and red deer-elk hybrids, according to the company New Zealand Deer Velvet. Before removing the velvet from a stag's antlers, certified veterinarians or farmers give the animal stag a local ...

Bloody red velvet hangs like Spanish moss on a live oak until it is torn completely off by hoof or bush. Antler peeling is related to photoperiod. Donald M. Jones Antler peeling is related to ...

Deer velvet is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Other names for it include velvet antler and antler velvet. It is made from immature deer antlers, which are covered in velvet-like hair.

A red deer stag in the rut can be more dangerous than a bull - but raising them to sell their antler velvet is Fraser Laird's passion. He and his dad Trevor and business partners farm several ...

New Zealand, a major exporter of velvet antlers from red deer and elk, requires antler cutting to be done by a certified veterinary worker who must apply a local anesthetic, use disinfected ...

Netherdale Red Deer Stud owner David Stevens displays the velvet head of Yellow 312 on his farm in Northern Southland last week. Photo / Shawn McAvinue Northern Southland velvet deer Yellow 312 ...

The strings of velvet hanging from the antlers will make a unique mount and there was a narrow window of opportunity for that to happen. Bumgardmer said once a deer begins to rub his antlers to ...