But I bet he's more on high alert because he doesn't have any weapon against predators

Dude I actually I feel that way every time I cut off all my hair. I also imagine if that’s the same feeling mammals such as these feel.

..and those are pure bone - the heavy stuff. It is not horns - which is just compressed keratin!

It really is! We are uploading a video in a few minutes showing the 5 Month Transformation. Thank You Darci!

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Something fishy about the way the stumps looked like the antlers had been sawed off. Do the antlers have any monetary value?

@@TheKomentor that’s how they look when they fall off - it’s pretty smooth. There is some monetary value, but not enough to risk being gored or having your sternum crushed by a hoof. Deer get big!

I hope not

Yes, it is quite a thing to witness them shake their head so much more vigorously just after dropping their antlers.. almost comical. Thank You DD!

Yes, he does seem a bit emasculated right now. It becomes so difficult to tell the bigger Bulls apart unless zooming in to see specific scars with a lens. Thank You MP!

@@WildlifeOnVideo I'm sure it wasn't easy trying to find Sheriff, they all look the same to me 😂 But nice job finding him!! Great Footage!

I just want to pour some Hydrogen Peroxide on those open wounds 😮

It seems sensitive for a couple days. They often touch the area to their back leg very gently almost to feel what is going on. After a couple days they seem to ignore the area as new growth starts almost immediately. Thank You Kathleen!

@@WildlifeOnVideo thank you so much for the answer.

Yes, he’s got a nice rack.

Probably not, but we can't conclusively say. We do know that they know to shake their heads violently when it's time to shed, and we do know that it spooks the bejesus out of them every time.

@@ReformedAgnostic Thanks! Good to know.

A lot, apparently. It's like hair.

Every year I think.

Yup, they shed them every year after the mating season is over. The antlers start growing back in the spring, they actually grow really fast.

I think they loose them due to poor nutrition. Not sure why they grow back so fast. I've seen two bulls get thier antlers locked up fighting each other, they couldn't get free, so they died locked up like that. I guess that happens more often enough than what i would normally have presumed.

​​​@@icequeenfantasy they shed antlers because of hormonal changes tied to mating seasons, so they drop and grow after every season. If that unfortunate duo locked their antlers they were fighting during one of these mating seasons when the antlers are strongly connected to the skull. If they died in that position I guess they were closely matched and died to the combination of fatique, dehydration and possible internal bleeding from the fight and struggle.

Sadly, there's no way to tell. We don't even know if shedding is painful. Some mysteries of nature will always remain beautiful mysteries.

No, we don't look for them here. All are asked to leave them be in this specific area of Canada. Thank You Rosco!

I believe they're more akin to hair/fingernails in that they shed them and then grow anew each year. As opposed to horns which are permanent (unless broken or chopped off somehow.) I'm no expert, but I believe that's the main difference between horns and antlers--horns are permanent (I think), while antlers come and go annually.

I just looked it up, and while I was correct about the permanence of horns (they are permanent and continue growing through the duration of the animals life) as opposed to the annual shedding and regrowth of antlers, it turns out that antlers actually ARE made of bone or a more bone-like tissue or whatever, while horns are composed of a bone-like core but happen to have a "keratinized" outer layer. Which keratin happens to be what our hair and fingernails are made of, so id say that horns are actually technically closer in composition to hair while antlers are closer to bone despite the fact that horns are permanent and antlers shed similar to hair.

@@ibrown3KC Wow Irving, that's interesting. Thanks for taking the time to look that up. Weird isn't it. And beautiful the way nature does this. I wonder why antlers are not designed to be permanent, while horns are. I don't expect you to look that up, but it would be interesting! Thank you. K

@@CamperVan-K You're welcome! And yes, I find it very fascinating. And I agree, it's definitely odd that they shed their antlers each year--i have no idea what the purpose would be but I'm sure there's some crazy evolutionary reason it happens! Lol

We are in Canada's Rockies. Thank You!

@@WildlifeOnVideo You have such a beautiful landscape, greetings from Spain

This is in Canada's Rocky Mountains.. Nature. Thank you Bill!

@@WildlifeOnVideo cool. Thx for letting me know

If you find a rack like that, the LAST thing you want to do is sell them. Those are a trophy of nature, and because they never rot, they can be handed down for generations.