The Arizona Game and Fish Department's annual wildlife asset auction is back, offering an array of animal goods, like mounted deer heads and ... a collection of antlers, hides, skulls, mounts ...

Nor was it an elk; it was a giant deer, with no relation to ... Kings and nobles prized the giant antlers. King Charles II of England had a set mounted on the walls of Hampton Court Palace ...

The biggest-ticket item was a shoulder-mounted mule deer buck with the velvet still on its antlers, said Maj. Chad Bettridge, a law enforcement officer with the division. It went for $5,500.

For deer, a guide sheet from the Boone and Crockett Club, which keeps its own state and national hunting records, lists the many measurements necessary to score a set of antlers. Hunters can also ...