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jslo
09-23-2014, 19:06
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Daughter and her family, out for a hike, were semi charged by this guy after surprising him.
rondog
09-23-2014, 19:21
A few years ago they were rarely seen here, now they're damn near a nuisance!
roberth
09-23-2014, 19:26
I got up close last year near the Bobtail mine off Jones Pass. I was going to take a picture and then my brain said WALK AWAY, so I did. Later in the day I saw one on the other side of the valley I was in.
jslo
09-23-2014, 19:38
This was around Kenosha Pass. Didn't realize they were that far south.
sniper7
09-23-2014, 21:06
Yeah they have really spread. I see sign in my hunting area that I had never seen moose in until just last year.
rockhound
09-23-2014, 21:15
lots of them on kenosha, mom and three yearlings drinking out of the pond at the top two days ago
Hummer
09-23-2014, 21:46
I drove over the mountain today and saw two moose, two elk and a coyote along the Peak to Peak in gilpin and boulder counties. Also saw two bighorns below Georgetown. I've been chased by moose but I can outrun them all in my truck.
bryjcom
09-23-2014, 21:56
The moose I saw the other day was in laporte
hollohas
09-24-2014, 16:27
Had a young bull come through the trees at me and a buddy while we were quartering an elk this weekend. Bull moose was with two cows and feeling tough. He was 20 yards away. One warning shot from the 9mm and lots of yelling didn't stop him from advancing on us. 2 more shots in the dirt and much louder yelling and he finally walked away. Ugh.

I had seen him earlier that day with one cow so I never expected him to stumble on us two ridges over while we quartered the elk later that evening.

PS: near lost lake north of vail.
Aloha_Shooter
09-24-2014, 17:02
This was a very fertile spring and summer for all kinds of animals. I've seen more mini-bears up at Camp Alexander this summer than I can recall any year before. We've had baby rabbits all over the place both in my subdivision and at Peterson AFB and I had field mice and even a garter snake get inside the house this year.
68Charger
09-24-2014, 18:16
aww, isn't he cute?

Doesn't surprise me- more Canadians are killed every year by Moose than by bear- they can be very aggressive...
Found this little vid, shot in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN5PmOS34hI


And they grow bigger, will take a while for CO Moose to catch up to Canadian or Alaskan moose in population or size..

Full grown moose have no predators, even Grizzly bears look for safer/easier prey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CqNbzCHBdo

I love moose, watching or eating them- some day I'd love to hunt one
I've seen a bull moose in Anchorage you could park a VW bug under in Kincaid park.. even at 75 yards, scared the crap out of me as a 16yo just out biking on trails.
hollohas
09-24-2014, 18:42
This was a very fertile spring and summer for all kinds of animals. I've seen more mini-bears up at Camp Alexander this summer than I can recall any year before. We've had baby rabbits all over the place both in my subdivision and at Peterson AFB and I had field mice and even a garter snake get inside the house this year.
Yup, saw a small mama bear with three cubs too...very close. Exactly what I called her, a mini-bear. She stopped to watch me as her cubs crossed the trail but showed no aggression. She was small and just wanted to get her cubs safety across the trail and along their way.
muddywings
09-24-2014, 19:09
They showed this video at your 'welcome brief' to Elmendorf AFB Anchorage AK:


http://youtu.be/wN0eb1HwRIM
Aloha_Shooter
09-24-2014, 19:47
Yup, saw a small mama bear with three cubs too...very close. Exactly what I called her, a mini-bear. She stopped to watch me as her cubs crossed the trail but showed no aggression. She was small and just wanted to get her cubs safety across the trail and along their way.

LOL, sorry, "mini-bear" is what we call the ground squirrels and chipmunks at Camp Alexander. We call 'em that because they will break into anything to get food.
Jim B
09-24-2014, 20:43
I saw one about 10 miles north of Woodland Park (at Rainbow Falls) last year.
hollohas
09-24-2014, 21:55
LOL, sorry, "mini-bear" is what we call the ground squirrels and chipmunks at Camp Alexander. We call 'em that because they will break into anything to get food.
Oh, Ha Ha ha! The bear I saw couldn't have been over 150 so I called her a mini bear...that is compared to the BIG black bears I have seen in MT.
rondog
09-24-2014, 23:02
They showed this video at your 'welcome brief' to Elmendorf AFB Anchorage AK:


http://youtu.be/wN0eb1HwRIM

Daaamn.....belligerent friggin' things!