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  Elk will shed their antlers annually. Elk grow their antler starting in the spring and on into the summer then late summer early fall they stop. During fall or rutting s â¦ eason they use them to gain breeding rights and then during the winter elk use their antlers to gain access to grass through the snow. Elk will shed their antlers annually. Elk grow their antler starting in the spring and on into the summer then late summer early fall they stop. During fall or rutting s â¦ eason they use them to gain breeding rights and then during the winter elk use their antlers to gain access to grass through the snow.
Members of the deer family are unique because they shed their antlers every year. Horns, in contrast, remain permanently affixed to the skull. (The American pronghorn antelope sheds its horn sheaths each year, but the bony horn cores remain in place) In the wild in Maine, only deer and moose grow antlers. Antlers have a covering of living skin called velvet.