A pair of deer experts offer a regional timeline and key factors for anyone wondering, when do deer shed their antlers? Print Subscription-$35 for the Best Field & Stream Stories · Subscribe Today.

The annual antler cycle. At the end of mating season, usually in late winter, male deer, or bucks, shed their antlers thanks to an abscission layer that forms between the antlers and the skull ...

Antlers are bony structures that extend out of permanent growths on a Cervidae's head — usually only the male — called pedicles. Male deer and other Cervidae shed their antlers annually, usually in ...

Deer often shed their antlers in the woods: Here’s how you can spot them . Published: Mar. 11, 2025, 5:22 a.m. March is a fine time to be in the forest, and a fine time to look for antler sheds.

10 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antlers Ever Found, ... for photos of their incredible replica antlers and mounts—each a glimpse at what these behemoth bucks.

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 ...

Timing for shed hunting. Deer lose their antlers at different times of the winter. Some deer have dropped their antlers already, while others might hold on to them for a couple more months.

Why do moose, deer, and elk shed their antlers? Once the fall breeding season, or rut, is over, male cervids no longer have any need for their antlers. In fact, their head ornaments can become a ...

Each year about this time, deer, elk, moose and other species lose or “shed” their antlers. This is where the name “shed antler” comes from. On private and most public lands, you can pick ...

Colorado hikers can keep an eye out for antlers during ‘shed hunting’ season There are approximately 280,000 elk and 400,000 mule deer in Colorado, according to the state ...