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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Importance of Antlers
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2017-11-30 09:32:52
	Description:		You may well find deer antlers beautiful, but how much do you think about them—a little or a lot? In this episode of Wildlife Matters , the Masked Biologist talks about the importance of antlers. Antlers are extremely important. They are important to deer, to be certain, but they are important to hunters as well. If you took someone who knew absolutely nothing about deer or deer hunting and asked them to study deer and the people who hunt them, there is a fair chance they would come to the conclusion that the antler is the primary goal of the harvest. Hunters prize deer antlers. They study them, measure them, and score them. There are names and designations for the different tine locations and configurations. Antlers decorate homes, offices, and cabins. We put antler decals on our vehicles and screen print them on our clothes. Big buck contests are common across the Northwoods, some focusing on weight, but most focusing on antlers. When people ask if you got your deer, they are looking
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