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24-07-2006, 09:28 PM
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| | | Really pleased with what I found.........
Found this at the weekend and I am really pleased cos I have never found one before. It is an antler off a roe deer, a two year old one, so I am told. Was also told they quite often eat them when they fall off. I am probably going to mount it on a staff of some sort........  |
24-07-2006, 09:30 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cornwall..
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Does anyone know, what are the knobblies are on it and why they grow??? |
24-07-2006, 10:06 PM
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I introduced a neighbour to the Scottish estate we visit. He likes making sticks (used to be a shepherd) and he askes the tenant farmer if he had any antlers. he came back with a sackful. |
24-07-2006, 11:37 PM
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What a great find!  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Jonny . Was also told they quite often eat them when they fall off. | Hehe, I wonder if that's the deer equivalent of biting your fingernails?  |
25-07-2006, 12:14 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: East Sussex
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Nice find! I didn't know they fell off like.... |
25-07-2006, 12:45 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Near Peterborough
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Originally Posted by Jonny Found this at the weekend and I am really pleased cos I have never found one before. It is an antler off a roe deer, a two year old one, so I am told. Was also told they quite often eat them when they fall off. I am probably going to mount it on a staff of some sort........ |
I've never found an antler - despite my local woods being overrun!! I don't know what the knobbly bits are, perhaps to give the males purchase on each other's antlers? Mind you I don't even know if Roe buck actually spar like other deer....
You have staff??
You really shouldn't go around sticking anters on them willy nilly you know...... |
25-07-2006, 05:44 AM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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You said they sometimes eat them when they fall off. Well, I'm surprised you haven't tried them yet! Julie
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25-07-2006, 10:02 AM
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The knobblies are called 'pearls' but I'm not sure what purpose they have. They count for up to four points in the CIC scoring system for antler quality. I would say this is likely to be from an animal at least three years old, though probably not much more. As for eating them, I think it's just a question of recycling scarce nutrients.
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25-07-2006, 10:47 AM
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Nice antler,I saw a similar on in Glastonbury atop a staff £150 notes
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25-07-2006, 10:57 AM
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Nice find Jon
I once found one that was covered in small slugs and snails, which appeared to have been eaten right down by them. I would think the extra minerals were much sought after.
I think the 'pearls' are just part of the growth pattern.
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