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Stories with Photos |
"After attending a staff retreat outside of Winter Park, Colorado, in September 2007, my carpool mates and I saw this amazing sight—a bull, cow and two calves right next to the highway. We stopped and I got these photos. A couple of lifelong residents of Colorado indicated they had never seen live moose in the wild before. It was an amazing experience! Diane." Mooseworld: All staff retreats should be in moose country. 
"Here is a photo in our front yard in Manchester, Vermont. I was on the phone with my wife the morning of July 3, 2007 when I looked out the window and saw this very large moose walking between our garage and house. Luckily I had my camera nearby and the moose was not in a hurry. He stayed around for awhile and was nice enoughto let me take some pictures! Michael & Denise." Mooseworld: Front yard! And most of us have to travel to moose country. 
"My cousin and I have just returned [June 2007] from a week in Rocky Mountain National Park where we were lucky enough to see moose most everyday of our visit. Here is a mom and her 6-8 week old calf crossing the Colorado River. We watched them for over an hour and have well over 100 photos of just these two. Jerry." Mooseworld: Two well-photographed moose indeed.
"This pretty moose has been walking in this field for four days in New Braintree, Massachusetts. Tons of cars stop and people get out and watch and she watches back. Hannah." Mooseworld: We have found that moose watch us as much as we watch them. Do they call it a "people sighting?" 
"I live in Pleasant Grove, Utah and spend a great deal of my free time in the mountains near my home. The majestic moose is one of the favorite subjects for my over-used camera. In late October, I found three bull moose scuffling about in the aspen grove near where I was shooting a landscape. I quickly attached my long telephoto and took around 80 shots as they took turns pushing each other around. One of the bulls would rest as the other two would scrimmage, with the smaller bull, shown here, being the most aggressive. This shot was taken at a safe distance. I did not want to disturb or disrupt the scene. It is also very dangerous to pursue any moose at a close distance, a lesson I learned a few years ago. It was the first bull moose I had ever seen, I had a small digital camera and tried to approach for a closer shot. The bull charged, I dropped my camera and dove off over a small rock outcropping. Three hours later, I was at the emergeny room getting stitches. Since that experience, all moose photos that I print, or post to the internet, or otherwise show people all come with a stern warning to stay back, use a good camera and telephoto, and do not harass or disturb a moose. I now have hundreds of photos of moose, all taken locally in Utah's Wasatch mountains. These have been aquired without disturbing the subjects in their natural enviornment, using zoom lenses which allow me to stay at a safe distance and enjoy nature as it really is. I would hope those reading this will learn from my experience. Thank you. Brent." Mooseworld: This is a great photo and a good lesson for our users. We post Viewing Moose Safely on our Sightings page but it applies to ptotographing moose as well.  Mooseworld: John sent us these photos of albino moose photographed near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
"The wife and I were on a short vacation in December, '06 and had been snowshoeing on the Grand Lake side of Rocky Mountain National Park when we came upon this cow moose and her calf. They put on quite a show for us before they got bored and left. Jerry." Mooseworld: Thank you for the photos: moose find salt, lick salt, have enough, back to nature. 
"I live near Hoback Junction, Wyoming, eight miles south of Jackson Hole and just the other day my roommates and I noticed two moose in our yard. We believe them to be a Momma and a yearling! We often see then grazing trees in our yard but recently we heard a huge thud on our porch during the night and looked out to find the momma moose using our porch to try to reach a tree branch. I couldn't help but open the door and stick my arm outside to try and grab a picture but it was too dark so I gave up and we all sat by the window gawking in amazement! She is so beautiful! Her yearling, though also gorgeous, is completely bald on her rump and I was wondering if this is normal. It looks as if she has a parasite or disease and was wondering if she's okay or if I should contact someone? I do have some pictures from afar that I could send if you would like to see them. I also wanted to tell you that I was researching this and came upon your site and think that it's WONDERFUL! Thanks for all you do and take care! Molly." Mooseworld: You are probably right about the calf, but there is nothing to be done. The calf has a bigger issue when its mom leaves it at two year than that. 
"My family got up early Saturday, December 30th to ski at Breckenridge, Colorado. Our condo is on the mountain, near the Snowflake lift. Outside our condo we sighted a moose walking up the ski run. I was not aware that moose were this far south in Colorado, in Summit county. This photo was taken from a third floor condo looking down on a ski run which goes down to the town. The moose walked right up the trail next to the condo across from us. William." Mooseworld: Thanks for the photo. Now we know that moose are that far south.
"This past June (2006), my cousin and I spent four days in and around Grand Lake, Colorado. The moose were very co-operative and we were lucky enough to see 22 of them in that four day time frame. We have been to Grand Lake numerous times in the last several years and have been fortunate enough to see moose nearly every time. Jerry." Mooseworld: The first photo with the cow reflected in the pond is special. 
"I was up in Grand Teton National Park (Wyoming) over the Columbus day holiday and the moose were out in force. I had a "moose encounter" where one big bull walked right towards me while I was standing next to some Aspen. I got some great shots and didn't disturb the moose. He just walked on by without even noticing me (I think) and he walked away into the willows. I saw the moose at Oxbow Bend and the moose in question was in the middle of the river/bend. I decided to get a little closer look by going down a short trail to the river's edge and as I was walking down, the moose went out of site. To my surprise, he came ashore just downstream from where I was standing and he started walking towards me along the bank. I stood next to a few aspen and he walked right by me (within 10-20 yards). The whole time, I was taking photos with a digital binocular camera that I had and so I have a "play by play" of what happened. It was an experience that I will never forget! Jeff." Mooseworld: We've never had much luck at Oxbow Bend, but here's proof that the National Parl Service is right whene they say it's a prime moose spotting location.
"I have had quite a few encounters with moose in the past few years. I live in Utah, and many people don't realize that Utah has quite a few places that are excellent moose habitat. Upper left: This is the only moose we saw while we were in Yellowstone, June 2003. And we didn't even see him in the Park, he was at a campground we stopped at on the way there! The campground host said that he really liked licking the grills in the campground. Everybody has different tastes! Upper right (Utah): This big fella was losing his velvet, he didn't seem to be to alarmed about us, so we got some great photos. Lower left (Utah): This moose was clearly enjoying himself. I really loved how the greens stood out in this picture. Lower right (Utah): I fell in love with the soft look in this guy's eyes. I decided to call him Samson. Letha." Mooseworld: We are happy to have the moose photos from Utah, perhaps our first from that state. |
