Getting halfway to a Shed of the Week

Getting halfway to a Shed of the Week

Here's to a one-antlered buck that Jim Tufford of Munster, Indiana, photographed at Vollmer Road Grove last week. The Forest Preserves of Cook County property near Matteson is one I visit regularly. Usually I only spot quality bucks there during the rut in the fall.Bucks of white-tailed deer shed their antlers annually, generally in winter, with the bell curve peaking around mid-February. Catching a buck in the middle of dropping antlers is spec…