BRAINERD — It's mid-July, and in the world of white-tailed deer bucks, a number of physiological changes are happening. They are beginning to feed more heavily in preparation for the fall rut, or ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most deer shed their antlers at the beginning of winter, just after breeding. Many rodents and even caribou themselves will gnaw ...

If you stumble across a shed deer antler, there's more you can use it for than playing with your pet. In fact, it can be used ...

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 ...

We’ve all got busy schedules, so when it comes to maximizing our shed-hunting efforts, it’s natural to ask, When do deer shed their antlers? And, ideally, we'd like as precise an answer as possible.

One of the benefits of having a largely snow-free winter (so far) is that it allows those of us who enjoy deer antlers a chance to find some early “drops.” But in January, many bucks are still ...

In the 1980s, shortly before I was born, my father killed a male white-tailed deer in the woods of Oklahoma, harvested his flesh, and mounted his head. Years later, my brothers regaled me with the ...

The carnival huckster of yesteryear, selling snake oil and other strange elixirs, has been replaced by a largely unregulated, multibillion-dollar market in supplements and herbal remedies. And the ...