Nice Archery bucks!

nice lookin deer

is that the actual velvet on it.?

Cool, I always enjoy pictures of bucks and hunters success. Thanks for posting them up.

nice thanks for posting

So any Ideas on what that top one scores?

Yeah thats the actual velvet cody. lol. I have no idea what they score!

o i guess its just the pick. looks sorta fake

in the first one it kinda does but that is what it pretty much looks like in real life! KINDA! lol.

I think that the reason that the first set of antlers looks so different than the second set it that the deer were harvested at different times in the archery season.

Most of the deer shed their velvet around the first of September which is about the thrid week of the hunt. For the velvet to come off the blood is shut off first and after that the velvet goes down hill till it comes off the antlers. The deer in the second picture looks like it wasn't to far off from scraping the velvet off when he got out smarted and hung on the wall.

Nice deer by the way.

yeah...the second one has just a little tiny bit rubbed off on the sides and i tiny bit at the base but you cant see it!

nice looking mounts! who does your taxidermey work?

i dont know. i will have to ask my brother in law!

Nice bucks. I wish I could have saved the velvet on my buck.

ya how do they preserve the velvet so it dont fall off?

i have no idea!!! maybe someone else here has the answer to that!

Typically if you get it to the taxidermist quickly enough they can do it for you. Sometimes the best way is to actually buy a velvet perserving kit. Like velvet tan or something like it. You start at the base of the antler injecting basically in the main veins while having the antlers facing the group. You inject the fluid into the veins and slice a small cut at the tips of the antlers. let the fluid go through until it comes out clear and then you let it dry. Taxidermists can also "freeze dry" them.

ya i always wondered how they kept the velvet from rotting and falling off

Meathunter13 is right on....I'll add only a few more specifics.

If you want to properly preserve velvet antlers in the field, you will have to inject & brush them with formaldehyde and/or some of the new less toxic chemicals (4 in 1 solution). I personnally don't like Velvet Tan, as it didn't work as well as other solutions I've mentioned. I was taught this technique by a very respected taxidermist whose specialty was velvet antlers.

First, with a razor blade, make very small incisions at the tips of all points (less than 1/8"). Hang the antlers upside down, allowing the blood to drain. Starting at the bases inject the solution into the veins (you'll see and feel them) that follow the antler. You will begin to see the solution "push" out blood towards the tips. Continue injecting the solution as you work the untreated blood towards the tips. When you reach the ends, make sure you've treated ALL the veins on each antlers. You'll quit injecting solution when the color of the soultion is the same coming out as it was going in.

Allow the antlers to hang upside down overnight.After the solution/blood has stopped dripping out the ends, use a very fine painters brush and lightly brush the velevet with the solution. This will prevent bugs from entering the velevet that has no blood. After allowing to dry, lightly "brush" out the velvet to give it the natural uniform look. Remember, wear eye protection and gloves when using formaldahyde or any other chemicals. Slow down and don't be in a hurry to finish. If done correctly, your trophy will last forever.

This of course should only be done if you're in the backcountry and have no way of freezing the antlers or get them to a reputable taxidermist in a timely manner. Hope it helps.

Thanks for the INFO guys!!!

great looking bucks. love the velvet look.

yeah sorry guys... these pics were taken with a phone so they look dumb!

so how about stories, i like details man. :arrow did he stick flip them dudes out of a tree stand on public land, or spot and stalk?

Well i dont know about the first deer but... heres part of the second one. I guess he found this buck and he shot it but the buck turned when he shot so he skinned it. well about 2 weeks later or something like that... he found the buck again and got him.

what do you mean he skinned it. like he just grazed him?so like it just cut the top of his back? is that what you mean?

yeah!!! he shot, the buck turned and skinned him by the butt. lol.