Hard horned
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Hard horned
Checked a few cameras today and got my first hard horned buck of the year. Just happens to be one of the main bucks on my "would like to shoot list". I think he's 5 1/2 this fall. He has small hooves for his age/size.
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Re: Hard horned
Wow. Great buck, too! Do you commonly see them shedding velvet this early?
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Normally right around the end of Aug I'll get my first. Not sure if there is anything to it but I found this bucks shed's last year and got them in front of one of my cameras. He shed last fall on 12/8, which is really early. I had a thread last year on here about it when I found them.
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Sure sounds like there's a relation between velvet shedding and antler shedding
I seem to recall that thread about him shedding early...
I seem to recall that thread about him shedding early...
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Re: Hard horned
Great looking buck. I hope you kill him this season.
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Jackson Marsh wrote:Great looking buck. I hope you kill him this season.
Me too, I was hoping that he would take a bigger jump this year but he is still a giant for my area.
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Found some fresh rubs in Wisconsin today.
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I glasses a 1yo 8 point hard horned on Thursday in north central wisconsin.
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Great looking buck.
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WVBowhunter, congrats on finding the sheds. I am a shed nut and enjoy hunting for them as much as I do hunting the deer themselves. Love seeing the hard horn too, kinda marks the start of a hunters super serious mode for the season. Great buck
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Re: Hard horned
Pulled camera today, had 2 velvet bucks racking it up...still in velvet. 1 buck was very mature...the other buck was a 3.5yr old.
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Re: Hard horned
Pulled camera today, had 2 velvet bucks racking it up...still in velvet. 1 buck was very mature...the other buck was a 3.5yr old. Usually see velvet start to peel here around sept 5-10.
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