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3. Unlike horns on cattle which are permanent, White-tailed bucks (Odocoileus virginianus) lose and re-grow their antlers every year. Bucks don't grow their first set of antlers until they are around ten months old. These younger deer have smaller antlers because much of their nutrition goes to support their growing body. During winter, bucks lose their antlers and then begin to re-grow new antlers. As the antlers grow, they are covered in a soft hairy skin called velvet. The velvet supplies blood to the growing antlers and protects and feeds them. Once antlers reach full size, the velvet begins to die off and the bucks rub it off on trees and brush. In addition to removing the velvet from their new antlers, this also help to strengthen the neck for the upcoming rut. Antler growth in a deer is largely dependent on the age of the deer, genetics, and diet. As a deer matures it will typically grow more tines and eventually max out and then become smaller year after year as the deer ages. In a whitetail buck the antlers typically reach optimal development around 5 to 6 years of age. Whitetail deer antlers are one of the fastest growing tissues known to man and have been known to grow as fast as ½ inch per day. This large 8-point White-tailed buck with his antlers still in velvet, stands alert on the side of the road on the Willow City Loop in the Texas Hill Country.
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3. Unlike horns on cattle which are permanent, White-tailed bucks (Odocoileus virginianus) lose and re-grow their antlers every year. Bucks don't grow their first set of antlers until they are around ten months old. These younger deer have smaller antlers because much of their nutrition goes to support their growing body. During winter, bucks lose their antlers and then begin to re-grow new antlers. As the antlers grow, they are covered in a soft hairy skin called velvet. The velvet supplies blood to the growing antlers and protects and feeds them. Once antlers reach full size, the velvet begins to die off and the bucks rub it off on trees and brush. In addition to removing the velvet from their new antlers, this also help to strengthen the neck for the upcoming rut. Antler growth in a deer is largely dependent on the age of the deer, genetics, and diet. As a deer matures it will typically grow more tines and eventually max out and then become smaller year after year as the deer ages. In a whitetail buck the antlers typically reach optimal development around 5 to 6 years of age. Whitetail deer antlers are one of the fastest growing tissues known to man and have been known to grow as fast as ½ inch per day. This large 8-point White-tailed buck with his antlers still in velvet, stands alert on the side of the road on the Willow City Loop in the Texas Hill Country.
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