According to the study of the antler, when a Stone Age craftsman originally discovered it, they first ground down and ...

and more of that nutrition can be poured into antler development compared to body mass.” A Mule deer in full velvet. Donald M. Jones In the desert to the south, winter is a relatively easy season for ...

Wounds on mice skin, which normally leave scars, healed without scarring when the researchers mimicked signaling pathways active in antler velvet wounds. These results highlight that insights obtained ...

Obviously summer bucks are in full velvet and very protective of their rapidly growing–but tender antlers ... to say “I’m the boss” to other deer. It should be noted that bachelor groups ...

Eight years ago, archaeologists in Sweden unearthed a deer’s antler covered with intricate patterns. Found at the archaeological site of Strandvägen, the artifact dates to around the sixth ...

By contrast, antlers consist of bone covered by living skin known as “velvet,” which supplies blood ... but antlers grow on species in the deer family, and typically on males.

The biggest-ticket item was a shoulder-mounted mule deer buck with the velvet still on its antlers, said Maj. Chad Bettridge, a law enforcement officer with the division. It went for $5,500.

Raising deer for antlers requires specialized farming ... Sustainable harvesting methods, such as velvet antler collection, are used without harming the animals. Advanced breeding, nutrition ...