Northeast Ohio whitetail deer

One buck antler only

10 inches long from main tip to burr

Shows natural wear

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Whitetail deer antlers are fascinating because they are made of bone and are completely regrown and shed every year. Bucks usually begin growing new antlers in the spring, when they are covered in a soft, blood-rich tissue called velvet that supplies nutrients to the rapidly developing bone. During the summer, antlers can grow around a quarter of an inch per day and sometimes even faster. By late summer or early fall, the antlers harden, the velvet dies, and bucks rub it off on trees and shrubs. The hardened antlers are then used for display, establishing dominance, and fighting other bucks during the fall breeding season, or rut. After the rut, declining testosterone eventually causes the antlers to separate from the permanent pedicles on the skull and fall off, usually during winter or early spring. Antler size and shape are influenced primarily by the buck’s age, genetics, nutrition, and overall health, and a large mature buck can grow an impressive rack in only a few months.