Apr. 3—Reyes Salazar remembers the stillness of the mountains when he began religiously searching for elk and deer antlers in the wild a little over 10 years ago. "It was real quiet," recalled Salazar ...

Hunting for shed antlers has become such a popular activity in recent years that Colorado Parks and Wildlife has to warn collectors not to hunt before the season starts. Shed antlers are antlers ...

JACKSON, Wyo. — The first day of May dawned frosty, partly cloudy and, Brady Rivenes hoped, auspiciously for snagging a “really big stack” of elk antlers in the snow-flecked national forest 20 minutes ...

Antlers are a big reason why many hunt for deer and elk. I’m not saying it’s right, but it is the truth. The desire for big bucks continues to increase as the number of big bucks also increases on the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Hunting for shedded deer and elk antlers is becoming an increasingly popular hobby, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has said. While some “shed hunters” search for ...

FOREST RIVER, N.D. – If this was a baseball game, the regular starters would have been absent, only to be replaced by three rookie fill-ins who came off the bench to take their place. It wasn’t a ...

Did that big buck make it? That’s what many wildlife watchers and deer hunters want to know as winter ends. Did the buck they were watching make it through the season? Finding an antler can answer ...

Antlers are one of the most extravagant additions to an animal. The male ungulates (hoofed animals) that roam these lands use much of their energy to grow these appendages to help up their game in ...