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Why do does have antlers?

Antlered  doe in late July at Lake Thunderbird.  Photo by L. Dillon Have you ever noticed that Oklahoma deer regulations don’t specify harvest of ‘bucks only’, but rather refer to ‘antlered deer’?  That’s because some does have antlers.  I first saw the antlered doe in the photo in 2009.  I’ve photographed her many times since.  […]