Deer antler velvet is essentially a growth hormone called "insulin-like growth factor 1," or IGF-1. Growth hormones, which are naturally produced by the brain and liver, regulate how our bodies grow.

Deer antlers in velvet are soft and easily damaged. That may be one reason why large-antlered bucks at this time of the year are so rarely seen.

White-tail deer antlers grow about a quarter of an inch each day, while elk and caribou regrow their antlers at almost an inch daily. Read More: Deer Have Antlers, Walruses Have Tusks ... In a ...

By late summer, the velvet will dry up, and the deer will shed it, revealing his hardened antlers. Why do older deer have larger antlers? The size and complexity of antlers are not cumulative.

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 ...

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Once the antlers have reached their peak in size, blood vessels begin to dry up and the velvet becomes annoying to the deer. They rub their antlers against trees to scratch this itch and scrape ...

Deer hunting: MS hunter bags buck with massive 175-inch, partially shed velvet antlers 'He had this one he'd been following since he was 5 1/2 (years old).

Bumgardmer said once a deer begins to rub his antlers to remove the velvet, ... MS hunter bags giant 175-inch buck with partially shed velvet antlers. Show comments. Advertisement.