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.

Animals with antlers comprise the deer family, Cervidae. Learn all about the different members of that family here.

After years of online detective work by a 23-year-old Kansas bowhunter, the Sunflower State appears to have a new record typical whitetail buck for ... father’s deer rack from Antlers by Klaus ...

And this group of three bucks (all males, which is common except for during the fall rut, when females and males group together) looked like they were right in the midst of shedding their antlers. So ...

If you're a whitetail ... deer. It should be noted that bachelor groups often stay intact for a time after velvet shed, and bucks are often anxious to spar and/or fight as soon as they enter hard ...