forestgnome
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just sharing a few scenes from a beautiful day in the forest in mid-November...
I had a bad dream. Although I wasn't there, I was watching two hunters drink cheap beer and laugh at a dead moose in the back of their truck. He had the head of an elephant, but it was still a moose with big antlers. There was an apple in it's mouth. I had guided them to the moose and now I felt terrible for doing so. ( I dream alot...vividly)
So, I've been reluctant to post locations lately when I've seen moose or heavy moose sign. I'll just share a few images FWIW.
I started in shortly after sunrise because I was going about 4 miles deep, into an area that sees few hikers because it's not on the way to any peaks. There's a lot of boggy area in a large sag surrounded by birch-gladed slopes. It's an area I've read about and I finally got in there after gazing at the map for years. About three miles in I saw a beautiful bull moose near the trail...
I spent some time slowly moving around and talking to him, trying to get a nice look at him.
He eventualy got used to me. He was sifting through the leaves, something I don't think I've observed before. Truffles?
With the fall of the leaves, the diet now includes of lots of bark...
a walk in the woods with a magnificent animal...
back to the trail, which can be hard to follow just after the fall on a seldom hiked area...the colors of November are special
As I approached the sag area I heard the mating call of a cow moose. I imagined a scene of a marsh with distant mountains,with a couple bull moose sparing as a cow moose watched and called to them. I crept through the woods and approached a nice marsh and I could hear the action loud and clear. Just one more clump of spruce to slice through, but my boot sunk deep and the sound of pulling it out of the mud sent three moose crashing away. I got out into the open and watched them scurry.
The cow dashed into the trees on the other side and the two bulls went in opposite directions. Both were quite young. This guy looks irritated...sorry...
This one looks like a yearling. I was doing my best estrous cow impression and he stopped and stared at me for a few minutes...
Here's a larger view of the area...what a beautiful place...
continued...
I had a bad dream. Although I wasn't there, I was watching two hunters drink cheap beer and laugh at a dead moose in the back of their truck. He had the head of an elephant, but it was still a moose with big antlers. There was an apple in it's mouth. I had guided them to the moose and now I felt terrible for doing so. ( I dream alot...vividly)
So, I've been reluctant to post locations lately when I've seen moose or heavy moose sign. I'll just share a few images FWIW.
I started in shortly after sunrise because I was going about 4 miles deep, into an area that sees few hikers because it's not on the way to any peaks. There's a lot of boggy area in a large sag surrounded by birch-gladed slopes. It's an area I've read about and I finally got in there after gazing at the map for years. About three miles in I saw a beautiful bull moose near the trail...
I spent some time slowly moving around and talking to him, trying to get a nice look at him.
He eventualy got used to me. He was sifting through the leaves, something I don't think I've observed before. Truffles?
With the fall of the leaves, the diet now includes of lots of bark...
a walk in the woods with a magnificent animal...
back to the trail, which can be hard to follow just after the fall on a seldom hiked area...the colors of November are special
As I approached the sag area I heard the mating call of a cow moose. I imagined a scene of a marsh with distant mountains,with a couple bull moose sparing as a cow moose watched and called to them. I crept through the woods and approached a nice marsh and I could hear the action loud and clear. Just one more clump of spruce to slice through, but my boot sunk deep and the sound of pulling it out of the mud sent three moose crashing away. I got out into the open and watched them scurry.
The cow dashed into the trees on the other side and the two bulls went in opposite directions. Both were quite young. This guy looks irritated...sorry...
This one looks like a yearling. I was doing my best estrous cow impression and he stopped and stared at me for a few minutes...
Here's a larger view of the area...what a beautiful place...
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