Why was I never told that deer and moose lose their antlers every year?

@kodiac it’s wild

@itsok found these in a cemetery, lying just as the pic shows! Don't tell though where i live it's illegal to keep them.🤫

@kodiac that’s so cool

@kodiac Do you know why it’s illegal to keep them?

@itsok It's a blanket restriction to curb poaching like they do with the eggshells for birds of prey. With it in place it removes any question of whether or not you are breaking the law since only a licensed hunter will be in possession of them it simplifies tracking instead of having a bunch of people tying up the lines trying to prove they came by them innocently.