Deer are ubiquitous throughout most of North America. Growing up in the Midwest, I remember sometimes waking up on a bright winter morning and looking out the windows into our forested back yard. I’d see deer tracks, and sometimes even get a glimpse of a young buck looking back at us. He’d stand there for a minute, head held tall with its antlered crown, before dashing into the shelter of the trees.
Those antlers are, perhaps, the most striking feature of deer. It drives hunters to seek them out, and less aggressive individuals to collect them when they’re shed in the spring.