moose
12-21-2009, 03:33 AM
#22
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,564
I thought that piece missing from the tip was from fighting or rubbing but it turns out that moose will bite chew on their owns sheds. It was made from another moose (maybe the same bull who dropped it) biting the antler.
Last edited by Phil from Maine; 12-22-2009 at 01:52 AM.
12-22-2009, 02:39 AM
#24
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Anchorage Alaska
Posts: 27
Come on guys. It is obvious to me this is a very cool coincidence this guy happened onto an early shed antler from a yearling bull moose at about the same time he dropped it. That antler and the one that is still on the moose in the picture are almost identical matches. That being said... nearly all moose are two points their first year. In BC there are hunts specifically for the two points. I hate to sound uppity here, but when you criticize someone about their identification of wildlife, maybe you should do some research. My dad told me years ago... better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
This is exactly what I was trying to say!
12-22-2009, 05:16 PM
#25
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Contoocook NH USA
Posts: 818
Although I am not sure what exactly chewed it, I was guessing coyotes did the chewing. I have found a couple like that here. One was frozen in the ground with the end chewed completely in half.. At my first look I thought perhaps an automobile had broken it but it was to far away from a main road.. Here is one that I had found that was chewed on by something.. I am still thinking yotes however, and squirrels chewed the points..
That's definately a moose chew. It's very common here in Nova Scotia. Matter of fact somewhere around 50% of our mature moose have broken front teeth from this behavior. If you look closer at your shed you will probably see the flat edge of the bottom front teeth of the moose along the edge of the break. Bears and coyotes have sharp pointed teeth and it's pretty easy to tell when they chewed a moose shed.
