Tahoma Antler Watch

We were finally able to weigh Tahoma and he is now......drum roll please..........1,110 lbs!!!!! He is doing well and has managed to get a lot of the velvet off his antlers by rubbing them on logs, tree trucks and his barn. He will even let his keepers assist in some of the velvet removal. We have also noticed that his dewlap, the flap of skin under his jaw, is beginning to swell. When he goes into full rut, about a month from now, he will dig a urine wallow and dip his dewlap in it. Bull moose do that to advertise that they are looking for a mate and also to let other bull moose know they are around.


Tahoma earlier this summer, before the velvet began to shed.


Tahoma’s antlers now, shedding the velvet in Fall 2010.

Watch this short video of Tahoma rubbing his antlers on a log.