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Derek Burgoyne will get to witness the great thing about nature whereas working within the woods in central New Brunswick, however he by no means anticipated to seize this.

Using his drone, the Plaster Rock man was in a position to document the second a bull moose shed its antlers.

Burgoyne, who has collected shed antlers since he was a child, stated this second was one thing particular.

“Never in my wildest dreams would ever imagine catching this on film,” stated Burgoyne. 

“This is winning the lottery when it comes to wildlife photography for sure.”

Capturing the second

Burgoyne makes use of a drone for his job as a woods operations supervisor.

He was utilizing the drone to survey a ridge of hardwood bushes close to Juniper, round 40 kilometres east of Florenceville-Bristol, when he got here throughout three moose bedding in a clearing.

That’s not solely exceptional as there are plenty of moose in that space.

Burgoyne has captured plenty of footage of moose within the space, together with cows with their calves and bulls combating throughout the rutting season. 

But he’d by no means captured a bull shedding its antlers, till now.

“As I’m hovering over this one, I zoom my camera down and just happen to click record,” stated Burgoyne. 

“What they’ll often do after being bedded in the snow is they’ll shake their body to rid themselves of the snow and water. As he shook himself, I was recording, and you seen what happened.”

Shed looking

Bull moose shed their antlers each winter and develop new ones throughout the spring and summer time months.

The sheddings are left behind and are extremely prized by hunters.

Shed looking has been a pastime for Burgoyne since he was a child.

When he finds a pair of antlers he takes an image of them as he finds them, a rule amongst shed hunters, then data a video for his YouTube channel and provides the antlers to his assortment.

The latest addition are 17-point and have a 45-inch unfold and had been caked with ice and snow due to the freezing rain and ice pellets coming do within the space just lately.

“I just have them as a collection here at the house,” stated Burgoyne. 

“I’m actually kind of running out of room as it is to keep them here at the house, but I find a spot somewhere.”