Bucks Shedding Their Velvet?????

[ManofTheFall]

Has anyone seen any bucks shedding their velvet yet? I haven't yet, but I have seen a number of deer that already have their winter coats. Does that mean it's going to get cold sooner? I think the animals can predict how the weather will be better than we do lol.

[sdhunter11]

Took my daughter to bear country u.s.a. this weekend and seen the elk were shedding their velvet so i wouldnt think the deer would be too far behind. The weatherman here predicts a cold and wet fall for us this year but i never know when to believe that guy.

[Canuck33]

Buddy I know said he saw a 8pt in NY rubbed out but may be a isolated buck should be a couple more weeks

[doetrain]

I took a look at a 11 point Buck hit yesterday morning coming home from work and his velvet looked like it was spreading open on a few tines. I live in southern Indiana.

[BigDaddy12t]

The earliest I have seen them coming out of velvet, was last year on August 29th. I got a pic of an 8 point just starting to shed. I will post it tonight.

[BigDaddy12t]

I Thought it was last year, but it was actually in 2009.

[turkeygirl2]

I got a pic of a buck in 2009 that had been shedding it's velvet off on on Sept 1. Shouldn't be too long in NY.

[Jmp51483]

Yep definitely about that time....

[PY Antlers]

There going hard horn here in WI, and as far as there winter coats go, that is all about the amount of daylight.