RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

proabably not, I just dont think i would be happy with a smaller buck, velvet just never did much for me vs. hard antler.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Yes I would, here in PA we would never get a chance at a velvet buck unless there was damage or other that caused the velvet to stay put. I'd love a velvet buck but like GMMAT said, it'd have to be the right one.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Then you "Might" get a chance at that, here, Rob;).

I saw them in velvet right up until the last week in August here, last year. My first buck, last year, still had "some" velvet on his antlers on 9/30.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

I was kinda thinking and hoping that.;)

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Then.....since you're likely to NOT be on my team, this year.....

I hope you get one!;)

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

Might trade some L for W or L for M, maybe someW for M or any other combination of the 3 you can think of as long as it looks like the buck belongs on the front of a Post Card. I would not drop my standard and swap any of the 3 to shoot a buck in Velvet.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

the enjoyment i get from hunting is in the pursuit. i wouldn't "lower my standards" just to harvest an animal because i think it will be my only chance. if it isn't something you are 100% sure of you may be disappointed.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

I don't really have a shoot or no shoot deer.Depends on how my season is going.I get six deer tags 3 each doe and buck.So if i'm seeng deer on a pretty cosistant basis then it does'nt bother me at all to let deer walk and ido it every year.On the other hand you just don't know I may shoot the first deer I see.I rarely fill all six tags,but most of the time it is by choice not to.

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

I'm only impressed with a velvet rack if it's atleast decent sized, 140+ class. I wouldn't be interested in anything less than that. That being said, I would like to add one to the trophy collection someday!

RE: Would you lower your buck standard?
 

I would lower my standards a little for a Velvet Buck.....last year I sat in my ladder stand in Julywhile doing someearly scouting and watching toseewhat deers were using the food plots in the late evenings and out walks a Doe past my stand and she passes right in front of me on a grassy road edge to the woods on the opposite side of the Ridge Field,I look to my right and a 7-Point Buck with a split brow tine walks out and follows the Doe,then a 8-Point Buck comes out,a nice uniform 6-Point Buck and a young 4-Point Buck comes out into the field and they cut over to the food plot about 65 yards in front of my stand and start feeding.....ALL in beautiful velvet,which made them look twice as BIG as they normally look with the regular hard antlers!Then here comes the split brow-tine 7-Pointer back from the other side of the field and walks right past my ladder stand again and cuts out to join the other 3 Bucks that are walking further out to the other 3 food plots stationed through out the field and the Doecomes back and follows the Buck across the field as they slowly browsedaway from me.......! I'm asking myself"Why can't this be the first day of Bow Season"? :([:@]

I will never be able to get a Buck in velvet because all of them will have lost their velvet by the time Bow Season is open (Sept 15)! :(