Kodiak Deer Question

[PacWestFishTaxidermy]

Can anyone pinpoint when the deer lose their velvet on Kodiak? Early, mid, or late Sept?

Thanks

[dieNqvrs]

In my experience Mid to late August.

[akgun&ammo]

anywhere from the second week of August to the first week or so of November...

seen a buck in 2006 with velvet remains in the second week of November- but he wasn't very large (dominate) in horn mass

and my smallest buck that year was still in velvet (first week of november)

Chris

[rain4est]

Northern Southeast is usually the end of August to 1st week of Sept. I have hunted Sept 1-5 and we got one of each: 1 newly-peeled (bright red), 1 half-peeled, & 1 full velvet. I would guess Kodiak is 1-2 weeks earlier?

[twodux]

When I lived on Kodiak, it seemed most bucks lost their velvet from mid Aug until the first week of Sept. Occasionally you'd see a hard horned buck a little earlier or a velvet buck a little later. Then there were the sterile bucks from the south end and some of them would have velvet very late into the year.