Invading Moose

FinsnFur · January 16, 2011, 10:13:41 PM

Anyone see that show tonight on Discovery about the Moose in Canada, Alaska, and Maine moving into residential areas at an alarming rate?

It was actually kinda cool. They had footage of one that got into a families pool. Hey that rhymed

There must have been a lot of home footage over who knows how much time. There was Moose at the grocery stores, in yards eating trees, chasing people, chasing dogs, a couple at the hardware store, parking garages, church, running down the sidewalks, up and down the highways, going through windshields.

It was total chaos.
Is it really THAT bad up there?

KySongDog · January 16, 2011, 10:19:45 PM

Did ya see the bull that tried to mate a mail box?

FinsnFur · January 16, 2011, 10:37:22 PM

NO

Was that on this one?
Hang on I'm rewinding the Dish DVR

Tikaani · January 17, 2011, 12:17:45 AM

Did not see it Jim but have no doubt about what you saw. Hard winters will bring them close to town, the fact that the wilderness borders very close to town (there are no suburbs up here or around Fairbanks), Anchorage is much different yet it also is surrounded by wilderness (one of the biggest bulls I have ever seen was on a visit down there, he was just walking down a street in Anchorage) This is a link to the Anchorage paper, they have some great pictures of moose all over town.

John

http://www.adn.com/2007/12/14/110676/moose-sightings.html

FinsnFur · January 17, 2011, 08:09:06 AM

Thats amazing that that many of them would be that bold.

pitw · January 17, 2011, 08:13:59 AM

I don't think bold is the right word Jim. The only predator they really seem to recognize is the wolf and we ain't got none of them here yet. Out here on the prairies they go into town for a bite to eat cause them people plant tasty tree's like apple, saskatoon and such, which they keep pruning making for more tasty buds. Kinda funny how the cops will get the rednecks to help them haze a moose outa town though

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FinsnFur · January 17, 2011, 08:16:29 AM

LOL, yeah I'd like to see that

Hawks Feather · January 17, 2011, 08:16:33 AM

Thanks for that link. I sent it to my daughters to share with their kids.

Jerry

securpro · January 17, 2011, 09:18:03 AM

I've never been to Canada,Alaska or Maine but I did see one while I was riding my quad out in Colorado at Red Feather lakes area, There she was ... A huge cow moose hiding behind a sapling bout 10ft off the trail

and believe me I almost missed seeing her

NOT....