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In the middle of the century, the Boone and Crockett Club and the Safari Club International developed complex scoring systems based on various dimensions and the number of tines or points, and they keep extensive records of high-scoring antlers. [42] Deer bred for hunting on farms are selected based on the size of the antlers. [43]
Velvet antler is the whole cartilaginous antler in a precalcified growth stage of the Cervidae family including the species of deer such as elk, moose, and caribou. Velvet antler is covered in a hairy, velvet-like "skin" known as velvet and its tines are rounded, because the antler has not calcified or finished developing.
The growth and loss of antlers for most species of deer coincide closely with rutting season. In reindeer, males will begin growing their antlers in February and shedding them in November or December.
Reindeer antlers can be fashioned into all kinds of tools, including knife handles, shovels, and drying racks. Each part of the antler seems to have its own particular use in some cultures.
Unlike other deer species, female reindeer grow antlers. Male antlers can grow to lengths of fifty-one inches, while female antlers are smaller, at twenty inches. ... Google “reindeer farms near ...
Stags wallow and dig their antlers in urine-soaked soil, and then rub against tree trunks. [11] Sambar are capable of remarkable bipedalism for a deer species, and stags stand and mark tree branches above them with their antlers. [15] A stag also marks himself by spraying urine on his own face with a highly mobile penis. [11]