Comments on: Check out Tony Lloyd’s full velvet whitetail http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/ Sat, 18 May 2013 19:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark Taylor http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13695 Mark Taylor Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:51:41 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13695 Thanks for filling us in, Tony.

Ranger, accidental castration is not all that rare. The wilds are a dangerous place! Could have been a barbed wire fence or just a poorly executed jump over a deadfall. Whatever it was, as Kevin said, that had to hurt. Not to mention the blow to his pride when his grunt turned into more of an estrous bleat. (Bad joke. Sorry.)

]]> By: Ranger217 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13692 Ranger217 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:32:11 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13692 I’ve never heard of this before. So how do you suppose the buck was castrated? Got them caught in barbed wire or maybe from coyote attack?

]]> By: Tony Lloyd http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13670 Tony Lloyd Sun, 09 Dec 2012 01:48:28 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13670 The buck was killed on the second monday during gun season,and yes he was fully castrated.

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13639 Kevin Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:30:52 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13639 Mark,
Well that had to hurt.

]]> By: Stu http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13632 Stu Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:16:38 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13632 Interesting, very interesting. I was about to ask if anyone knew what would have caused this guy to not rub his velvet off.

There is so much to know & learn about these animals….

]]> By: Mark Taylor http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13625 Mark Taylor Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:22:06 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13625 He didn’t say when it was, but you can see the trees in the background have no leaves. I suspect this was a gun/muzzleloader kill that had a physical problem — such as castration — that led to the deer not having the desire to rub the velvet off its antlers.

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13624 Kevin Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:17:52 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13624 Forget the velvet,just look at those crazy eyes! Kidding aside,was there any mention of what season this was taken? Early bow perhaps?

]]> By: Hayden Porterfield http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13617 Hayden Porterfield Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:30:25 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13617 always wanted to kill one like this! greta job

]]> By: Glen Mayhew http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/2012/12/check-out-tony-lloyds-full-velvet-whitetail/#comment-13613 Glen Mayhew Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:35:47 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/?p=6314#comment-13613 Way to go Tony. I hope the taxidermist is able to maintain the velvet.

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