Here is a beautiful boy I photographed at Sprague Lake in RMNP.
Posted on 09/11/2023 4:22:11 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Forgot to add you.
See my post #18.
As fewer and fewer people raise animals for food or hunt, their awareness of how meat gets on their plate is removed even further.
I have seen the exact same thing in the northern most town in NH in the Canadian border. People will walk up to within 10’ of a moose on the side of the road just to get a selfie.
Sometimes even with their kids.
Twenty five years ago I was up in the same town(Pittsburg, NH) in the spring. I went fishing early in the morning. I was standing at the edge of where a 5’ wide stream empties into a pond. My pickup truck was about 150’ behind me on a logging road.
A mother and yearling moose came walking down the stream toward the pond. I never noticed them coming up behind me until they were about 60’ away between me and my truck. They were so quiet. I just stayed perfectly still and contemplated whether I should run into the pond IF the mother moose came after me. I never moved. They just turned when they got about 30’ away and walked up the road past my truck.
The funny thing here in southern NH is when the Massholes move into the country to buy their first house. Probably half of them decide to get CHICKENS. They go down to Tractor Supply and buy chicks and a coop.
What most have no idea is that they are now inviting every coyote, fox, racoon, fisher cat, bobcat and bear into their backyard for a FREE meal.
Typically, within about a year the chicken coop is empty. Sometimes is literally gets destroyed by a bear.
Indeed, the moose was merely a prop in a pissing contest between two groups of men.
Moose being herbivores at least one does not need to fear being stalked as food.
Making noice and letting them know you are there and giving them wide berth on their path is the best option
Yep. The “Bambi” generation has royally messed everything up.
Another reason never to drink alcohol.
—”I had never seen a moose close up in the wild, and certainly not one that big.”
Until an evil car ran me over on my bicycle a few years back my primary diversion was rock and ice climbing.
Many large mammals below the timberline to watch; it is a treat.
To me, amazing how a bison or moose can move with such grace and economy of motion.
Once saw a moose grazing next to a farm fence and it leaped to the opposite side of the fence. Almost in slow motion and fluid-like. Not wasting a single calorie.
Friend of mine who lived in Bozeman, MT had a friend who got surprised by a moose...it pinned him down for a couple hours...he finally got away...luckily
The animal world is indeed a thing of beauty. Humans are not the most graceful or athletic creatures in nature, even if we do have our moments and our experts!
I agree with your sentiments...things we have to (as humans) pay attention to and work at are often just inbred into animals, who do them effortlessly.
Here is a beautiful boy I photographed at Sprague Lake in RMNP.
When Mr. GG2 briefly lived and worked in Alaska a moose chased his partner in their yard trying to kill him. He rolled under their work van and the moose was dragging its foot under the van trying to dig him out. They are more dangerous than grizzlies.
"...Moose — an Algonquin word that means “twig eater” — injure more people than any other wild animal in the Americas. They are the largest member of the deer family and can run 35 miles per hour.
There are about 300,000 moose in the United States, and they are the tallest mammals in North America..."
Like hippos-I have heard more people are injured and killed in Africa by hippos than any other large wildlife. Makes sense to me...
Yes in Alaska they kill more people than bears do.
I don’t doubt it. I have seen video of a guy stomped to death by a deer, which weigh up to 500 lbs or so, and Moose can get up to 1500 lbs, so...getting stomped by an angry moose would be nothing to turn your nose up at!
Were their sisters there?
From the article:
“Moose are common in one of the Treasure State’s tourism hotspots, and visitors should always give them the respect they deserve.”
Lies!
During our most recent visit to Yellowstone, we drove all over the park looking for moose. They weren’t there!
Great pic!
Thanks for sharing.
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