| Antlers do not just keep growing. They drop off and | | | | interest at heart. Never approach wild animals of any |
| the animals grow new ones. These sloughed-off | | | | kind. There is no need to push them off their feeding |
| antlers are called shed. Shed hunting or collecting has | | | | and watering areas or disturb their routines just to get |
| been a great source for week end entertainment, | | | | an antler. Winter is a very hard time for these animals |
| especially during the off hunting season from late | | | | besides they will drop more next year.Bucks and bulls, |
| winter to early spring. Shed antlers are prized for | | | | the males of the deer, elk and moose species, shed |
| making everything from jewelry to chandeliers. The big | | | | their antlers every year usually between January and |
| bonus is that the animals drop them every year and | | | | April. The father north in the United states the earlier |
| do not have to be killed for their antlers. However, | | | | they drop. Here in Arizona it seems like late February |
| collecting shed must be done with the animals best | | | | to late March is especially a good time. |