Cow moose
For the people who have never seen an Alaska moose I thought they might enjoy these. I was splitting wood in my yard and a young cow moose comes walking through the yard. I am no biologist but she looks like a two or three year old cow. A little smaller than average for a cow. The bulls are quite a bit bigger. Its hard to tell how big they are when the picture shows them laying on the ground. I took shots of her as she walked by my boat and truck so you can get an idea of her size. The boat is 20 feet long and the truck is a Dodge Dakota 4X4.
Firewood all done
For the first time since I have been here I managed to get all my wood cut, split and stacked before cold weather. I’ll get a tape measure out soon and see just how many cords I have. One less thing to worry about. Still pretty warm out, the high today was in the 40’s so not too bad. We usually have some snow by now but so far we haven’t had any. Not much else to report.
Love the pictures. You could develop an estimation problem with this. “How tall and long is this moose?” Might shock some students.
Feel free to use it in your class. I figured that a picture of one of them next to something with known dimensions would give some idea of size.
I love the new pictures! I can’t believe they get so close to you. Do they ever charge at you or at they pretty docile? Glad you got all your wood cut. Sounds like a LOT! Glad the weather is still nice for now so that you can get everything done that you want to before bad weather sets in. I saw your grill in the drive; glad you’ve got a little bit of Arkansas to enjoy there! LOL! Take care and keep warm, Pam 🙂
Pam;
The moose aren’t spooky like whitetail deer. They don’t fear many things. They don’t like dogs, and cows near a calf can be more dangerous than most other animals. Most of the people who get hurt by moose here every year get between or near a cow and her calf. For the most part they are fine if you keep your distance. I occasionally get close to them when I am out running in the morning since that is the time they are most active. If I am out working in the yard it is pretty common for them to come walking by like I’m not even there. About the only thing besides humans that prey on them are wolves and some bears. Wolves are plentiful here, to the point of being dangerous at times. They generally will concentrate on lone animals that are away from cover. Brown bears and grizzlies have been known to kill them but I’ve never personally seen it. Wolf kills, particularly in the late winter are pretty common.