Antlers
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- November
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This may gross some of you out, but the other day I cut the antlers off of a deer that was struck and killed by a car in front of my house. The deer was struck early Saturday morning and, consequently, sat there until Monday, when the highway department came along and picked it up.
I was mostly curious about how difficult it would be, thought about it for a while and then went at it Sunday afternoon.
My first attempt was with a pair of pruning loppers. But as antlers are actual bone, those didn’t cut it (pun intended). I had to go get a hand saw from the garage. As you can see from the photo, they weren’t all that big.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
