Over the last decade, many bowhunters have become obsessed with shooting a whitetail buck in velvet. This pursuit takes place in late August and early September when the temperatures are ungodly hot, ...

Rock 'n' roll fans may see a vision of Elvis when they think of velvet. Deer hunters headed to the woods in September imagine a buck in velvet, that is, with velvet-covered antlers. Taking a buck in ...

A whitetail buck's antlers in springtime and summer are anything but the sharp, white, iconic, bony headgear we imagine. Bucks are "in velvet" at this time of year and their antlers are undergoing an ...

Tennessee hunters will be able to participate in the state’s first-ever “velvet buck hunt,” from August 24-26 after the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to approve the measure at its May ...

A Kentucky bowhunter recently arrowed a massive non-typical in full velvet after watching the buck develop for three years on private property in the northern part of the state. Jacob Deaton shot the ...

When a Mississippi hunter got in his blind on the opening day of the early archery season, the hunt didn't look very promising. He was dealing with a deer with a pattern that made him almost ...

After last week's Outdoors section reported on Mark Monacelli's 10-point buck in velvet, comes word that Kaden Matteen of Esko shot an eight-point buck on Nov. 11 that also was in full velvet. Matteen ...