Tagging Velvet Buck

[FamousAmos]

I see an 8 point still in velvet. Since regulations say a buck is anything with hardened antler protruding could I tag this guy with a doe tag?

[Gumbo Man]

No

[jdg13]

Try it, then tell us how much the fine is.

[Fishndude]

Lmao. Come on man!

[texan16]

Even with velvet the antlers are still "hardened". Dont use your antlerless tag......

[BCBHunter712]

TPWD definition a Buck Deer:


Buck deer
A deer with a hardened antler protruding through the skin. Deer with antlers completely covered in velvet are also considered buck deer. For tagging purposes, all other deer are antlerless deer, regardless of sex.

[NotAGW]

TPWD definition a Buck Deer:


Buck deer
A deer with a hardened antler protruding through the skin. Deer with antlers completely covered in velvet are also considered buck deer. For tagging purposes, all other deer are antlerless deer, regardless of sex.

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[HeyMikey]

Shirley, you can't be serious

[Texans42]

I see an 8 point still in velvet. Since regulations say a buck is anything with hardened antler protruding could I tag this guy with a doe tag?

Antlered, with that said since you hunt mason, most likely a stag and best venison you have ever had. They don’t rut. I’ve killed some with an inch of fat in bad drought years.

I ‘ve killed probably 20 plus.

[Deerguy]

In the not to distant past, it was legal to use an antlerless tag on a velvet deer as long as no part of the antlers were hard having exposed 'bone'. The verbiage was changed, as stated above.

[jmac24]

If it is over in Mason county, it probably has nuts about the size of a marble. We kill about a half dozen a year that never lose the velvet and have no equipment. Two already this year during bow season.

[bowaddict40]

You dont have buck and doe tags. You have antlered and antlerless tags. So you would have to tag it as antlered.

[bboswell]

Tagging Velvet Buck

Show me a pick of your doe tag.

All mine say buck or antlerless.

[Tx.Fisher]

I see an 8 point still in velvet. Since regulations say a buck is anything with hardened antler protruding could I tag this guy with a doe tag?

I say go for it!!

[WCB]

You dont have buck and doe tags. You have antlered and antlerless tags. So you would have to tag it as antlered.

Actually you have buck tags and buck/antlerless tags.