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Early Velvet season this year?
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5667137" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>guys, the velvet hunt is the greatest thing since sliced bread IF you have the habitat and are responsible for feeding deer for 2/3 of the year.</p><p></p><p>Prehunt scouting is a BLAST! I was up there July 5 thru 9, found 3 bachelor groups (17 bucks total), 2 of which I would shoot on the hunt if antler development continues as it should over next 6 weeks (one is already 110in with 20inside and 20in beams... and a LOT of growing to do). Hung cameras on their fence crossings, already getting pics of them. I'll hunt them again just like every other velvet hunt in the past... spot and stalk from the ground with a crossbow. So far I'm 0 for 4, but having the time of my life (I'm not shooting for just any mature buck... gotta be 140in or better and mature for me to fling an arrow). Had so many close encounters with unpressured bucks (that didn't meet my standards) I've become addicted... to the preseason scouting, the hunt itself, and how close you can get to old deer that haven't been hunted in 7 months.</p><p></p><p>Removing 700 bucks annually statewide has zero impact on the herd. And its wonderful having a chance at a buck using your place in Aug that will be 5 miles away during the rut mid Nov.</p><p></p><p>Im sure there are some that just sit on cornpiles... but those are the same ones doing it in Nov.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5667137, member: 2805"] guys, the velvet hunt is the greatest thing since sliced bread IF you have the habitat and are responsible for feeding deer for 2/3 of the year. Prehunt scouting is a BLAST! I was up there July 5 thru 9, found 3 bachelor groups (17 bucks total), 2 of which I would shoot on the hunt if antler development continues as it should over next 6 weeks (one is already 110in with 20inside and 20in beams... and a LOT of growing to do). Hung cameras on their fence crossings, already getting pics of them. I'll hunt them again just like every other velvet hunt in the past... spot and stalk from the ground with a crossbow. So far I'm 0 for 4, but having the time of my life (I'm not shooting for just any mature buck... gotta be 140in or better and mature for me to fling an arrow). Had so many close encounters with unpressured bucks (that didn't meet my standards) I've become addicted... to the preseason scouting, the hunt itself, and how close you can get to old deer that haven't been hunted in 7 months. Removing 700 bucks annually statewide has zero impact on the herd. And its wonderful having a chance at a buck using your place in Aug that will be 5 miles away during the rut mid Nov. Im sure there are some that just sit on cornpiles... but those are the same ones doing it in Nov. [/QUOTE]
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