The elk should be shedding pretty soon

[Jason Balazs]

Isn\'t it usually around the 15th or so we start seeing some hard horns?

 

[cnelk]

Yes sir!
I saw a short vid clip posted yesterday that show velvet hanging from a nice bull.
Next week [wednesday] it will dip close to freezing in the high mtn valleys in CO and that will set off most of the rubbing of velvet

 

[Zpd307]

you guys are already getting below freezing temps......? its still muggy here!

 

[VTHOKEE]

I\'m hoping to see some velvet shed this weekend when we are checking cams. Some parts of NM are already reporting velvet being stripped.

 

[otcWill]

Picked up some cams yesterday and had thousands of pics of elk (they\'ve been out for 3 months). We had quite a few bulls in the last two weeks and not one hard horned yet. Got a call from a buddy who was out scouting last weekend and herd dozens of bugles at last light. Good report! I can\'t wait! I\'ll be hitting the mountains this weekend on a final scouting trip. I\'ll report back what I see.

 

[Eyeeyecaptain]

My co-worker says he saw a hard horned bull early this week near Evergreen!

 

[cohunter14]

Check out my trail cam thread...two of the bulls I believe were already hard horned! :upthumb:

 

[Baby Huey]

We saw one hard horned last weekend scouting. Getting closer...

 

[iccyman001]

I have some hard horned ones on camera

 

[Guest]

Yup they started today in Alberta. Bulls in velvet yesterday are out today !!

 

[VTHOKEE]

here is a pretty cool pic that we got on cam this weekend of the velvet in the process of coming off.
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[iccyman001]

Such a cool picture... :upthumb: