Rare Footage Of Moose Losing Its Antlers Goes Viral

On the eve of December 15, Tyra Bogert was heading toward her sister's house in case the power went out. As she was scrolling through her social media with her niece, she noticed getting a notification from her Ring camera.

The camera, set up at her front door, had picked up some motion. Curious, Bogert clicked on the notification and watched live as a “one-in-a-million” occurrence happened.

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A moose walked by and shook its body, almost like a disgruntled dog, and then “pop,” its antlers snapped off its head. The animal, clearly startled by what happened, quickly ran away.

Bogert was in shock over what she witnessed in real time happening.

Her husband Chance, who was at work, called right after to ask who had been at the door, she said.

“And I’m like, ‘Dude, you’ve got to watch it for yourself! You’ll be so surprised. I don’t want to ruin it.’”

Bogert says her brother told her to post the video on social media because they have never witnessed anything like this happening in real life.

“He’s like, ‘I don’t think there’s any video of a moose shedding his antlers and the fact that you had both of them drop at the same time... I don’t think that’s ever been recorded.'"

She posted the video on TikTok and Facebook, where it immediately went viral. It had more than 18 million views on TikTok as of Thursday.

Bogert lives in a town called Houston, about an hour and a half north of Anchorage. She says she and her husband moved to their home in 2020 and got the Ring camera in 2021 for “security purposes,” but have mostly ended up capturing footage of the local wildlife.

“We’re pretty far out here. We’re not like a suburban community or anything like that,” she said.

Bogert said she comes from a family of avid hunters and her husband’s brother is going to help them mount the 50-inch rack from the video.

She shared that she is thrilled after seeing moose at her place and is very happy that so many people enjoyed her video. Many people have told her they didn’t even know moose lost their antlers.

“They’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, I didn’t even know moose did this in the first place and what do you mean? They can just shake their head and the antlers fall off? They don’t have to be like fighting or scratching a tree?’” she says. “It’s pretty crazy how many people are just uneducated on moose.”

“They’re so underrated ... but they’re really cool animals,” she said.