Wyoming G and H units

tom338 · Sep 7, 2016

Anybody have a guess as to when the bucks in these areas turn hard horned?

huntin50 · Sep 7, 2016

Any decent buck should be hard horned now.

RoadlessHunter · Sep 7, 2016

Labor day weekend, I would say 25% of the bucks we saw were hard horned.

Deerlove · Sep 7, 2016

I saw four bucks this weekend in n ut, only one stripped, the best one still covered.

BrowningRage · Sep 7, 2016

Sept 8th. All of them...

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JakeSwensen · Sep 8, 2016

I see a few rubbed on September 1st each year. I've seen other bucks in full velvet on September 20 but very few.
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Longun · Sep 8, 2016

depends on how old the bucks are.....the older they get the lazier they are.....
I've shot a lot of old bucks that still have some velvet on them in first week of Oct.

Robiland · Sep 8, 2016

The buck I killed in G last year had just shed velvet right before the opener. His horns were white and a little pink in some areas. He hadnt quite polished them off. He as a 5.5 year old buck, 4x5 at 31 inches wide. Scored 180. Although the check stationed guessed him at 9-10 years old with the lack of teeth. But who knows.

nripepi · Sep 8, 2016

Are you asking because you want to know if you need to bring something for velvet preservation for the rifle opener? I have had the same exact question before.

If so, I think you should look at the odds of a buck being in velvet on the 15th. I think the odds are low, probably around 5-10% that a mature buck will be in velvet in G or H on the 15th. Many do shed right before the opener, so if you are there archery hunting the odds go way up that you would shoot one in velvet.

mmwb · Sep 8, 2016

Most of them are hard horned by the rifle opener, but there area exceptions. I shot the buck below, on September 15. I saw several that day in velvet. I've no idea why many of them rubbed a little later. The velvet on this one was loose and I'm sure he would have had it off soon.