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Smoking_44 · Mar 13, 2011

I know this is going to be a silly question, but why do all the pics you see of deer (bucks) that people have are all in velvet? Very few show them in hard antlers. I like the looks of the velvetless antlers.

sharkey · Mar 13, 2011

G'day S 44. Easy, they look bigger in velvet.Velvet is the most valuable deer product,(after hunting),so its often removed for sale.It is often good herd management to remove hard antler.Cheers Sharkey

Smoking_44 · Mar 13, 2011

Now that I can understand....thanks

So you harvest the velvet?

How?...LOL

sharkey · Mar 13, 2011

G'day S44.About 50 days after the buttons drop & before calcium starts to be deposited the velvet sticks are cut.This is considered a surgical procedure as you are cutting major blood vessels.It requires a vet or a qualified & accredited lay person to perform this.Cheers Sharkey

Edgemoor · Mar 13, 2011

We don't harvest any velvet, but often cut the antlers off as soon as they shed the velvet so the bucks don't gore each other. I like pictures where the velvet is coming off. Hard to get though, because they normally shed all the velvet in less than 24 hours.

PaintedMeadowsBJs · Mar 13, 2011

Here is one of mine Shedding

foodplot · Mar 14, 2011

I like seeing the deer in in hard horn after they have shed.We don't seem to get alot of those pics.

Smoking_44 · Mar 14, 2011

Ok, I get that they look bigger, but when are they scrored? In velvet or hard antler?

Whitetail Sanctuary · Mar 14, 2011

hard antler is when they are scored here!

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