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Two men who enjoy looking for antlers share their insights on why you should also be looking for these natural treasures.
Gathering shed antlers or "sheds" attracts dedicated practitioners who refer to it colloquially as shed hunting, or bone picking. In the United States, the middle of December to the middle of February is considered shed hunting season, when deer, elk, and moose begin to shed. The North American Shed Hunting Club, founded in 1991, is an ...
Market hunting for deer hides was a significant activity during the 1940's and 50's, and meat hunting from helicopters continues today, with the main market for wild venison being Europe. Deer hunting in New Zealand is a popular recreational activity, organised and advocated for at the national level by the New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association ...
Antlers are made of bone and covered with “velvet”—a thin, soft layer of skin and blood vessels that gets scraped off the antler over time. Later in the year, those antlers are shed, making ...
A deer rub describes the abrasions caused by a male deer rubbing his forehead and antlers against the base of a tree. Easy to spot in areas with high deer populations, hunters use them to find ideal locations for hunting. Rubs start to appear in late summer when male deer rub the velvet off their newly acquired antler growth.
Reindeer have more prominent and denser antlers than whitetail deer. However, the critical difference is in sexual dimorphism. Female reindeer have antlers, while female whitetail deer don’t.
Hunter with a bear's head and hide strapped to his back on the Kodiak Archipelago. Trophy hunting in North America was encouraged as a way of conservation by organizations such as the Boone & Crockett club as hunting an animal with a big set of antlers or horns is a way of selecting only the mature animals, contributing to shape a successful conservation model in the country in which hunting ...
Another fascinating fact about reindeer antlers is that they grow new ones yearly. Unlike horns which are more permanent, deer shed their antlers and grow new ones annually.