Watched 9 bucks in a bean field yesterday, all still in velvet. No hard horn pics from my cell cams yet either.
Shedding velvet yet in west TN?
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All still in velvet on the farm I hunt based on card pull yesterday.
SES
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This guy was in full velvet 3 days ago. He was in my back yard when I came home for lunch today with no velvet even left hanging.
BSK
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Cool!
Looking back through a lot of cam data, velvet shedding in my area generally peaks Sept 6-10.
Looking back through a lot of cam data, velvet shedding in my area generally peaks Sept 6-10.
Pioneer1789
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Around September 10th here in East TN in the past. Be in velvet one day and completely shed the next.
tree_ghost
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50-60% are shed out where I'm out
30-06 type of guy
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I still don't have a deer out of velvet on camera.
Don'tDrinkTinks
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I saw two small bucks yesterday checking on my house and they were hard horned.
Since the army worms wiped out my clover plot, I'm not seeing any bucks to tell. They had been coming to the plot daily.
megalomaniac
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Lots out of velvet now on my cams in middle tn
Not a single buck out of velvet for me yet and I'm getting several bucks on camera daily. Middle Tn
SES
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Two more bucks were out there but couldn't get them in the same pic. Out of the seven, one completely out, one half out and the rest full velvet.
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You can see in this pic, it is time!
tree_ghost
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80-90% shed out now in my area. New bucks are showing up daily. Time to get ready fellas!
BSK
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As of Sept 10, no shed bucks on cam at my place, but all looked very close. Velvet dry and tight to the antler underneath. Just about to split.
AT Hiker
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This year more seem to be holding on to velvet longer.
BSK, any theories on why? It may have already been mentioned but I'm too lazy to read.
Other than consistent rain, maybe covid? We blame everything else on it.
BSK, any theories on why? It may have already been mentioned but I'm too lazy to read.
Other than consistent rain, maybe covid? We blame everything else on it.
Saw a mature buck pushing 140" this morning in a bean field. All alone, mature, still in velvet and very aware of his surroundings. I watched him through binos for a few minutes and he did not miss anything. 110% alert and aware of what is going on around him.
BSK
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Every so often I will se weird patterns like this. I often try and link it to any myriad of causes, but to date, I've really not been able to pin it down. The only thing I've found that is clear is the link between acorns and sign-making (many more rubs and scrapes during a good acorn year), and slight changes in peak rut activity due to acorns/food quality and availability (in high food availability/quality years, peak breeding will be a week or so early, in very bad food years, up to 10 days late).
