What is deer antler velvet? How does it help the antler grow? (Part 2)

Answered by Doug Halford, Ecologist and Program Manger, GSS ESER Program   http://www.gsseser.com Antler growth is relatively slow early in the spring, peaks in June or July (becoming the fastest bone growth of all mammals) and slows again in late summer. Towards the middle of summer the bone begins to form. The antler development is…