If I'm the only one that notices this.....and thinks twice about it....then just disregard my post......but.....(and I'm not gonna lose sleep over this fact....)......

Does it somewhat annoy you that the hunting shows we watch on the hunting channels CONSTANTLY refer to the protrusions on male Deers' heads as "HORNS" in lieu of "ANTLERS"?

I'm trying to teach my 14 yr old......but they don't make it easy.

Jeff

You'd think they'd know the difference wouldn't you?

i know deer have antlers. along with elk and all other animals that shed their growth and regrow the next year. i also know sheep and such have HORNS which are always there and i guess they always grow...

BUT.....ill still say deer have horns. i just like saying horns better then antlers.

Yeah, "horns" bugs me too. Seems ignorant for people who claim to be experts torefer to them as horns, even if that's just a nickname. Grates my nerves like blatantly bad English. Of course guys pronouncing acorns as "A-curns" bugs me too.

Holy crap, Talon.....

I live in NC! Acorns? I'd better be quiet!

Jeff

I wouldn't read too much into it. Teach your kids right, they'll know the correct term. But call em what you will. As long as they know the truth, that's all that matters. I call em both horns and antlers, depending how I feel.

There is a lot of misinformtion on shows, even on the web.....

My pet peeve is calling a bows string creep as "stretch"....stretch is a temporary elongation, like a rubber band stretches...creep is a permanate elongation as with a bow string.....

Ok Rob that's a little too anal. LOL

I think you are my long lost sibbling....both of those drive me bonkers.

While we are on the subject....what do pronghorns have? I always assumed horns, but then I thought I heard something about how they shed them or something...am I way off or what?

Antelope have horns! They are the only animal that sheds any part of thier horn, and they annually shed the outside part,the sheath! I've only ever found one sheath in many miles of walking across the lands where antelope play, the little critters eat them just like they do antlers! The antelope horn is more of a hair material, than bone!