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.

Shed hunting is the pursuit for antlers cast off by members of the deer (cervidae) family, including whitetail and mule deer, elk, caribou, and moose. Every year in late winter or early spring, bucks ...

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado ” Alan Butts strikes gold less than five minutes into his hunt. Following a flash of white into a swath of sage brush near McCoy, he discovers an antler under a juniper tree.

Esparanza Lopez might only be 15 years old, but she’s gained plenty of experience hunting the New Mexico backcountry with her dad, Richard. They spend most of their weekends in the fall chasing big ...

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Weather remains the biggest influence on mule deer production in western North Dakota, but results from a two-year study commissioned by the state Game and Fish Department show coyotes and oil ...