COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) said they have begun the search for new state record deer antlers through a series of measuring sessions for their ...

Meet the Irish elk: an enormous extinct deer with a pair of comically large antlers to boot ... and one of the largest deer to exist period, measuring around 2 meters (6.5 feet) tall at the ...

In almost any other situation, the word of a law enforcement officer would be enough to verify the authenticity of a deer. On top of that, the trio of experienced measurers who officially scored the ...

Measuring 3.5 metres from tip to tip, the antlers of the extinct Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) were the largest of any deer ever – but it is no longer completely clear why they grew to such ...

Antlers need at least 60-days drying time ... Scorers have already been measuring some deer this year. “We’re getting some big ones in,” he said. With the 60-day drying requirement ...

Record deer have been produced in every South Carolina ... and sign a “fair chase” statement when they bring in a set of antlers for measuring. Antlers in velvet or those that are broken ...

Antlers, the headgear of deer, moose and elk, are more useful for display than combat. But that does not stop deadly lockups from occurring. By Asher Elbein As the days of summer pass, the antlers ...

Deer passed here, and maybe one dropped their antlers not too long ago. I notice where the deer stirred up the forest floor, overturned the leaves and walked through. In a clearing, they pawed the ...

Finding an antler can answer that question. Whitetail deer throughout the state typically cast off or “shed” their antlers beginning in February and accelerating through March. Their heads are ...

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.

Gary Mulcahey / NMNH Some 17,000 years ago, on a wall of Lascaux cave in southwestern France, an artist made a painting of a deer with fantastically elongated antlers. To modern eyes, it looks ...

The Iowa Deer Classic is coming to Des Moines in March, with nearly 100 booths of hunting gear and accessories. They're even inviting Iowans to bring their antlers for measuring and bows for shoots.