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Old 11-16-2004 | 05:58 PM
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Just wondering if someone can tell me if a Mule deer sheds its rack?
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Old 11-16-2004 | 06:20 PM
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All ungulates shed their antlers so a mule deer most definately sheds their antlers. I have found several.
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Old 11-16-2004 | 06:30 PM
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WOW! big word....
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Old 11-16-2004 | 06:31 PM
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Ungulates: All members of the deer family: Whitetail, mule, blacktail, and coues deer; elk, moose, caribou and many, many more.
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Old 11-16-2004 | 08:59 PM
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Even Rudolph!!!!!!!!
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Old 11-16-2004 | 09:05 PM
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Antlers are shed, horns keep with the animal. Deer have antlers, sheep have horns etc.
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Old 11-16-2004 | 09:12 PM
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So what would an antelope be considered. It sheds the outer sheath from its horns every year?
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Old 11-17-2004 | 04:09 PM
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Antelope are the one exception--the have horns even though the outer parts are shed--I watch a lot of discovery channel
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