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.

The year 2025 changed the history of white-tailed deer in America. For many people, the news boils down to an antler ...

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 shed antlers. Back in the day “shed hunting” was reserved for a few of ...

The rest is detailed at the outset. Clearly, the inconsistency of deer hunting can move in multiple directions. Somehow ...

I’ve been hunting in the woods lately, but without a firearm or a bow. Vernal pools are boiling with mating wood frogs. Honking geese fill the skies. Trees have not yet begun to bud so the sun is warm ...

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 ...

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TWO HARBORS — Joe Shead’s new book is not a how-to book, as was his first one, “Shed Hunting: A Guide to Finding White Tailed Deer Antlers.” Instead, Shead might say it’s more of a how-not-to sort of ...

Deer antler shedding season is right around the corner, or even occurring now for a small part of the population. While a lot of people call them horns, there is actually clear differences between ...

Call it the Port Wing buck. Jeff Mohr of Burnsville, Minn., showed up at last weekend's Duluth Boat, Sports and Travel Show with a set of deer antlers from a buck his grandfather shot 42 years ago.

Missouri’s deer rules are on the verge of their biggest shakeup in years, with chronic wasting disease management, antler...