Velvet Buck

Wapitiwilly · Oct 20, 2013

Thought I would share a buck my son shot this morning. Made a great 300 yd shot on this 31" buck. First velvet deer I have seen this late in the year. He had all his junk so don't really know what would cause this.

hubba_3 · Oct 20, 2013

That's sweet. Never seen that either.... Congrats!

rraney · Oct 20, 2013

Thats a nice buck. But it is strange to still be in velvet for sure

gundog2 · Oct 20, 2013

nice buck, I could not say why he still has velvet

elkun · Oct 20, 2013

sometimes late fawns are behind all their lives.,,,,,is what an old trapper told me 20 years ago,?

Wapitiwilly · Oct 20, 2013

That explains my problems. I've been trying to play catch up my whole life!

nfh · Oct 20, 2013

Great buck but crazy cool. Was his junk at all damaged ? May have his junk but produces blanks

Wapitiwilly · Oct 20, 2013

Package was complete. Funny thing the velvet was soft like a August buck

brutus54 · Oct 20, 2013

Nice Buck! I seen what looked like a big three point in full velvet last week in Colorado. I thought that was strange too. What State was this in?

Wapitiwilly · Oct 20, 2013

Tristate · Oct 20, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Oct-20-13 AT 06:17PM (MST)[p]Howdy,

Nature has its own way of insuring the survival of the species. The world (Habitats, and ecosystems) are in constant change. Species always have minority outliers within populations to insure survival. You will find if a normal rut occurs in the middle of December there will still be some girl somewhere trying to get bred in February. If there is a girl waiting to be bred then there will be a boy waiting to fight to breed her. If the offspring is born outside of the normal fawning season there is a higher chance of mortality and more than likely the fawn perishes. However if the ecosystem has changed and this later time period actually has better conditions for survival, over several generations you can see an entire population re-write its breeding season and timing.

Congrats on the deer.