shed antlers fell on the road

[Okanagan]

Tuesday morning, Dec. 27, I came on this antler in the road, which had not been there the evening before when I drove the same road.  A whitetail had dropped his antler on the road.





Ten miles farther along the same road I came to another antler freshly dropped since the evening before.



The buck's tracks show as well as the the track of a coyote that had come along and sniffed of the antler.



In both places I tracked and circled briefly to see if the other antler had dropped nearby but did not find either.  The next evening, Dec. 28,  I distinctly heard the sound of antlers clashing within 200 yards of me, as well as some hoof thumping.  It sounded exactly like when I rattle antlers.  Maybe some bucks knock off their antlers by sparring?

[Hawks Feather]

Pretty neat that you found them on the road.  I also like the background in the second picture.

Jerry

edit:  second picture, not first