TN velvet hunt Aug 25-27

[agelessssone]

First day of the velvet hunt here near Nashville looks to be a balmy 100° during the day.
Shoulder be enjoyable sitting in a blind or treestand. I'm glad I no longer have an affinity for horns so won't be tempted to hunt.
I'm old, getting fat and lazy. I kill deer just for the venison they carry around on their bones.
I'll hunt Nov 14-18, peak of the rut for us.
Kill my 2 or 3 for the freezer in that time frame and call it a season.

 

[pk117ac23]

With that kind of weather I might have a light slicker on! Seriously, these velvet dates aren't that enjoyable, I usually pass because of the heat & the ticks on the deer.

 

[jetwrnch]

I was planning on it this year for the first time. I have some really good bucks on camera on a regular basis. My concern is that their pattern will change by the time it cools down.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I'm using it as an excuse to the wife to get away. I'll hunt if I feel like it. Probably will be moving stands the whole weekend. That's what I've done the last few years

 

[BSK]

I'm using it as an excuse to the wife to get away. I'll hunt if I feel like it. Probably will be moving stands the whole weekend. That's what I've done the last few years

Every year we plan our "stand-moving weekend" some time from early August to mid-September. And every year it turns out to be the hottest weekend of the year. Guess which weekend is our stand-moving weekend this year! You guessed it...

 

[Roost 1]

It will be hot and miserable but the bucks will be up and moving in the evenings.
The cool snaps this time of year will alter their movement patterns.
Should be a good weekend for those that can stand it.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Every year we plan our "stand-moving weekend" some time from early August to mid-September. And every year it turns out to be the hottest weekend of the year. Guess which weekend is our stand-moving weekend this year! You guessed it...

yup! Yesterday wasn't bad from a humidity standpoint. We have our work weekend Labor Day weekend.

 

[Antler Daddy]

I just don't understand the fascination with taking a velvet buck.

 

[gatodoc]

I just don't understand the fascination with taking a velvet buck.

Some really want a velvet mount. Others just "want to hunt" period….

 

[DeerMan66]

Every year we plan our "stand-moving weekend" some time from early August to mid-September. And every year it turns out to be the hottest weekend of the year. Guess which weekend is our stand-moving weekend this year! You guessed it...

We used to do the same thing. We made a change this year and moved stands in March. The temps were much more pleasant and there were no leaves. That's my plan going forward.

 

[BSK]

We used to do the same thing. We made a change this year and moved stands in March. The temps were much more pleasant and there were no leaves. That's my plan going forward.

Problem is, I need to know what the acorn crop is going to look like before I decide on stand locations. On my place, the movement patterns in good and bad acorn crop years are completely different.

 

[megalomaniac]

This will probably be the first year I skip. We've gotten on camera or seen about 75 bucks so far. 7 mature in the 120 to 135in range. No giants this year, and I'm not shooting one in velvet unless he's mid 140s and mature. Plus I'm coming up the following weekend for a funeral.

 

[Longbow2240]

Y'all can have it.

 

[Tweeter]

I may try the afternoons, but I'll be at work friday, roofing Saturday, and getting ready for dove and early duck on Sunday.

 

[Specializedjon]

I'm gonna sweat it out. I've been waiting to hunt for a loooong time. Deer or no deer, I'm gonna be brewing my famous "Buttcrack IPA" (limited run)

 

[hunter0925]

I'm gonna sweat it out. I've been waiting to hunt for a loooong time. Deer or no deer, I'm gonna be brewing my famous "Buttcrack IPA" (limited run)

Isnt that what you kept offering me when we met saying "noone else has had it yet?" Lol

 

[deerhunter10]

I'm a trophy hunter through and through but velvet hunt has never ever got my motor going. We have a lot of work to get done before season will continue that work this coming weekend also final touches to our dove fields. 100 degree weather and deer hunting sounds just wrong to me lol.

 

[JeepKuntry]

I wonder if my Uncle will back out. I don't like them temps, but a shooting house and a rifle in unit cwd is something I am willing to do. I will spray down for ticks n bugs and just one layer of clothes.

 

[Specializedjon]

"

Isnt that what you kept offering me when we met saying "noone else has had it yet?" Lol

Limited run…..

 

[hunter0925]

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Limited run…..

Luckily, some people like top shelf. Lol