For those who are passionate about deer hunting, the pursuit never really has an off season. March is an ideal time for hunters to walk through the woods to look for antlers that have just been shed ...

When it comes to fighting for a mate, few in the animal kingdom can pull through unscathed like dueling deer. Their remarkably tough antlers take a huge beating when butting heads, so much so that ...

Antler point restrictions can create older buck age structure and improve hunter sightings of mature deer, but they are not a magic fix for herd size, habitat problems, or poor doe management. The ...

They are the fastest-growing tissue in the animal kingdom, but why do deer and other animals shed them? Here's what makes them so unique. The animal kingdom is brutal. To survive, many animals have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here in Western New York, as soon as the snow starts to leave the hills and fields, it’s time to hunt for “drops,” or whitetail ...

Deer populations have reached pest-level in many wooded pockets of the United States, leading to much hand-wringing over human and ecological consequences of the ungulate invasion. But here’s a ...

The antlers atop the heads of al different kinds of deer — including the reindeer that live way up north — have to be tough enough to face off with others. Deer antlers are made out of bone and are an ...

One of the attractions of whitetail hunting is the unique characteristics found on each set of antlers. For example, a 1½-year-old buck might have eight points that have tines just a couple inches ...