Their new antlers will start to grow in spring and will have a soft, fuzzy covering called “velvet,” that supplies nutrients and oxygen to the growing bone that forms the antlers. By late ...

Every year in late winter or early spring, bucks and bulls jettison their current headgear to begin growing a completely new set of antlers. And every spring, shed hunters hit the woods and fields ...

But just exactly what are antlers? Antlers are actually very simple. They are made of solid bone. Only members of the deer family, Cervidae, grow antlers. Except for caribou (reindeer), only male ...

Antler shed hunting Intentionally looking for antlers dropped by deer, or “shed hunting,” has grown in popularity and interest. People have trained dogs specifically to search for antlers, and there’s ...