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Best place to hunt for Mule Deer & Antelope?
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Sky" data-source="post: 64593" data-attributes="member: 458"><p>Canadianlefty, they don't grow velvet. The horns shed each fall around the end of October on in to November. The horns are constructed of hair-like material (sort of like your fingernail.) When they shed it comes off as a sheath. In other words the horns are hollow inside. (see picture below) Underneath is bone with new hair growing. If you don't believe me, talk to any taxidermist that's worth a darn in your area and ask him about cleaning antelope horns and the skull/bone underneath for mounting. I live in the heart of antelope country and in 10 years I have found a grand total of 4 antelope sheds. They deteriorate quickly and near as I can tell little critters love to eat them.</p><p></p><p>If you really want to know more go to the site I borrowed the image from. It has a good article all about antelope. Here is a link to the article.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/3_2004.htm#article1" target="_blank">http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/3_2004.htm#article1</a></p><p></p><p> <img src="http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=pronghorn+antelope+sheds/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/SIG=123bp2lv2/EXP=1110402345/*-http%3A//www.countrysidemag.com/issues/3_04_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Sky, post: 64593, member: 458"] Canadianlefty, they don't grow velvet. The horns shed each fall around the end of October on in to November. The horns are constructed of hair-like material (sort of like your fingernail.) When they shed it comes off as a sheath. In other words the horns are hollow inside. (see picture below) Underneath is bone with new hair growing. If you don't believe me, talk to any taxidermist that's worth a darn in your area and ask him about cleaning antelope horns and the skull/bone underneath for mounting. I live in the heart of antelope country and in 10 years I have found a grand total of 4 antelope sheds. They deteriorate quickly and near as I can tell little critters love to eat them. If you really want to know more go to the site I borrowed the image from. It has a good article all about antelope. Here is a link to the article. [url="http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/3_2004.htm#article1"]http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/3_2004.htm#article1[/url] [img]http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=pronghorn+antelope+sheds/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/SIG=123bp2lv2/EXP=1110402345/*-http%3A//www.countrysidemag.com/issues/3_04_3.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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