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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: wastickslinger on January 18, 2008, 09:14:49 PM

Title: Moose
Post by: wastickslinger on January 18, 2008, 09:14:49 PM: I was going through some old pictures. I came across this one and the hair stood up on my neck again. I was going to school at WAZZU and was out for a little hike with my smokepole looking for a some elk that sometimes frequented this piece of property. I jumped momma moose and I though wow that is cool. Well not cool. She started stomping, grunting, growling and coming at me. A have never back peddled so fast with a gun pointed at a critter in my life. She finally stopped. I grabbed my camer and that is when I saw baby about 20 feet from where I was originally standing. Good thing I didn't end up in between em.

Man I miss that property. Elk, deer, moose, bear, turkey, pheasant, wolves, you name it I saw it on that 100 acre knob and wheat basin.
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Post by: russ on January 18, 2008, 10:10:24 PM: awesome pic! im going to wsu in the fall, hope to go hiking and exploring a new part of the state. roughly where was this taken?
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Post by: wastickslinger on January 18, 2008, 10:54:27 PM: Out near palouse.
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on January 19, 2008, 03:25:06 PM: Yeah moose are kind of unpredictable. I spent allot of my summer's and winters up in AK at my grandparents house and have had Moose ignore me, be curiouse and come investigate and one year try to kill me! Had to do some evasive maneuvering and climb a tree until she calmed down. Beautiful animals though.
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Post by: boneaddict on January 21, 2008, 07:38:13 AM: Nothing more dangerous in the woods than a cow moose with a calf, especially a young one. Getting stomped by one of them would be a serious ass whoopin. glad you nailed a picture.
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Post by: jdb on January 21, 2008, 08:16:14 AM: anyone ever read grass beyond the mountains? some pretty good moose tales in it JB
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Post by: wastickslinger on January 21, 2008, 08:22:51 AM: The last thought on my mind was to try and get a picture at the time. But when she fianlly stoped and calmed down I knew I was safe. A little intense for a few seconds though.
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Post by: gramps on January 21, 2008, 05:56:49 PM: jbd....I have a copy of that book and have read it. I actually had the chance to hunt on that ranch once. Shot the only moose that I saw..a 40" bull. Missed a long shot at some wolfs. One of the guys in our party got a wolf. Good book if someone is looking for some winter readng.
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Post by: gramps on January 21, 2008, 08:02:37 PM: forgot to mention...the hunting rights to part of that old several million acre ranch are for sale...150K. Moose, caribou, grizzly, wolf.