Nanuq Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Well hello there, Mister Moose! I'm glad I looked before I ran out the door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Wasn't eating the wife's potted flowers I hope? Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Quite a rack on that one too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Those antlers are scary looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialvat Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 He may want to borrow some sugar ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Nanuq, pardon my moosenoobness but how fearless are these creatures? I have experienced the same with deer. They will eat your prized tulips standing just a few feet away from you. I had a home. a few years back that was situated in the woods of the Catskills. I witness this cockiness with my white tailed friends on a weekly basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaPOFL Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 wowww.. that must be an old one? the antlers are big, isn't that how you tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demsey Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Hey, Moose, where iz squirrel! pardon my moosenoobness but how fearless are these creatures? One day, walking through Anchorage, I spotted a moose standing in front of the public library. It walked across the street to the commons. Better grazing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its_urabus Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Such a sweet rack.... And no wristie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailboss Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 LOl @ Dems, again. How could moose get mention without squirrel? Love that show. The deer have come down out of the mountains for the summer here. They are standing around stareing at the goats early in the morning trying to work out WTF the funny looking deer are exactly. Very flighty tho, get shot at too often. Col. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drulee Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 I get the occasional deer in the yard. But I got a smaller, but meaner, surprise a few days ago. I was taking it easy on the couch, when I heard some rustling behind me. I turned around and saw a raccoon at the bottom of the staircase in the main entrance hall. Had to usher it out the front door with a steel bar stool and metal yard stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Having been next to a moose, that picture is very deceiving. They are 6 feet tall at the SHOULDER when adults .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 No moose here ... deer, boar, mountain goat in Hawaii but no moose.. get's me how people can shoot these creatures just for "sport" at least the true boar hunters here are fair.. dogs and big knives and they kill for sustenance.. can't see killing any creature unless your in harms way or don't have a market close by... A C Lani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted October 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Having been next to a moose, that picture is very deceiving. They are 6 feet tall at the SHOULDER when adults .. Yeah, that deck is tall enough that most people can walk under it. That sort of puts it in perspective. In the last 24 hours, we've had a bear right outside our window (I looked out into the dark and told my daughter she was imagining it, and then it gruffed at me, about 12" away through the glass) and we had the big bull moose, another 2nd year moose, we had a big old wolf in the back yard, and a bobcat. We got 3" of snow today and it seems like it brought out the critters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 We call your "backyard" ..Zoo's here B ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted October 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 Oh, and a half dozen bald eagles, two snowy owls (that do NOT like the eagles), and fewer and fewer snowshoe hares every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 That last pic is an incredible look at the food chain battle. Bunny tracks....beautiful full spread of eagle feathers....no bunny tracks No blood, no signs of struggle, not even signs of a disturbance, just gone. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 This is why you dont let your small dog out to go to the bathroom alone at night .. owls and such .. happens all the time .. one second you own a Papillion and the next second you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Oh, and a half dozen bald eagles, two snowy owls (that do NOT like the eagles), and fewer and fewer snowshoe hares every day. what do you make the half circle to be ?? the traks left by wings of a predator?? sheesh.. I can track octopus underwater but this is an entirely different ball game.. AC L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Those are the perfect prints of 2 wings and a tail tapping against the snow once, as the bird touched down then flew away with the rabbit in it's claws. You can see each feather ! Wow what a photo, really. Example .. exactly the same shape as the snow print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Close, but I think it goes a step further than your scenario... See how the hare came out from the protection of the tree trunk into the open? A couple hesitating hops, then he started the BIG leaps... just as an arctic fox or small coyote came along from the left of the picture. The snow was deep and the fox was struggling, eyes on his prey, and he didn't see the eagle coming. That's about a 6-foot wingspan so the eagle was big enough to choose the bigger meal, and let the hare go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Ah the fox is obviously the tracks that I thought were the bunnies. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 If that was the case, Nanuq, there would be a visible pile where the hare shiat his pants as an eagle came in and snatched a fox into the sky, 3 feet from him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demsey Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 The again, 'right click>properties' reveals; alaska.net/images/disappearing_squirrel_trick.jpg So. If airplanes hitting the ground left such 'evidence' the NTSB would be a breeze job. I dunno, I think the power needed to 'lift off' a fox from deep snow would at least scatter the wing imprint with down wash, not to mention the violence of touch down. In a whole day of trying I don't think my kids could leave such a perfect 'snow angel'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailboss Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 What an amazing pic Lani! Thank's for shareing. Col. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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