At this time of year, mid-summer, a whitetail buck’s antlers are peaking toward maximum size. And when the antler’s external covering, velvet, is shed in early September, they appear smaller, white ...

A whitetail buck's antlers in springtime and summer are anything but the sharp, white, iconic, bony headgear we imagine. Bucks are "in velvet" at this time of year and their antlers are undergoing an ...

Hunters are pretty good at quantifying antlers —— the best of us guessing with surprising accuracy the inches of bone on a running buck at 100 yards. But we’re lousy at understanding how that buck ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - This time of year, when it’s hot and no one is visiting their deer stand or favorite patch of woods, bucks are quietly doing something pretty remarkable — they’re growing antlers ...

"Bucks dropping their antlers already." It’s becoming a common refrain in the late-season deer camp. And it’s true. Each year whitetail antler “drops” or “sheds” are picked up during deer season. And ...

BRAINERD — It's mid-July, and in the world of white-tailed deer bucks, a number of physiological changes are happening. They are beginning to feed more heavily in preparation for the fall rut, or ...

When the 2012 Oklahoma deer season opened this week thousands of bowhunter’s hit the woods pursuing our state’s most popular game species. In fact, I’m already receiving success stories from lucky ...

Most wildlife experts agreed early on that Texas deer hunters were going to be pleasantly surprised by the antler quality on whitetail bucks this fall The reasons? Good carryover of animals that ...

Deer antlers represent a singular model of mammalian regeneration, exhibiting a remarkable capacity for rapid, complete organ renewal each year. This exceptional process is primarily driven by ...

If you have been lucky enough to see a white-tail buck recently, don't worry about your eyes - those antlers really are fuzzy. Even during warm July days, many deer hunters around the Coulee Region ...

A Pennsylvania hunter who has spent decades in the meat industry is sharing his theory about why bucks of the same year class have antlers of different sizes. Eric V. “Zeke” Zimmerman of Derry, ...

The study of deer physiology in relation to antler growth provides a window into complex metabolic and nutritional dynamics underpinning one of nature’s most striking examples of regenerative bone ...