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Antlers or Horns?

 

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between antlers and horns? Horns grow continuously throughout an animals life and are not replaced or regrown if they are damaged or broken off.  The outer surface of horns is composed primarily of keratin, a substance similar to finger nails, and they are nourished by blood vessels within the horn itself.

Antlers are basically just like bone growing from the front of the skull of a deer, elk, or moose. Antlers are usually longer than horns, and have many branches called tines.

Consequently, The next time you marvel at the impressive antlers on a large elk or moose, remember, they took only 3 to 4 months to grow! Pretty quick right? Here's to hoping your dog enjoys his antler dog chews!

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When are Antlers Shed?

Most often, mule and white-tail deer loose their antlers during the month of December (moose and caribou usually loose their antlers during the winter months as well). However elk hang-on to their antlers throughout the winter and don't begin shedding them until the spring. Antler hunters search out and find the sheds and then sort them for a variety of uses, one being antler chews for dogs. If the antlers aren't found, the generally don't stay on the ground for long, —the local rodent population will begin eating the antler as a high quality source of calcium and minerals.

While the antlers are impressive to look at, they are even more impressive on an evolutionary scale...more to come!

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