Boy...thats a tough one to answer?The racks on a velvet Buck is going to be a lot bigger in mass but the amount of points,the spread and tine length will be pretty close to being the same after the velvet is off....the only thing is once the antlers quit growing and the blood supply stops the antlers drop down in size and when the velvet comes off the racks will be a lot smaller in size.If your trying to get a Buck in the early season while in velvet it may be pretty tough to even find one in velvet during the first few weeks of Bow Season here in Missouri?Most of my trail camera pictures of the Bucks around here have lost their velvet by the opening day of Bow season on Sept 15.,maybe its different up in Northern Missouri?