buck in velvet

[my82cam]

took my buddy hunting and he shot his first deer saturday, it was a doe that field dressed at 85lbs. we took it to the processor and i saw a good 8pointer that was still in full velvet. i thought by the end of november all the velvet should be off, i found it odd. is it more common than i think?

[KahrMan]

I think one of two things were going on here. 1) The buck had some sort of hormone imbalance. 2) It was an antlered doe.

[my82cam]

really, an antlered doe? i know i am pretty new to deer hunting, but is that a common thing or pretty rare?

[KahrMan]

They are uncommon but well documented. That is why we have antlered or anterless tags, not buck and doe tags. Here is a pic of a 10pt doe

We used to have buck and doe tags. You even had to make sure the genitals were still attached when you checked in a buck. Enough people checked in antlered does over the years so they changed the tags to with antlers and without antlers.

Edited November 22, 2010 by KahrMan

[my82cam]

that's crazy. i did wonder why they didn't just say buck or doe tags, makes sense now.

[gregintenn]

I once killed a pretty nice 8 point buck, the day after Thanksgiving, which was still in full velvet. The best I could tell, he didn't have any testicles, therefore I assume he lacked the testosterone that gives them the urge to rub the velvet off. I had a shoulder mount made of that deer just because it was rather odd.

[roverboy]

A friend of mine killed a 6 point in velvet when he was a kid that had no cojones.

[ShaunM]

A friend of mine killed a 6 point in velvet when he was a kid that had no cojones.

I have a buddy who killed a big 6 pointer last year that had no balls. The deer's neck was so skinny you could almost get both of your hands around it.

[jay1313g]

I think one of two things were going on here. 1) The buck had some sort of hormone imbalance. 2) It was an antlered doe.

Would that be like a cross dresser?

[KahrMan]

Would that be like a cross dresser?

No. More of a post-op tranny.

[ShaunM]

No. More of a post-op tranny.

I haven't laughed so hard in a while thanks KahrMan!

[Guest db99wj]

A thread full of info and humor. WIN.