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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 09:27 PM
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Here's a photo of a Mama moose and her calf for your enjoyment...
...sorry it's not very clear, but you can at least see them...it really is a sweet pix. This was at the Grand Tetons in June--Moose-mania at that time of the year there!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 09:28 PM
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1. I got between a cow and calf one. Those were some very scary and tense
moments.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 09:30 PM
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2. Even grizzly bears won't take on a moose--for the most part...
...they look very docile, but can be very dangerous.

But come, look how sweet and loving Mama looks here!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 09:32 PM
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3. Very nice but
my fave moose is this one: http://willyclaflin.com/audio/wolfunder/hushlittlemoosie.mp3
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 10:47 PM
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4. Having dial-up trying to connect is waaaaaaaaaaaay too slow...
...I'll try in the morning when I have more patience!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 01:51 PM
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25. Please do because it's really adorbale. :^D
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:50 AM
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18. moose are a dime a dozen where I grew up in your state,
at the foot of Mt Katahdin. My parents don't like driving outside of town at night for fear of the moose running out in the road. I believe they are a bit paranoid but that is how they are .
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 01:52 PM
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26. I don't blamer them esp in fall when they are rutting. I have heard more
than one person talk about a bullmoose who took exception to their car's headlights and called them out.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 02:18 PM
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27. LOL..that word rutting cracks me up.
:P
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 02:23 PM
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29. *lol* Sure it's funny now, but I bet you wouldn't laugh if they
tried it with you. *g*
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 10:52 PM
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5. Here's a mama and baby my husband and I came upon
a couple of days ago when we were out for a sunrise walk. Needless to say, forward motion stopped here.

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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 10:55 PM
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6. Okay, you win...
I will not post my Bullwinkle picture. I will instead stand (okay, sit) in awe.

That really is stunning.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 11:35 PM
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8. Oh, thank you, but, please
This isn't a contest. :) We save those for the photo group. Let's see your Bullwinkle.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 11:05 PM
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7. Well, thank goodness Moose Season doesn't start there for
3 months after that photo was taken. Hopefully, some limp-dicked moron didn't blast the shit outta momma or baby...

Yup, I said it.

It ain't hunting...it's just killing.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 06:23 AM
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12. heh
well...it does make for some good stew...sorry i'm not trying to push an agenda on anyone...i'm just saying...lots of people up here eat moose...and you have to hunt and kill it to eat it...

and although there have been some exceptions most hunts are for mature males...not "momma and baby"...

hey....deja vu anyone?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 11:56 PM
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9. Alaskan Moose
After the dog, Jack McQuesten managed to
domesticate a couple of Moose.


Yes, those are a couple of Moose. What would McQuesten think of next?


http://www.danielcohen.org/2alaska/image/image08/photo2000070505.htm
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 02:53 AM
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10. Awwww....
Just don't make her mad.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:22 AM
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13. Don't worry...I stayed clear...
...there was water separating us.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 06:03 AM
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11. What a lovely scene
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:23 AM
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14. Thanks...wish I had my better camera with the zoom....this was
just with my cheap digital one. That's the way it always is--you come up on great stuff, and you're not prepared!
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:30 AM
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15. Nice shot!
They are awesome animals. I sat and watched one in a stream near Yosemite N.P. once. Just amazing.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:45 AM
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16. They are so "interesting" looking....can't really say they're attractive,
although all baby animals are adorable.

Came upon a male with 3 females in late August...he wasn't that mature, so I wonder if he was able to keep his little "harem" or if a more mature bull came up and challenged him.
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:54 AM
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19. Two bulls fighting
:scared: That would be scary and amazing to watch.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:57 AM
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21. I was in Alaska one September --saw a few fighting--this was in Denali
National Park, but mainly you could HEAR them because it was like wooden shoes smashing together--oh, the headaches! Apparently the male winner is so exhausted from the fighting and from the screwing that he usually doesn't last the winter! But his genes will live on!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:50 AM
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17. I assume you had a large zoom lens to capture that!
I love moose, but they are large and fierce animals.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 09:54 AM
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20. I actually didn't...wish I did to get it clearer and closer...
...you don't see the pond separating us...my camera had a small zoom, so it's not like I was right there.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 12:40 PM
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22. Vanity kick!
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 12:44 PM
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23. Oh- that is so sweet!
Thanks for sharing! :loveya:
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 01:06 PM
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24. Thanks!
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 02:21 PM
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28. Huh! I would keep my distance from that mama moose. They are
very protective of their youngins.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 03:25 PM
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32. I did...there's actually a pond separating us...
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 02:25 PM
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30. A mother's love! AWWWWWWW!
Thanks!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-02-05 03:23 PM
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31. You're welcome...she really looks like a very good and contented
Mama!
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