TPW MAGAZINE -- ANTLER ALLURE: What is the allure of deer 
antlers ... find out ... ahead on Passport to Texas. (Nov. 3)

This is Passport to Texas

Deer provided sustenance to ancient people who hunted 
them. Today, deer hunters seek more than a meal.

05 -- You never see anyone take a picture with a nice backstrap. 
It's always the antlers.

What is the allure of antlers? Texas Parks and Wildlife 
magazine editor, Louie Bond, says they tackle the 
question in November's cover story; just in time for deer 
season.

05 -- We always like to look at deer hunting stories in different 
ways than other publications might.

While nourishment was their main reason for hunting 
deer, like modern hunters, ancient peoples also valued 
the antlers ... but for different reasons.

16 -- Medicine men from back then believed that you could grind 
up the antlers and use them to cure all sorts of ailments. As 
writer Mike Cox says, they were sort of the Home Depot raw 
materials selection of the day as you made knife handles, and 
scrapers and all sorts of implements and tools out of them.

Louie Bond says she originally intended the story, The 
Allure of Antlers, as a photo-essay in TPW magazine.

15 -- But, then when we began digging into all of the cultural 
stuff, and Mike Cox is our great historian here at Texas Parks 
and Wildlife; it was right up his ally. So, he started looking into 
the cultural references and medicinal aspects, and then we 
decided there was just too much story here to ignore.

Discover how antlers transitioned from tools to trophies 
in the November issue of TPW magazine. The WSFR 
program supports our series.
 
For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.



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