They’re not a one-size-fits-all prescription, but under the right circumstances can provide benefit to both hunter and hunted, even when applied voluntarily. One benefit is antler size.

Male white-tailed deer shed their antlers during the start of each year, and the exact time the antlers drop off is unique to each individual buck. Bucks grow a new Hunting for shed antlers is ...

The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: 10.15184/aqy ...

For one, it didn’t impede his ability to see, eat or drink. For another, it was guaranteed Walter would lose the headdress eventually. White -tail deer shed their antler annually.