Velvet Buck

[Obsession]

I checked my camera today and saw that a buck was still in velvet as of October 4th. How unusual is this?

 

[JCDEERMAN]

My guess would be a doe with horns or a buck that screwed his nuts up somehow

 

[7wsm]

My guess would be a doe with horns or a buck that screwed his nuts up somehow

yep

 

[rem270]

He must be a dead beat dad and mama doe chopped his nuts off

 

[Woodson223]

I checked my camera today and saw that a buck was still in velvet as of October 4th. How unusual is this?

I have only seen one in 33 years of hunting.It was a big 8 pointer on the last day of rifle season and i shot him.He had the pencil but the erasers were missing.

 

[bassybuck47]

Damaged giggle berries...

 

[Winchester]

Oct 4 isn't out of the question, he could have definitely still shed his velvet normally. Some are just later than others? Now if it was Nov 4 I would say he definitely has a problem.

 

[BUCKTOOF]

Went to Cades Cove on October 26. Got a beautiful pic of a big 8pt just shedding his velvet. Go figure..

 

[Boll Weevil]

I have pictures this year of a buck in full velvet on October 1. On October 8, he had long shreds of velvet hanging off of fully developed/hardened bone that was still rusty/reddish from the drying blood. For what it's worth, this fellow has tremendous mass and is pushing 140 so I thought maybe it was the calcification process that took longer or something.