06/13/2026
Velvet Season Is Right Now
Bachelor groups are together right now.
The bucks you'll chase in October are out in open fields at last light, in full velvet, running together like they've been best friends all summer. It's the most visible they'll be all year. And if your cameras aren't out yet, you're missing the only window to inventory your property before everything changes in September.
Right now your cameras belong on:
🎯 Mineral licks — May through August is peak. Every buck in the area visits.
🌿 Food plot edges — Clover and green fields in the evening. Bachelor groups are predictable.
💧 Water — Especially in a dry June. Ponds, seeps, creek crossings.
NOT on funnels. NOT on scrapes. Those don't exist yet. Save those for September when the velvet comes off and the bucks disappear into the timber.
What you're seeing right now is your property's potential. A 3.5-year-old in June velvet is a different animal by October rut. Document it.
What are your cameras showing this summer? Drop a pic in the comments. 📸
