There's Gold in Them Antlers
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 at 09:16AMSteve from Arkansas is the go-to guy on the arcane but fascinating topic of shed antler hunting: ShedAntler.net. For the uninitiated, “shed antler hunting” is not a mission to find antlers for one’s shed, although a nice rack does look fetching above a barn door. Rather, it’s the hobby/art of finding antlers shed by elk, deer and other antlered creatures. 
Found shed antlers can be used for indoor decoration (á là the chandeliers that are now ubiquitous in Rockies ski lodges) or outdoors (the best example of which is Jackson Hole’s four antler arches in its town square… each weighting four tons!
Think it’ll be easy to get your hands on a nice set of 5-pointers? Think again: Even those who live in the shed-antler Mecca that is Jackson, Wyoming, were willing to bid on elk antlers at their annual Elk Antler Auction hosted by the Boy Scouts each May. The Boy Scouts sold enough shed antlers to raise $76,000, most of which will benefit the National Elk Refuge.
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