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	Was curious as to you Illinois folks as to just how early in the year you have seen whitetail deer bucks begin to grow their velvet antlers?  | 
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			I don't know how it is down there, but here I saw 2 bucks the other night while out for a drive.  Both were well on thier way with new growth.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			The reason that I brought it up Tox is because I too saw some deer while camping with family over the Memorial Day weekend and I thought that I could just make out new growth on some bucks feeding off the roadside at dusk. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	I thought that this may be a little early though.  | 
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			If I remember correctly, the new growth starts shortly after they drop thier antlers... I just takes a few weeks for it to show. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			The two I saw were fairly young bucks (based on the body size) but might have some decent racks. There is a ton of moisture around here this year, and the crops should be good.. might be another year for big racks! 
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			Yea, they start regrowing them soon after they drop their old rack. I say a buck the other nite that had a rack that would look real good in season. He didn`t look to be any extreemly large body deer, but he had 1 heck of a rack, especially for this early.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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