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Old 06-08-2005, 11:07 AM
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Question Deer Sportin' Velvet

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Was curious as to you Illinois folks as to just how early in the year you have seen whitetail deer bucks begin to grow their velvet antlers?
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Old 06-08-2005, 11:47 AM
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I don't know how it is down there, but here I saw 2 bucks the other night while out for a drive. Both were well on thier way with new growth.
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Old 06-08-2005, 01:06 PM
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The reason that I brought it up Tox is because I too saw some deer while camping with family over the Memorial Day weekend and I thought that I could just make out new growth on some bucks feeding off the roadside at dusk.

I thought that this may be a little early though.
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Old 06-08-2005, 02:25 PM
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If I remember correctly, the new growth starts shortly after they drop thier antlers... I just takes a few weeks for it to show.

The two I saw were fairly young bucks (based on the body size) but might have some decent racks. There is a ton of moisture around here this year, and the crops should be good.. might be another year for big racks!
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Old 06-09-2005, 03:53 PM
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Yea, they start regrowing them soon after they drop their old rack. I say a buck the other nite that had a rack that would look real good in season. He didn`t look to be any extreemly large body deer, but he had 1 heck of a rack, especially for this early.
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