Antler velvet is peeling off our wild whitetail bucks in early September, and is often eaten by the buck as it carefully rubs its antlers on a sapling, or small tree. A buck in hardhorn, recently ...

We’ve all got busy schedules, so when it comes to maximizing our shed-hunting efforts, it’s natural to ask, When do deer shed their antlers? And, ideally, we'd like as precise an answer as ...

Deer hunting: MS hunter bags buck with massive 175-inch, partially shed velvet antlers 'He had this one he'd been following since he was 5 1/2 (years old).

Not only would the hunter harvest the 175-inch giant, he did it when the buck was shedding his velvet. "He had this one he'd been following since he was 5 1/2 (years old)," said Joe Bumgardner of ...

Deer grow antlers, not horns. Antlers are true bone and mainly made of calcium, and are shed each winter before regrowing each spring and summer. Antler growth on whitetail bucks originates from a ...

A Mississippi deer hunter had a trophy-class 10-point in velvet on his radar when the early archery season opened on Sept. 13. The buck's movements were fairly predictable, but didn't exactly work ...

10 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antlers Ever Found, Including Three World Record-Size Deer. We know these monsters only from the antlers they left behind.

Starkville hunter bags deer with 175-inch partially shed velvet antlers landowner named ‘Houdini’ because of his disappearance during daylight ...

Whitetail deer throughout the state typically cast off or “shed” their antlers beginning in February and accelerating through March. Their heads are bare until later in the spring when they ...

Antlers are a big reason why many hunt for deer and elk. I’m not saying it’s right, ... I have a pile of whitetail deer shed on my fireplace hearth and elk antlers in my man cave.

Dogs can be a big asset in shed hunting. Before you go, give your dog a shed to sniff and so they understand what they are supposed to find. As the forest changes, the deer change their trails.

Not only would the hunter harvest the 175-inch giant, he did it when the buck was shedding his velvet. ... How many are there and how big do they grow? MS hunter bags a deer of a lifetime.