As spring unfolds across Maryland, outdoor enthusiasts are hitting the trails to hunt for shed antlers, the off-white tines ...

and that on average a whitetail buck will grow his largest set of antlers between 5 and 7 years of age,” says Matt Ross, assistant director of conservation for the Quality Deer Management Association.

A hush falls over the emerald canopy as a majestic silhouette glides between ancient oaks. This is the red deer—once the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thanks to some recent science, we now know one critical ingredient that can help your does and bucks reach their full growth potential. The intriguing answer came after a recent study on deer habitat, ...

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 ...

With warmer temperatures and snow quickly disappearing, shed-antler hunters are anxious to get into the field. Buck deer and bull elk and moose grow antlers each year, some to magnificent ...