Thread: Fiordland Moose

Remember the most important thing when sighting a "new" introduced species... Do not let the department of C.... know about it...

There could well be a breeding pair still alive, but they only live for 20-25 years roughly. The clock is ticking if not the case.

Would I shoot one if I saw it? Nah, just let it walk on by knowing you saw it.

Bunji parachuted onto it's back and wrestled it to submission,that's going to make plenty of salami

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Mate shot the last one a couple of weeks ago ...so nah

I'm sure I saw some in Hagley park last time I was down that way.

I personally love the story of fiordland moose.

And think it would be an amazing place to have them.

Now has anyone got stories of pig and pigeon island giant eels in lake wakatipu?

I had a couple of stories growing up from people who did not bs and never went back in the water there.

Never saw one myself but some old heads had a few stories.



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Originally Posted by charliehorse

Here's one me and Bunji shot a while back down there, took a herculean effort to drag it back to his jetboat, lucky we had his dog's to help with the carry. Can't remember which gun he brought but man it was a shooter.
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I wonder if he was able to fit that trophy in his "Bach"

@MCCPRO Not Lake Wakatipu,
Inangahua River 1930s.


17 Mile, Westcoast

Originally Posted by Inder

I wonder if he was able to fit that trophy in his "Bach"

Of course he was....54 foot stud walls, rimu rafters and all.....

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Originally Posted by ROKTOY

17 Mile, Westcoast
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Jeepers bro that second photo is awesome...chopper reid

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Here is me chasing one up on Mt Dunblane whilst living in Hanmer Springs.

For a hell of a big animal Moose can be very very hard to see. I have never been to Fjordland but I could imagine there are still Moose there,its not like they would be grazing on the tops or sunbathing on the beaches.

I used to have the buggers walk along my veranda in Alaska.

By coincidence today’s edition of Stuff has an article re ‘could moose still be in Fiordland’

Originally Posted by norsk

For a hell of a big animal Moose can be very very hard to see. I have never been to Fjordland but I could imagine there are still Moose there,its not like they would be grazing on the tops or sunbathing on the beaches.

I used to have the buggers walk along my veranda in Alaska.

I agree.
And it's funny how a lot of the interweb Fiordland moose experts have never actually seen a live moose (anywhere) or been to Fiordland. But they are adimant they don't exist.

To surive they need to breed. If they're breeding then the population would increase. Since no one is shooting them and they have no natural predators, other than perhaps inbreeding from a small gene pool to lower the population. Then with an increasing population and the amount of hunting, tramping, flying, fishing, research that happens in the area. By the law of averages, sightings must start occuring. But there aren't any really proven sightings. So it's probable they are no longer there. Or if there is any, they are incredibly old and certainly not breeding.
A dead one will be the only conclusive evidence. Anything else can be doctored or planted too show what people want others too believe.
Just a thought.

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