It's a lot easier to be a smart ass than to actually try to be helpful but I'll try. In my comment I attempted to interject a little humor but it is how I really feel, selfish as it may be. As time goes on more and more of my favorite pasts times are being loved to death by a gain in popularity. I blame the information revolution. OK, you can talk about how it is an excuse to get out into the wild at a time of year when not much else is going on out there. You can talk about the little bit of excitement you get and the feeling of accomplishment at the sight of the antler on the ground. You may have to harken back to being a five year old on an Easter egg hunt. This is of course lost when using dogs but I imagine that has its own rewards. You could go into the different attitudes toward the antlers themselves. I admire them for a bit then put them in the shed and when the pile gets big I sell them. Some collect them for no other reason but to sell them and make a little extra cash. Some just like to collect and have them. I know a guy who has a pile seven feet high. That is all he does with them, throw them on the pile. Some more talented people make things out of them I do a little of this and the guy I used to sell them to ran a business doing just that. Some of the best mounts I have seen are from sheds rather then animals someone actually shot. Some weird ones too like jackalopes and the one set of six point elk antlers mounted on the head of a cow elk. It really looks kinda sick. You have to mention the increasing regulations on the hobby and the unintentional environmental impacts caused by the hobby that leads to those regulations. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Forest Service and BLM to start requiring permits some time soon. You could go all instructional and talk about just how to go about finding the antlers. I've been told that fence lines are a good place to look. Even though the biggest elk antler I have ever found was in a fence line I haven't had much luck there. Feeding and bedding areas have always been my go to places. Of course if it's John Deere I guess you will have to say that their ATVs and UTVS are the best tools for the job. gotta keep the boss happy.
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I'm not saying it's a bright use of your time, the antlers I've sold are nearly pennies on the dollar of what I would have made, had I just went to work.
