meaning the velvet dries out and sloughs off the bone. You might see deer rubbing their antlers against trees to force it to shed more quickly – and because it’s itchy – but even though it ...

The antler is on display at the 501 Roadhouse restaurant, and its owner said the shed ... deer here, he’s been shot in his ...

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 ...

Finding an antler can answer that question. Whitetail deer throughout the state typically cast off or “shed” their antlers beginning in February and accelerating through March. Their heads are ...

As common sense would dictate, the best places to search for antler sheds are those areas where deer ... velvet flakes away or is rubbed off on unfortunate saplings. By mid or late winter they are ...

Another key is focusing on wintering areas, places where the deer spend a majority of their time and are most likely to drop their antlers. “Our first year shed hunting, we went to every corner ...

Wounds on mice skin, which normally leave scars, healed without scarring when the researchers mimicked signaling pathways active in antler velvet wounds. These results highlight that insights obtained ...

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.