How is the Velvet removed from the Deer's Antlers?

Here is a short video time-lapse of myself stripping velvet from a set of antlers taken during the early season. Its super simple and anyone can do it. Velvet should be stripped if it cant be preserved or froze within a day. Once they are stripped I salt them or let them dry out in the sun. read more

In deer velvet removal, no deer are killed or harmed. Deer antler velvet removal means removal of deer stags or bucks of the antler in its growing stage. Antler removal is done by only certified or licensed veterinarian by using anesthesia. read more

Velvet antler is the whole cartilaginous antler in a precalcified growth stage of the Cervidae family including the species of deer, elk, moose and caribou. Velvet antler is covered in a hairy, velvet-like "skin" known as velvet and its tines are rounded, because the antler has not calcified or finished developing. read more