Will you be archery hunting in the A zone? If not, you won't have to worry about it, at least not in the Southern part of the A zone. All those bucks are velvet free by the end of July.
If the antlers have finished growing and are hard under the velvet, you might not have to do much of anything. The old way was to apply formaldehyde under the velvet. Most people send them off and have them freeze-dried now. One taxidermist told me to leave the antlers in a 0 degrees freezer for a year and them pull them out. So far I've sent all my antlers off and had them freeze dried. Last year I decided not to waste the money on a rather small buck, the velvet became loose from the steam while I was boiling the skull plate so I just pulled it off. You can always have a taxidermist stain antlers after the velvet has been removed if you don't like the all white look. Good luck!
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