Velvet Antlers

[outdoorsmen101]

I was wondering if anyone knows how the heck an antler in velvet could be scored. Does the velvet have to be taken off first?

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by outdoorsmen101

I was wondering if anyone knows how the heck an antler in velvet could be scored. Does the velvet have to be taken off first?

They leave it on as far as I know, maybe google the P&Y website tro find out?
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[jason crozier]

velvet must come off to be official

[OneShotJohn]

I had a mulie scored with the velvet still on. Guess it wasn't official

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[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by jason crozier

velvet must come off to be official

Why does it have to come off it it is scored as a velvet buck?
Do they strip it , then score it, then the owner gets the velvet put back On or have some imitation stuff put on the rack?

If the idea is that the antler is till growing , I guess I can see that .

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[Andrew_Arsenault]

Pope and young has a velvet category, b&c doesn't. To enter it in p&y, leave it on. If is to be entered in b&c, congratulations is in order, and then strip the velvet.

[pottymouth]

Originally Posted by Andrew_Arsenault

Pope and young has a velvet category, b&c doesn't. To enter it in p&y, leave it on. If is to be entered in b&c, congratulations is in order, and then strip the velvet.

P&Y and SCI both have velvet categories , and you can leave it on,

[catnthehat]

That's what I thought, of course for B&C it would have to come off....
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[outdoorsmen101]

Thanks very much! I didn't know there were seperate catagories. Good info.

[Jamie]

Can a taxi guy replicate velvet? If so, how does it look?

[ishootbambi]

score it the same as without velvet. some of these guys got it right...some organizations have a velvet category and some dont.

jamie, ive seen a few fake velvet mounts and most of them looked pretty bad. i have seen a couple that were decent, and this last weekend, i got a close up view of cody robbins mule deer record in velvet....which was a replica. it looked amazing in the texture....but i thought it was a little darker than what it could have been. hard to tell from the original pictures, but i think the real deer was a bit darker than average too.

[ksteed17]

Originally Posted by ishootbambi

score it the same as without velvet. some of these guys got it right...some organizations have a velvet category and some dont.

jamie, ive seen a few fake velvet mounts and most of them looked pretty bad. i have seen a couple that were decent, and this last weekend, i got a close up view of cody robbins mule deer record in velvet....which was a replica. it looked amazing in the texture....but i thought it was a little darker than what it could have been. hard to tell from the original pictures, but i think the real deer was a bit darker than average too.

Same guy that did codys did my sheep as well. It's amazing you can't tell the difference between the two!

[jason crozier]

I was thinking for B&C, was not aware of the others with velvet catagories.
sorry for the confusion

[archeryman]

I am 95% sure there is a % deduction for velvet. You would score it as usual and then "x" percent is deducted. Don't scream at me because I am not 100% sure. I think I was told this years ago by a B&C scorer. I have taken several velvet whitetail when I lived in MB with the bow.

[archeryman]

Sorry, I was wrong. Right from the B&C website.

VELVET ANTLERS
The Boone and Crockett Club does not accept antlers in “velvet” for entry into the Awards Programs and/or records books unless the velvet is removed before official measurements are made. Remnants of velvet are permissible as long as they do not affect any measurements

[tuffymitch1]

When measuring velvet covered antlers you can not compress the velvet with the measuring tape,and when measuring the points only measure to where the tip starts to round off.