It's September, which means bull moose are shedding the velvet from their antlers in preparation for the fall rut. A hormone surge triggers the moose to begin rubbing the velvet coating off their newly calcified antlers. Once the velvet is gone, the moose is ready to rock and roll, and can use its hard, boney antlers for sparring and competition for mates. #wildlife #conservation #moose #Alaska | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Welcome to a new MooseMan video about bull moose shedding their velvet. Before we begin, I’d like to clarify a moose fact today about the start of the rut. An avid and knowledgeable moose fanatic reached out to us about being accurate with our information. It involves the start of the rut. Technically, the rut starts like this. “The rut is brought on by daylight shrinking everyday. It’s the amount of light hitting the retina of the eye that puts the cows and bulls in rut.” So by definition the a