Milford News | 1931-02-19 | Page 2 | Antlers Grow Quickly

Antlers Grow Quickly Deer's antlers are shed completely every year, between January and March. It takes about four months, or until about August, for the new ones to reach full. growth. When the antlers are dropped, the roots or pedicles exposed are rough disks of bone belonging to the frontal bone of the skull. In a week or so this Is covered cov-ered by the dark brown" skin of the head and then the new antlers .begin to develop. The material of which they are composed Is similar to that which forms hair. The antlers of a healthy vigorous elk or caribou will grow at the rate of one-third of an Inch per day, or more, once they are fairly started.