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good answer huntinyoung

Here in the Midwest I have looked over and over all my trail cam pics and it seems that sometime in August they are done. So they still have another 3-4 weeks of good growth yet. I really don't think they grow in Sept do to the fact I never see velvet after labor day that here is rare.

A number of years ago, North American Whitetail had a series of articles about antler growth. Their research indicated pretty clearly that that vast majority of antler growth has taken place by the end of July. There's still a small amount (less than 5%) of growth left, but most of the month of August is consumerd with the antler hardening. The velvet usually comes off during the first week or two of September.

seen a buck the other night going to work, could tell he was going to be a shooter, he just stood by the edge of the road, probably laughing, as i slowed down.