Sending this once again. Check out botflies in antler and antler holes on the Web. When antler is growing and in velvet, botflies and other problems can alter its growth.
In regards to antler working, does green antler in velvet need or require scrapping the antler to remove the velvet? I have a number Late Prehistoric Native American sites with deer antler fragments that have lithic scrappings longitudinal/parallel to the antler length. To me the marks may be from the result of scrapping off the velvet. Please let me know what other may think what these marks indicate? As Julia wrote...Many thanks in advance. Bruce
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