Velvet deer photos

[birddog 68]

Hard to believe in south western pa

Must have slipped over the Ohio border. Can't be a western Pa deer!

 

[waspocrew]

Two whitetails from Friday night - not too shabby. Hoping to find a little bigger.

 

[waspocrew]

How about a velvet bull? Hoping he will stick around for archery season!

 

[coldboremiracle]

look at this weird little buck hangin in the yard

 

[Hickory1991]

look at this weird little buck hangin in the yard

From my place in Northern Michigan.

Not in velvet anymore. Not sure if I seen this one before.

From my place in Northern Michigan.

 

[RyanML]

This was a buck from a couple of years ago - my brother watched him grow all summer on our property in WY and had him patterned pretty well.

Here he was in velvet:
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Hard horned:
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A few days into rifle season:
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Wow these are awesome

 

[Gary in MD]

Looks like they are out of velvet here

 

[338 dude]

Here's a couple

 

[Gary in MD]

I may shoot this ugly one just out of principle

 

[birddog 68]

I may shoot this ugly one just out of principle View attachment 604519

I'm never opposed to shooting the ugly one, they taste the same to me!

 

[Korhil78]

Never drew the tag to be able to hunt him. I'm sure he is dead now by old age.

 

[6.5x300 WBY]

Here is the biggest deer I've even had on camera. I watched him grow from a wide short tined 8 pt buck to a NJ monster.. I had the pleasure and excitement of hunting him for 9 years to no avail. But the excitement of him were beyond exciting thinking/dreaming of the possibility of tagging him. I think he died of old age or yotes, and never showed up in the nj books for trophy deer. I have my little spot that not many if any hunt so it's my little piece of public land.

Just click on the picture to zoom in and see better. A stud of a buck

 

[Beluebow]

Videoed this one before bow season several years ago. Never seen him again.

 

[birddog 68]

Here is the biggest deer I've even had on camera. I watched him grow from a wide short tined 8 pt buck to a NJ monster.. I had the pleasure and excitement of hunting him for 9 years to no avail. But the excitement of him were beyond exciting thinking/dreaming of the possibility of tagging him. I think he died of old age or yotes, and never showed up in the nj books for trophy deer. I have my little spot that not many if any hunt so it's my little piece of public land.

Just click on the picture to zoom in and see better. A stud of a buck

That's a dandy of a buck!
Trail cams are great for buck management. Before them if a decent legal buck came near he was toast but once you get a picture or two of the big mature bucks that you thought were non existent it's easy to pass on smaller bucks.