2019年1月2日 · A buck’s antler coloration is driven by genetics, age, behavior and the environment. This explains why you may see light, medium and/or dark antlers throughout the whitetail’s range. Do individual bucks maintain a consistent color from year to year?

2013年6月6日 · Antler coloration is determined by several things, including: (1) buck age (older, more dominant bucks make many more rubs on trees than younger bucks, therefore their antlers tend to be darker; (2) bark coloration of the predominant rubbing trees in a region; (3) genetics (some strains of bucks have light racks in their DNA while other have ...

2023年1月3日 · Do you want to stain/color those antlers that are pretty much “colorless”? I’ve tried many methods and I believe I’ve found the best way to color those antlers. In this article, you will learn just how to stain deer antlers! And, it’s cheap and easy. Using wood stain to color those antlers is what I’ve found that works best.

2024年6月5日 · Hunters have long been intrigued by variation in the color of deer antlers. Archibald Rutledge’s writings immortalized the dark racks of South Carolina’s lowland swamp bucks as unique and special. Others have admired the …

2024年3月22日 · ANTLER COLOR. We conducted studies to answer why deer in some regions tend to have whitish antlers, while those in others have dark antlers. Scientific research helps answer this question. The color on antlers is initially created when the buck begins to strip velvet.

2017年10月5日 · They are that the minerals a deer eats throughout the year can alter antler color, and the trees that a deer rubs on can darken a rack. While it makes sense that a mineral can stain and alter color, why would they turn black?

Though antler coloration is not always noticable between deer, there are definite differences that can be seen between various locations. In the Mid-West, for example, most bucks have very white or light-colored antlers. In the plains of South Texas, on the other hand, bucks have very dark and often chocolately colored antlers.

2023年5月24日 · Age and health of the deer, as well as environmental factors, can also contribute to the final color of antlers. The most common colors of deer antlers are brown, gray, white, and black. Brown and gray are the most prevalent and usually result …

2017年9月20日 · Until someone researches this question, I suspect the best theory is that antler color is a genetic trait. But is this trait based from the doe or buck? Odds are it’s based from the doe because...

2013年10月29日 · My guess is the color is determined when they rub off velvet, both in how aggressively they rub and how much sap sticks to their antlers. Sap on the antlers likely catches dust and pollen, which then glazes the antler over.