hile many deer hunters are happy to harvest both bucks and does, you may have met some deer hunters only interested in hunting to fill the freezer: “Well, you can’t eat the horns!” Yeah, they might be right; will probably not eat the antlers on that beautiful 10-point buck that you shot last year. And while you sure are grateful for all the meat that big buck put in your freezer last season, you begin to ponder this phrase you have heard time and time again. You’ve gone shed hunting every year — while it doesn’t beat deer hunting season, finding those shed antlers can feel like finding small treasures left behind by your favorite game species. You also know the frustration of finding a beautiful shed, only to see you were not the first creature to find it, as evidenced by teeth marks and chewed up points all over what would have been your beautiful curio. While may not eat the antlers, sure seems to be eating them. There are the obvious culprits: mice, squirrels, and other rodents hungry for that calcium-rich
