The annual antler cycle At the end of mating season, usually in late winter, male deer, or bucks, shed their antlers thanks to an abscission layer that forms between the antlers and the skull that ...

SALT LAKE CITY — "Shed hunting" is a fairly popular activity in Utah, as an estimated 20,000 people head out into the state's outdoors every late winter and early spring looking for antlers and ...

The antlers of a mule deer shed found in southern Utah on Tuesday. Utah's shed hunting season will begin on Thursday, on time this year, after a lengthy delay last winter.

Colorado hikers can keep an eye out for antlers during ‘shed hunting’ season There are approximately 280,000 elk and 400,000 mule deer in Colorado, according to the state ...

Some years, deer shed their antlers at the end of the hunting season, while other years, many still carry their horns through February, March and once in a while even April.

The winter doldrums of February can be tough on the hunter. Deer season is months behind, and you have replayed the memories in your head of the buck you chased all fall. Now is the perfect time to ...

A pro tip for finding shed antlers is to walk around in an area that has recently been burned using prescribed fire, which generally take place in winter. A white antler laying on top of blackened ...

Outdoors Deer often shed their antlers in the woods: Here’s how you can spot them Published: Mar. 11, 2025, 5:22 a.m.

But that's deer hunting. Big bucks seem to have a sixth sense."   The prize find of a recent shed hunting sojourn in Camp Ripley -- a six-point shed with 7-inch tines and a rare split brow tine.