Antlers are dropped, or cast, and grow back over a period of months while covered in a furry skin called velvet. When growth is complete the velvet is rubbed off and the antler is described as clean. Older animals tend to cast and clean their antlers first.
* As muntjac can breed all year round, you may see immature bucks in velvet or bearing clean antlers outside these dates.
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