Males develop shovels around the age of 5, although some individuals do not develop them. Males with shovels are shovelers, and those without shovels are moose bearers (this form is more common in Polish moose). Well-developed antlers can reach up to 1.2 m in length with a span of 2 m and a weight of up to 20 kg.
Moose shed their antlers after the mating season, older ones in November, and younger ones in December and January.
