I do not like Velvet bucks….
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Best i can tell, 5 different mature (maturish on some) bucks have hit these salt lick this week and some have pretty much stayed including the big wide scrub 6
Just wait a few weeks and they won't have velvet anymore 
I am not into velvet bucks at all either. To me harvesting a velvet Buck is like eating a green banana. Just wasn't ready. Or taking something out of the oven too quick it isn't done.
I cant make myself go untilJust wait a few weeks and they won't have velvet anymore
The 2nd week of bow season because it will
Be october. I killed s doe last yr on oct 4th, which was ok, becauee it said OCTOBER
SpurChaser
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Couldn't agree more. Cool to see but hard antlered is better to me
Absolutely
ImThere
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I love to see them.
Good pics, thanks for sharing.
BSK
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Ditto. No interest in killing a buck in velvet. But to each, their own.
BSK
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I would shoot that big 6 in a heartbeat!
Flintlocksforme
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Hard antler with shreds of bark hanging off of them is my preference. I like to see them though. Still gets me excited
BSK
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Absolutely! Love seeing velvet bucks.
Although I've only killed one, I did enjoy the hunt. It's something a little different. The heat and bugs are a hindrance but so is below freezing air and gusty wind. Whether I'm sweating & panting or nose dripping & shivering makes little difference to me. Miserable is miserable. And I do like the way they look, skinny neck or not. There's an @$$ for every seat I guess.
megalomaniac
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Nice bucks! They have been really active on my place as well after the cool front came thru a couple days ago
I wouldn't mind killing one in velvet but not gonna hunt in 90 degree temps to do it.
I love the velvet hunt, totally different opportunity and experience. I hate the hot weather but honestly it's not much different than a lot of early to mid October afternoons. I haven't released an arrow yet on a velvet deer but I've walked a bunch the last couple years just waiting on one that trips my trigger. Maybe this is the year, got a few hitting the beans that may be candidates. But I am glad the state put this hunt in, I hope it stays.
He is the only one of thesei would consider. This is not historical bucks , just a pocket of new deer using the back of a a property on the wdge of my farm
backyardtndeer
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I like the looks of velvet racks, a skinny neck may make the rack that much more impressive looking. That said, I really don't tolerate heat well. So it looks like I will be missing yet another Tennessee velvet hunt, as temps are supposed to be quite warm.
back at it this morn
yes. It appears to be scorcher. Which is bad for the squirrel hunters
