Elk need to be able to protect themselves from predators and cold weather and an elk's coat can help
with both. Its color is light brown, this can help with camouflage, but most importantly an elk's coat
helps keep it warm or cool depending on the season. Twice a year, elk shed every hair on their body.
Their spring shedding is noticeable because old winter hair dangles like long scraggly beards from
their necks and sides. By July their winter coat is completely replaced by their summer coat. This coat
has just one layer of hair. Longer, darker hair begins appearing on their heads and necks sometime in
early September. An elk's winter coat is five times warmer than its summer coat. It consists of two
layers - thick, long guard hairs and a dense woolly undercoat. ~ DK4, Idaho Public Television

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