ABOUT DEER ANTLER CYCLES
Antlers are dropped, or cast, and grow back over a period of months while covered in a furry skin called velvet. When growth is complete the velvet is rubbed off and the antler is described as clean. Older animals tend to cast and clean their antlers first.
![pair of red deer antlers By taimenfree](https://bds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pair-of-red-deer-antlers-By-taimenfree-1024x761.jpg)
The table below is a general guide to the timing of this process though it is difficult to be precise.
Antlers cast
Antlers in velvet
Antlers clean
* As muntjac can breed all year round, you may see immature bucks in velvet or bearing clean antlers outside these dates.