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Any velvet shedding yet ?
Posted By: Biscuit
Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 02:20 PM
I havent seen any
Posted By: pine knott
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 03:46 PM
Seeing hard and velvet
Posted By: TLew
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 03:50 PM
Velvet's gone on 2/3s of what I'm seeing
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 03:51 PM
I will expect to see on before next Friday on cams here. I have every year since 2012. A lot of the ones are shedding their summer hair coats and that means the velvet will come off right after the new fall coat is in.
Posted By: freerange
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 04:00 PM
Normally another week or two in our area.
Posted By: Stompy
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 06:57 PM
Checked cameras today, all still in velvet.
Posted By: Old Shakie
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 07:18 PM
Not yet but give it 10 days. My trail cams every year tell me the last few days of August.
Posted By: Blank
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/20/20 08:02 PM
Hard horned and starting to chase a little in Matagorda.
Posted By: ILUVBIGBUCKS
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/21/20 12:59 PM
All my regulars are still in velvet in far Eastern Bexar county as of this morning.
Posted By: hook_n_line
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/21/20 07:08 PM
As of last Tuesday all still had velvet.
All still in velvet in Dickens county......
Posted By: fishbait
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/21/20 08:11 PM
I have a few ...expect many more this weekend.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/21/20 09:10 PM
None here yet as of this morning. If we get some rain early next week there will be at least one that will shed his velvet here.
Posted By: Ruger#1
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/23/20 07:29 PM
Checked my cameras this morning. Still in velvet here in east tx.
Posted By: Greg Z
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/23/20 07:38 PM
saw a decent buck last week end near Lake of the Pines rubbing velvet.
Posted By: supersixfour
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/23/20 07:45 PM
Pulled cam pictures yesterday. Still in velvet in Montague county.
Posted By: Old Stony
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/23/20 10:08 PM
I have seen a few in Van Zandt county
Posted By: PoppinPiggies
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/24/20 01:59 PM
We have one on camera now in Clay County that has lost his velvet
Posted By: ILUVBIGBUCKS
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/24/20 04:13 PM
None here yet as of this morning. If we get some rain early next week there will be at least one that will shed his velvet here.
I wouldn't hold my breath stxr!
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/24/20 04:52 PM
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/24/20 07:21 PM
nice
Posted By: Old Shakie
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/27/20 01:52 AM
One of my old regulars showed up tonight. First time I have seen him this year and the first one I have seen to lose his velvet. They still look red and raw. All his buddies still have theirs. Sorry the photo is not better.
Posted By: Biscuit
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/27/20 11:45 AM
great pic ole shakie
Posted By: ILUVBIGBUCKS
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/27/20 12:39 PM
Pretty deer
No doubt he is fresh shed.
Pulled cards this weekend, first (and only) shedder was 8/29 - Mills county.
Posted By: Texas buckeye
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/31/20 06:13 PM
I am starting to see some deer shedding velvet/without in southern oklahoma. I always expect to see it start around this time of year
Posted By: ChrisB
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/31/20 08:00 PM
Had one on 8-27.
Posted By: hook_n_line
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 08/31/20 08:05 PM
Can't wait to check my camera on thursday.
Posted By: ILUVBIGBUCKS
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/01/20 12:50 PM
Two of my 'every day' bucks showed up after this morning before daylight hard horned.
Both these bucks were in full velvet just after dark last night. Sure didn't take them long to rub out.
Posted By: Schpanky
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/01/20 01:24 PM
still velvet in NE Parker....any day now
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/01/20 01:25 PM
Had a second one that shed the velvet show on camera two nights ago.
I had one 8pt out of about 20 different bucks that was hard horn when I checked my cams last weekend.
Posted By: Exiled
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/01/20 03:23 PM
Everything on camera at Round Mountain (Blanco Co.) as of this Sunday was still in velvet.
Posted By: ChanceHuiet
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/05/20 03:27 PM
Spent the last day half at our place in Mason and every buck is full velvet still.
Posted By: don k
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/05/20 04:14 PM
This one 2 days ago. No others yet.
Posted By: Master Plumb
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/07/20 08:18 PM
Seeing both.
Posted By: Hudbone
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/09/20 10:03 AM
Saw three sets of hard antlers yesterday in NB. None yet in South TX.
Shedding definitely around St Jo.
Posted By: landsurveyor
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/10/20 04:31 PM
Saw two real nice bucks in Mills County this past weekend and both hard antlered but still bachelor grouped with younger bucks still in velvet.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/10/20 04:34 PM
This rain and cold weather with great timing will have a lot stripping the velvet off. From today forward for the next few days most will strip the velvet off in many areas.
Posted By: jseago
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/10/20 06:09 PM
Here's a progression set of cam pics
Lots of shedding the 21st-25th on my place
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/10/20 06:41 PM
Just checked trail cams and have a little under half of the bucks on cam out of velvet as of this morning. I would think by Sunday here that 75%-80% will be out of velvet.
Posted By: AdvTX
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/14/20 06:04 PM
Was in Foard County last weekend and I'd say 80% are hard antlered. The bigger ones should shed this week.
Posted By: Exiled
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/14/20 08:39 PM
I was in Junction, TX this past weekend and *all* whitetail bucks we saw (several dozen) were hard antlered.
Posted By: esnow74
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/15/20 02:35 AM
All 4 seen in concho co were hard horned Saturday
Posted By: Ftttu
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/15/20 07:48 AM
About 50/50 here in Comal County.
Posted By: Hudbone
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/29/20 11:00 AM
First morning with no velvet in any of the downloaded photos.
Posted By: Texas Dan
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/29/20 12:45 PM
All my photos now show only hard antlers in Houston County.
Posted By: kdkane1971
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/29/20 01:14 PM
All bucks completely clean in Concho County.
Posted By: redchevy
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/29/20 01:18 PM
Duval Co. First hard horn on cam was 9/13 with several others 9/20 but still about 1/2 in velvet.
Posted By: 603Country
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/29/20 01:23 PM
It appears that the velvet is gone from the local bucks.
Still getting new fawns, which seems odd.
Posted By: Rifleman1775
Re: Any velvet shedding yet ? - 09/30/20 06:09 AM
All the recent pics I've seen and the bucks that I've seen are all hard horned in Carta Valley