Any clean roebucks seen yet?

Saw three yesterday one only had small buttons still in velvet following a doe, another small buck still fully in velvet and another small buck completely clean but still pink and bloody appearance. All were within a fenced in forestry block of 6- 8 foot trees.
 
All the ones I have seen are still in velvet including some potentially v big heads. They look huge in my thermal.
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Not yet, but had a cracker in velvet under the high seat in Shops on Tues.
But did take a nice tasty young Munty doe.
 
This little buck was cleaning itself in a field edge,fully velveted still.l saw another mature buck,the same state in the wood to the right.lt was a lot darker than the picture shows.l had to put my phone flash on to get him.
30 yards away,l walked straight up a topped game cover.
The doe l wanted was in a quarry pit below him.
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None here on my Norfolk patch, nor in the New Forest last weekend. Some cracking heads but still intact velvet. Here's one from 1.3.26 on the home cams

 
Kind of curious when you guys start too find your seeing a decent ratio of shed bucks, too velvet bucks?

Looking at the dates last year it took me until the end of April too find one out of velvet I have a feeling that was a bit unlucky on my part? Anywhere from now too April I would assume is normal?
 
Watched 2 bucks yesterday evening down here in Surrey. One young 4pter and another slightly older 6pter both still in full velvet.
 
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