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BOISE, Idaho – Elk breeders, who watched high profits from the velvet antler trade crash amid concerns about illness in the herds, are cautiously optimistic that a new federal plan to electronically ...

Prices for antlers are about half of what they were even a few years ago, which antler hunters blame on a poorer Asian market. But even at $4 to $5 a pound, with a large antler weighing up to 10 ...

Deer and elk antlers are encased with a soft, skin-like material that is commonly referred to as velvet that is present from ...

ELY — At Antler Ridge Elk Ranch, off Rogers Grove Road east of Ely, Chris Thuerauf and his father Bob have discovered more than a few uses for the big animals they raise. 'We bought our first animals ...

Durango – The growing popularity of collecting antlers has Colorado wildlife experts and business people worried that eager collectors are hunting too early and stressing vulnerable deer and elk on ...

CARSON CITY — There’s gold in them thar antlers, and as a result, the Nevada Department of Wildlife is looking at regulating the growing practice of “shed hunting” to protect the state’s deer and elk ...