If that litle scrap in the pic is an antler shard, that is just the kind of thing that brings about a vet visit.
Antlers can shatter , just like bones.
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Originally Posted by Bugle M In
I think I have a few thousand dollars sitting there in just 1 of the elk antlers I have laying around the garage!
IT is a joke what they charge, and yes, opened up a whole new market....black market as well.
Here is part of my 2021 MD.
Think I saved myself some money! (dont you think)https://i.imgur.com/8CYWPTj.jpg
12-20-2021, 07:19 PM
HappyJack
Re: Elk in Kelowna
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Originally Posted by mike31154
Shed hunters? Fairly certain there's more than 1 member here that goes looking for sheds. Totally legal. I suppose it's not that difficult to tell how fresh a rack is but how does a CO determine if a rack is a shed, poached or legally harvested unless they're on the scene or stop a hunter in the field? There are elk farms in Alberta that breed them for meat. There's a restaurant in Golden that serves Elk burger.
Study a shed, then study an antler that has been cut off....very easy to separate them just by how they look.
12-20-2021, 07:29 PM
Bugle M In
Re: Elk in Kelowna
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Originally Posted by boxhitch
If that litle scrap in the pic is an antler shard, that is just the kind of thing that brings about a vet visit.
Antlers can shatter , just like bones.
I knocked that piece off shortly after pic.
It would have been a shard.
Generally she just scrapes off the antler into what you could call a "powder form".
But thanks for the heads up.
This is already her 4th antler she is starting to go thru in 2 years.
12-21-2021, 12:02 PM
ACB
Re: Elk in Kelowna
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Originally Posted by huntingfamily
Exactly. I've heard of quite a few dogs that have broken teeth from chewing on antlers.
Even hard beef bones like leg bones are really tough on dogs teeth.