One by one, a handful of mule deer bucks make their way up the steep slope on the far side of the pocket that lay between them and us. Through our binoculars we watch as they travel in single file, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In almost all deer, the males or bucks develop antlers for the purpose of attracting female deer or does and for defending their territory from other males. This is only ...

When you stop and think about it, antlers seem like the stuff of science fiction rather than real life. They’re bones that grow extremely fast outside of a mammals body, and every year they fall off ...

Antlers on deer grow new each year and there are a variety of reasons why they may have a unique shape, drop tine or hole. “Antlers are pretty awesome,” Jeannine Fleegle, wildlife biologist for the ...

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 ...