Standing in tall grass - White tailed deer buck
While waking through a local Calgary city park with some friends, we came across this White-Tailed Deer enjoying his breakfast of wild grass.
Bucks begin to grow a new set of antlers as soon as the old set drops, which takes place any time from late January to March. At their peak growth rate in midsummer, antlers can grow up to half an inch a day. By September, the velvet covering has sloughed off to reveal the hardened rack underneath.
In this photo of the male deer taken towards the end of July he still has is velvet covering on his antlers
-Odocoileus virginianus
Standing in tall grass - White tailed deer buck
While waking through a local Calgary city park with some friends, we came across this White-Tailed Deer enjoying his breakfast of wild grass.
Bucks begin to grow a new set of antlers as soon as the old set drops, which takes place any time from late January to March. At their peak growth rate in midsummer, antlers can grow up to half an inch a day. By September, the velvet covering has sloughed off to reveal the hardened rack underneath.
In this photo of the male deer taken towards the end of July he still has is velvet covering on his antlers
-Odocoileus virginianus