Antlers are covered in velvet as these buck sit face to face in a field. Velvet provides nutrition and growth to deer antlers.This special tissue is a type of skin, loaded with blood vessels and nerves, that regenerates every year. Because deer shed their antlers annually, they need dense and rapid growth of their antlers to occur every year. Antlers are important in distinguishing the strongest and most viable bucks, who will end up mating and passing on their genes.
Donald Reese Photography 
interesting. i wonder if they grow back the same year after year, or if they change in size and shape?
Thats something I do not know.
Very cool image and I learned something too!
That doesnt happen too often on my blog.thanks
oooo…. Nice click!!
thanks a lot
My pleasure.. 🙂
Borrowing money, huh? Did you run out of doe? Sorry for that—–nice shot.
thanks,wish I would have thought of that line.
Wow! I’ve never seen so many together at once. Great shot. A lot of visual interest.
thats for sure