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about it, they are actually very wasteful in respect to the amount of energy spent in growing, caring and maintaining such large deposits of calcium and other minerals.
In the deer world, usually only male deer produce antlers but occasionally female white-tailed deer will produce antlers as well. These are very rare and these females are usually sterile and unable to reproduce.
Antlers are a byproduct of testosterone, a male hormone. That is why only male deer produce antlers.
In general no antlers develop on fawns. Instead, the yearling males usually grow the first antlers. It all starts at birth; only males develop special bony growths to support antlers.
This attachment point for the antler is called the pedicles. They are essentially bony stalks growing upwards from the skull on each side of the head, terminating as a circular platform or cushion just below the skin. From there the antler sprouts.
Antler growth is extremely fast taking only 12 to 16 weeks to complete a full rack. In this time the deer must produce up to 15-20 pounds of
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