What Do You Call Them ?
 

I see it all the time.

You see a nice rack on a buck.

And the first thing out the mouth is big horns.

Well that just burns me up.

Horns belong on cattle. Meaning hollow inside.

Antlers belong on Deer. Meaning solid inside.

So What Do Yall Think Should Be The Propper Name ?

RE: What Do You Call Them ?
 

Man you must burn up easy! Most of us use the term "horns," as slang!

RE: What Do You Call Them ?
 

They areantlers so that is what I call them.

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I didn't know about the hollow thing but I just thought antler's fall off and horns stay on?

RE: What Do You Call Them ?
 

That just burns me up too! ;)

Horns meaning hollow inside and antlers meaning solid inside....never heard it expressed like that....I guess I don't know what I'm talkin' about. (Don't say it....):D


I agree with bh14....antlers fall off every year, horns don't. To me, that's the only difference. I could care less which are hollow and which aren't.

RE: What Do You Call Them ?
 

I guess it depends on what you are talking about. If you are saying a whitetail buck,,,, Antlers!

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A pronghorn sheds it's horns every year,but they are still horns.

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I always correct the guys I hunt with and they don’t like it. If they’re antlers, I call them antlers. End of story...[>:]

RE: What Do You Call Them ?
 

... About Antlers
Antlers grow from the pedicle, a bony platform above the frontal bone of the skull. They begin growing in late April or May, and start branching about two weeks later. By the end of May, they are well developed and covered with "velvet," a covering of skin with nerves and blood vessels. By August, the growth period ends and the velvet begins to dry at the tips.
When the antlers are fully hardened, the velvet dies and starts to peel off in shreds. Once it is completely lost, the mating season begins. When mating season is over, the pedicle begins to separate from the skull and breaks off as a complete set when the animal bumps into something.
Only a few embryonic cells are left and these form the basis of a new pedicle and antlers, which begin growing about six weeks later. If you visit Sagamore Hill, there is a place outside the library where you can see a set of antlers still attached to the pedicle.

...About Horns
Horns, on the other hand, are made up of tubular filaments of keratin, the same substance that makes up human hair and nails. Horns are usually hollow; only the rhinoceros has solid horns (if you look at the base of the White Rhino horn, such as the one a Sagamore Hill hall, you can see where the filaments join).
Horns grow throughout an animal's life; however, if the tip or point of a horn breaks for any reason, it will not re-form. Horns have only one point. The exception to this rule is the Pronghorn Antelope of the American plains. Not only do their horns have two points (hence the name Pronghorn), but they also shed their horns on a regular basis.
So what about the giraffe? Horns or antlers? The two hairy lumps between the ears of the giraffe are neither antlers nor horns, but two hairy, fleshy lumps between the ears!

RE: What Do You Call Them ?
 

Thanks for the info rebel. And I call them antlers