RE: How often do deer shed their antlers?
 

I know that a BB has to shed to get new growth but i always did wonder how it worked. I have seen a few BB that didnt break through. one of them never will cause i kinda hit himwith my truck.

RE: How often do deer shed their antlers?
 

Well I have heard of some bucks shedding in late December so I guess it is possible for a buck to shed twice in 1 year. Jan-Apr and Dec of that same year.
The latest I have seen a buck with Antlers had been April 8th, 2006.

RE: How often do deer shed their antlers?
 

Yes button bucks shed... The bone on their head is ultimately "dead" therefore it needs to fall off to make way for the next years growth of antler. For the guys who thought it didnt fall off, did you think the buttons were going to grow velvet back over them, and then they were going to hit a new growth spurt and start to grow again into a bigger set of horns..?

RE: How often do deer shed their antlers?
 

ill sell you some deer sheds[8D]

RE: How often do deer shed their antlers?
 

X2. Even if a button does not protrude the skin it will fall off the following year when his next set of antlers begins to grow. Personally though I have never seen ones that have not grown through though. It is like when you had baby teeth, even if one of your baby teeth didn't fall out, when your adult teeth came they forced the baby tooth out, the baby tooth didn't just grow into your adult teeth. Hope this helps.

RE: How often do deer shed their antlers?
 

The BB I shot this year didn't have bone breaking thru the skin. I just assumed that whatever growth was below the skin would have continued growing next year had he not been vacuum sealed in my freezer...