The Science of Antlers • Nebraskaland Magazine

Antler Basics Horns and antlers, decorative headgear sported by some of Nebraska’s best-known species, are not the same. Horns are keratin, a hair-like sheath, that grows over a bony core throughout an animal’s life. They are found on pronghorn, bison, cattle, goats and sheep. Antlers, however, are bones that grow each spring and summer and …

The Science of Antlers • Nebraskaland Magazine, Deer Antler

Historic NEBRASKAland

Lifelike dinosaurs now among the creatures at Ashland Wildlife Safari Park

Work on the Sheds •Nebraskaland Magazine

Antlers vs. Horns

All About Antlers • Nebraskaland Magazine

The Science of Antlers

The Rope Buck •Nebraskaland Magazine

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Volume 22, Issue 2

Deer hunters abuzz about possible record buck