Deer antlers in velvet are soft and easily damaged. That may be one reason why large-antlered bucks at this time of the year are so rarely seen.

Antler velvet is peeling off our wild whitetail bucks in early September, and is often eaten by the buck as it carefully rubs its antlers on a sapling, or small tree. A buck in hardhorn, recently ...

On Sept. 7, opening day of the new archery-only buck season, Andrew Mizell, 21, an HVAC technician, killed a trophy whitetail whose antlers were shrouded in velvet.

Joby Newman's dreams came true on the opening day of bow season when he harvested a 16-point buck still in full velvet. The deer was scored by Buckmasters, and in addition to being unusual in ...

A bill to open a “velvet buck” season in Oklahoma has passed through the state senate this week and is now headed to the house of representatives for consideration. Senate Bill 910 aims to ...

Bands of velvet-clad bucks are pouring into fields and food plots on summer evenings. Grab your glass and start collecting intel for the bow opener. By Scott Bestul Jul 25, 2024.

From Sept. 7-9, hunters will have an opportunity to take a buck in velvet during the first early archery buck season. (Arkansas Game and Fish Commission/Mike Wintroath) ...

With a cactus buck, there’s obviously enough testosterone to initially grow a rack, but there’s not enough to complete the velvet-shedding process. The buck may also fail to shed his rack in ...

A Mississippi deer hunter had a trophy-class 10-point in velvet on his radar when the early archery season opened on Sept. 13. The buck's movements were fairly predictable, but didn't exactly work ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Velvet buck season will begin on September 13, 2024, in Mississippi. On August 1, permits for the season were made available to purchase anywhere hunters can purchase a ...

Deer velvet supplements are made from deer antlers that haven’t hardened. These are not normally used as food in America. However, deer antlers have long been used in Asia in medicinal soups.

TULSA, Okla. - A bill to open a “velvet buck” season in Oklahoma has passed through the state senate this week and is now headed to the house of representatives for consideration.