and more of that nutrition can be poured into antler development compared to body mass.” A Mule deer in full velvet. Donald M. Jones In the desert to the south, winter is a relatively easy season for ...

The biggest-ticket item was a shoulder-mounted mule deer buck with the velvet still on its antlers, said Maj. Chad Bettridge, a law enforcement officer with the division. It went for $5,500.

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A group of Canadian hikers has reported a sighting of a moose-like animal on Fiordland’s Kepler Track - although the sighting ...

A shoulder mount of the buck was on display at an outdoor expo in Wisconsin Dells on March 29. Photo via Facebook The authenticity of a massive 49-point buck that was recently panel-scored by the ...

A small deer will not be able to carry a set of 8kg antlers. His poor body might break! The antler bone and cartilage are covered in velvet that contains hormones such as estrogen and estradiol. These ...

Obviously summer bucks are in full velvet and very protective of their rapidly growing–but tender antlers ... to say “I’m the boss” to other deer. It should be noted that bachelor groups ...

By contrast, antlers consist of bone covered by living skin known as “velvet,” which supplies blood ... but antlers grow on species in the deer family, and typically on males.

You’ll see deer damage mostly in the fall during rutting season “when they’re trying to take the velvet off their antlers,” ...

I like to start judging buck pecking order early, often when bucks are still in velvet and ... his antlers, as any critter of his size and age is a once-in-a-lifetime deer here.