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Man I love Maine. I know she’s not everybody’s cup of tea (especially in the winter) but she’s definitely mine.

Essentially deer can give themselves osteoporosis in order to have very controlled bone cancer.

I’m not totally certain about physiology behind antler growth (I’m a spatial ecologist) but I do know that antler “velvet” is highly vascularized and deer are able siphon off calcium from their skeleton to support antler growth.

Howdy from your neighbors down south!

Antlers are the fastest growing bones in the world. Within 3 years the amount of bone produced by a male elk for its antlers is roughly equal to the amount of bone that makes up their entire skeleton.

Not a carnivore ecologist but a big game gal. Can I still join? I wanna know what you all are put to!!!

I think that that would be a safe assumption given my experience 😂

If you find a way to keep Elk from rubbing on your cameras and stakes I’d love to know how. I lost at least one camera this summer because a bull moose thought it would be a great place to scratch 🥲 Not to mention bears really love playing with my snow stakes.