Hard horn already?

[buckfever321]

Looks hard to me...?

 

[jboswell]

whoah! I agree... man that is early

 

[Mandity]

Looks like the one to the right that you can barely see its rack looks hard horned too.

 

[150 Class]

Very early for shed velvet. While the photo looks like it for both bucks, I am going to say it is just the hazy lighting giving the appearance of no velvet.

 

[JakeWym]

That does seem early. Awesome pic.

 

[dedgeez]

I'm guessing it's just the pic. Their velvet is starting to get tight now in most of my pics, but I've never seen one shed this early. Not to say it's impossible.

 

[JBAGS]

At first i thought hard horn....but im guessing its the white background
thats throwing it off. The one one the right side looks to be as well.
Be cool if you caught another one of him in the next cpl days to confirm.
Keep us posted

 

[JNRBRONC]

I'm guessing the lighting is deceiving, though I found a large freshly opened scrape on a walk last Saturday (I do know of two scrapes that get used year around, though).

 

[THA4]

Tips still look rounded to me. Id agree with the lighting making it look hard. Soon tho, very soon!

 

[jesserichard]

It could be. my first hard horn pic last year was 8 / 22 all cleaned up too.

 

[Full Draw]

As their velvet dries, it thins and "hugs" the antlers, making it look like the have shed before they have. That would be my guess here.