal of taking a buck in velvet, is it just me?

 

[hitek7]

I don't get the appeal of taking a buck in velvet, is it just me?

Maybe it is just you. Maybe because it is not any everyday of the season occurrence and most people will not ever even have the opportunity. I myself would like to shoot one.

 

[Tennessee Lead]

I don't get the appeal of taking a buck in velvet, is it just me?

It's not just you. I have no desire to kill a buck in velvet.
Hard horns only for me.


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[Deer Assassin]

i have no desire to either

 

[Mike Belt]

Generally speaking, it's almost impossible to kill a velvet buck in Tn. That may be the appeal. 99% of the time they've already shed their velvet prior to archery season beginning. That being said, the first buck I ever killed with a bow was a 6 pointer in full velvet. It makes for kind of a shabby display.

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

Velvet Bucks make some of the best looking mounts. Season opens the first week of September here in KY so there are probably going to be tens of thousands of hunters trying to take a Velvet Buck.

 

[Winchester]

Its cool to kill a pretty velvet buck but once I did I learned I still prefer them polished!!

 

[lightsareout]

yeah, just never seen a velvet look good on the wall

 

[AT Hiker]

Velvet antlers are beautiful, its those tick infested short hair capes that can ruin the mount. However, if its a flawless cape a early season deer can produce a gorgeous mount.

As far as hunting velvet deer, I dont do it much but the lure of hunting them un-pressured on their summer pattern is a nice change from typical wt hunting. Nothing like a bachelor group of bucks within range.

Nebraska is opening up Sept 1 this year and North Dakota usually opens then too, both great places for a velvet deer.


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[WRbowhunter]

Velvet horns does not interest me that much either. But neither did red heads until my wife changed the color of her hair. to either their own

 

[redhunterZ71]

Don't care for them. I've killed two a mule deer and a big bodied whitetail in nov with no balls! Lol

 

[backyardtndeer]

Velvet mounts can be pretty awesome. Not much chance of seeing a shooter still in velvet here, but some states with early seasons there is a good chance.

 

[timberghost35]

I never really cared for them either. Id rather have a big swole up neck and hard antlers than a scrawny neck and hairy antlers.

 

[GreyGoose]

only one i ever shot was a eight point in december in arkansas {10 years ago]that was a doe weird

 

[AllOutdoors]

I would like to kill one just to have something different. Nothing I obsess about though.

 

[LanceS4803]

I would also like one, just as a representative example.

BUT, the real challenge is properly maintaining the velvet until you get it to the taxidermist. Only two way to do it: freeze or an injectable preservative. You have to actually force out the blood from the antler velvet by injecting a formaldehyde type solution. I assume you have to carry this whole kit with you in the field, or else have it closeby at camp.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

I don't get the appeal of taking a buck in velvet, is it just me?

I have killed a few in velvet and don't like them in velvet.

 

[CAW]

I killed one in Alabama that was in full velvet (Opening day of bow season in 2006). I would much rather kill them once they have shed. To me, they just look better.

 

[Mike Belt]

Generally speaking, a velvet buck taken during our Tn archery season has lost all of it's bulk, has shrunk down to the size of the actual antler, and in most cases the tips have already been worn off or are splitting. There's not enough there to inject with a preservative. To each his own but I think they make a shabby looking mount. The novelty of taking one is another story.

 

[infoman jr.]

It's just something that's unique that not a lot of people have a chance at.

 

[Hunter 257W]

Since I only gun hunt, I never even think about it. Regardless they don't look good to me and I would think the mount wouldn't hold up well anyhow. The velvet seems like it would be too delicate to last for years and years.