The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources requires an online course before heading out to look for deer, elk and moose antlers.

Utah's so-called "shed hunting" season is almost here, and that means it's time for the state's annual ethics course, which ...

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is reminding people to take the mandatory 2026 ethics course before heading out to shed hunt between Jan. 1 and May 31, as winter and early spring are tough ...

Blood and bone make hardened antler beams and tines into fighting tools for buck deer. As autumn cold turns to winter, hormones and instinct trigger bucks into head-to-head clashes for the chance to ...

Most deer antlers have eight points, but in 2021 a hunter took down a 26-POINT buck west of Colorado Springs. Like the leaves of a tree, antlers grow and fall off every year, so a large and sturdy ...

BRAINERD — It's mid-July, and in the world of white-tailed deer bucks, a number of physiological changes are happening. They are beginning to feed more heavily in preparation for the fall rut, or ...

Antler size is an indicator of a buck's health, nutrition, and age, not necessarily dominance. Injuries to a deer can result in abnormally shaped antlers, such as drop tines or even a third antler.