Bull Elk in Velvet Photograph

A Bull Elk with velvet antlers foraging on wildflowers in Grand Teton National Park.  When you see elk with fuzzy antlers, you are seeing elk in velvet. That velvet provides nutrition and growth to antlers. This special tissue is a type of skin, loaded with blood vessels and nerves, that regenerates every year. Because they shed their antlers annually, they need dense and rapid growth of their antlers to occur every year. Antlers are important in distinguishing the strongest and most viable bulls, who will end up mating and passing on their genes.The most common sizes are available right now. Looking for a different size or medium? Contact me.