Several years ago I was bow hunting on and Indian Reservation in Nebraska because it opened in August.(I wanted a good buck in velvet for the wall.) One evening I watched a 140 class 10 pt. rub his velvet off in a plumb thicket and eat the tatters as they hung off the branches. The whole process probably took close to an hour. The last morning I killed a buck and his antlers were still pink and bloody. He had just rubbed off most of his velvet that night. Right after shooting him a 150 class 10 point that was still in full velvet walked up to 10 yards and stood broadside for several minutes and I had to let him go. I still havent killed a deer in velvet and may never get another chance. The reservation started selling way too many licenses and the hunting went down hill to the point that I quit going.