Normally, mounting involves a bloody and very labor intensive process of stripping a skull clean of flesh and meat, leaving ...

Deer antler shedding season is right around the corner, or even occurring now for a small part of the population. While a lot of people call them horns, there is actually clear differences between ...

This bull moose was spotted near Brainard Lake. In early September, when the antlers of male deer, elk and moose have stopped growing and the bone is fully formed, blood stops flowing to the velvet, ...

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 ...

For those who are passionate about deer hunting, the pursuit never really has an off season. March is an ideal time for hunters to walk through the woods to look for antlers that have just been shed ...

Have you ever wondered about our local whitetail deer? I sure have. I hunted them for more than 40 years. I spent more time than that studying them, including just about every aspect of their ...

If you’ve ever observed deer or seen images of mature bucks, you may have noticed that older deer tend to have larger and more complex antlers. You might have also heard that deer shed their antlers ...

Antlers, the headgear of deer, moose and elk, are more useful for display than combat. But that does not stop deadly lockups from occurring. By Asher Elbein As the days of summer pass, the antlers get ...

One of the attractions of whitetail hunting is the unique characteristics found on each set of antlers. For example, a 1½-year-old buck might have eight points that have tines just a couple inches ...