> I
>would have held out till
>he was hard horned .
>
Then you wouldn't have killed him. These auction tag hunters have to kill them before the regular season starts, because they would be dead long before they get the chance to polish the velvet off. Archery season in that unit begins today, and they probably won't shed their velvet for at least another 10 days or more. With likely more than 1,000 trail cameras in that hunt unit, plenty of guides probably knew about him and his chances of lasting long enough to strip the velvet wouldn't have been high.