and that on average a whitetail buck will grow his largest set of antlers between 5 and 7 years of age,” says Matt Ross, assistant director of conservation for the Quality Deer Management Association.

Whitetail deer, for example, consume small twigs and leaves, while reindeer have been known to eat bird eggs and even fish ...

Did the buck they were watching make it through the season? Finding an antler can answer that question. Whitetail deer throughout the state typically cast off or “shed” their antlers beginning ...