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WINTER MOOSE
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This little bull is still carrying one side of his
rack, sure wish it would drop now. |
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This bull was a block from our house. We
originally saw it at 5am when we were out with the dogs for an AM break.
He hung out around our neighborhood for a day or two. |
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I spotted these two bulls when I was out walking
the dogs. |
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WINTER MOOSE
2005 |
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December 24, 2005....We found this bull
while out on a walk! Not often we get to watch a bull rubbing on
trees. He broke one little tree right in half from rubbing!
There were two other bulls bedded down near him. |
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December 8, 2005....Aaron found this moose in town one day! He
sure wanted that pumpkin! Notice how he had to tip his head to get on
the deck to get to it! This is one of my favorite pictures of an all
American moose! He ate the whole pumpkin! |
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December
05, 2005... These are the two bulls we saw pushing each other
around on November 28. |
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December 1, 2005... Aaron came across this
nice bull today. The bull didn't know which way to go
once he got on the road. He kept going around in circles, but
eventually wondered off into another field.
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November 28.... Aaron and I went out after
a tip that some nice bulls were seen in South Anchorage. We
found these two little guys and enjoyed watching them for awhile. We
took some good video of them pushing each other around, for awhile
they were locked, but eventually pulled loose. |
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Notice the "bell" or dewlap under
this bulls chin. The purpose of the dewlap is debated.
Young bulls can have a dewlap dangling up to two feet long.
Older bulls often have a short dewlap having lost it to freezing in
the cold winter months. |
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November 27.... Went out on a drive this
morning and found moose everywhere. This was one of the first
clear and nice days since we got about ten inches of snow. We saw
at least ten moose, four of which were bulls for sure. We couldn't
really get close to any of them because they were on the other side of
various fences. We did get a picture of these two bulls though. |
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November 21 !!!! Wow, what a day for moose! The
pictures go from evening to morning! This bull here was so patient with
us as we pulled up within five yards of him and took some photos.
It was so frustrating because our batteries kept on dying in the camera,
but we managed to get a few good shots. There was quite a bit of
traffic, but he didn't seem to mind too much! What a perfect way to end
a day full of moose! We saw six bulls today and two cows! |
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Went for another walk this afternoon, and found the
big ol' bull from yesterday. We stood in the trees for about
thirty minutes and watched these two feed along then start pushing each
other around. What an
amazing opportunity to witness these giant creatures! |
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One of our friends called us this morning and told us
about the bull moose he'd seen on his way home from work. We were
out of the house within five minutes of the call with cameras and
coffee. We went and found the smaller bulls, and then went
and found this larger bull. He had a cow with him, but didn't seem
to interested in her. Aaron made a sneak....not really since he
was in an open field, but he got a lot closer than I'd of liked. |
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This is the kind of torture I go through! I have to
just turn my back whenever Aaron starts doing his moose stalking.
I don't mind getting fairly close when I have larger trees around, but
an open field? Not really anywhere good to go. |
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These two little bulls were in a park not far from our
home. We watched them play for awhile in the field, one would up
on his hind legs and lean on the other's back. It was pretty
fascinating. |
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November
20.... Went on a "moose walk" this weekend and were pleased to find we
were the first ones to venture out in this area since the new snow.
We got about 7+ inches on Saturday the 19th. We
came across this
cow and calf. They didn't seem nervous at all like the other moose in
the area. |
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We found these three bulls out in a field on our way
back to the truck. One of the bulls was huge, with a wide rack.
The bulls pushed each other around for awhile, and didn't pay much
attention to us. |
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November
13...Another successful "moose drive". Then we went on a walk and found two bulls bedded down! |
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Two bulls we found bedded in this field. |
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November
6....Went on a "moose drive" and found what we were looking for! |
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November 6, 2005- We went
on a "moose drive" this morning and were rewarded with seeing two nice
bulls. This big fellow was rather lopsided with his very nice palmed
antler on one side and the single spike on the other! Notice the orange
tag on his ear. We got to within 20 yards of him after he bedded
down...He was just beautiful. This was the first snow of the year! We
got about an inch in an hour. |
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The second bull we found on our morning drive,
about a mile from the other. He was just hanging out in the
Anchorage yard eating the berries of the bush. We watched him as he
wandered through a couple or yards, jumped two fences, and then ran
across the road and waltzed into the woods! O |
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