While antlers can give clues about a deer’s age, they are not a definitive indicator. A buck’s antlers typically grow larger and more complex as it matures, but other factors like nutrition ...

As the forest changes, the deer change their trails. If a big tree falls, the deer travel around it. They don’t usually go over a tree. They don’t expend their energy if they don’t have to. A deer is ...

After all, you want those deer to make it through to spring—and you want those bucks to grow nice, big antlers for the coming fall.

In most parts of the country deer are a fairly common sight ... The “velvet phase” occurs when the antlers are still growing – and to grow, they need a blood supply that’s provided ...

Many short-growing tree species, such as dogwood ... Some deer will cross over to your side, even if only briefly, and some might drop antlers while doing so. Deer sometimes travel long distances to ...

Whitetail deer throughout the state typically ... a quick word about the difference between horns and antlers. Horns continue to grow throughout the animals lives. Mountain sheep, goats, and ...

Members of the deer family are not the only mammals with ... “Antler is the only mammalian organ that once lost can fully grow back.” This is even more remarkable given that antlers are complex organs ...

but antlers grow on species in the deer family, and typically on males. Oceanic islands are created by the collision of tectonic plates; those collisions create volcanoes and vents that channel ...

The giant deer required abundant ... “The males would have really struggled, having to grow those antlers every year,” says Lister. But the cold spell’s impact on females may have been ...

Walter, as the deer was affectionately nicknamed ... and seeing how the rest of the adventure unfolds, when those new antlers grow in,” Willington said. “And watching how big they grow ...