Thread: Moose !!!

We should let another pair go to give this one some company. Think how lonely this moose has been all these years

Having met Ken T I think he is an intelligent and methodical person.

Besides, what sane person would waste so much time, money and energy searching for something that they think, is not there?
Don't forget his wife must be crazy as well.

Dunno what I believe. Is it possible there are moose still in Nz? Imo yup.
I can tell you Ken believes it and is rather convincing face to face.

I have only helped kill a handful of moose but I have seen and watched hundreds in their native areas.
Theyre not dumb. But can be deceived.
They can hide in plain site. Sneak up to with in yrds of people looking for them and dissappear in a flash once someone makes a mistake.
Same as any large game animal.

Hands down they're my favorite animal to hunt. I just don't like all the work after you get one.
It not until you size one up on the ground do you appreciate how huge these animals are. The head alone weighs as much as some yearlings I have shot.
I have been told a moose story that has me scratching my head due to the location and credibility of the witness just thru his innocent ignorance of what he was looking at. He thought it was a funny looking horse and thought nothing of it.





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I know someone who brought moose hair back from overseas in order to plant it.
He didn't plant it as soon as some home truths were explained to him.
Anyone who would do that for a laugh is as stupid as they come imo.

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Originally Posted by R93

I know someone who brought moose hair back from overseas in order to plant it.
He didn't plant it as soon as some home truths were explained to him.
Anyone who would do that for a laugh is as stupid as they come imo.

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What are these home truths? illegal according to biosecurity act? different sub species than nz moose?

All of the above. And just what a wank thing it is to do.
Wasting peoples time and money knowingly is just a cock move.

Pretty sure there is also a slight diff in DNA due to where NZ moose originated. But not a hundy on that.




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My two cents without having an idea of the environment they were spotted in except it's probably step terrain with cold streams and alpine lakes, is that a Moose in summer bulks up on aquatic vegetation for calories and sodium load, you'd think by now one would have been spotted in the water, also younger bulls during rut travel miles looking for a mate and are pretty much fearless, the fact a roaring Wapiti hunter hasn't been charged by a love-sick moose never mind heard one is strange if they did exist. But I wouldn't know how remote this area of the fiordland is so anything could be possible.

Listen to the Educated Hunter Podcast, Ben sounds very convinced what he saw was a moose, and given his straight up personality and experience spotting moose, there seems no reason as to why he would make up a yarn. I've always believed there are still moose in there somewhere, I've heard enough rumors from locals over the years to keep the spark alive, and knowing the country reasonably well, I can see how a small population could live there without being found. We had four wild Angus bulls hiding in 700ha of pine forest and you'd ocassionally see them, or a bit of sign, took 8 years before we managed to track them down in a spot where we could catch them

Did you have your red cape @JoshC for that show down

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Did you have your red cape @JoshC for that show down

Several red cape moments, where one was thankful for numerous trees to hide behind.

judging by Tv footage etc ive seen Josh Id sooner you than me when i comes to dealing with those wild cattle some give the appearance of bull elephants with a bad case of PMT!

Originally Posted by kotuku

judging by Tv footage etc ive seen Josh Id sooner you than me when i comes to dealing with those wild cattle some give the appearance of bull elephants with a bad case of PMT!

As teenage boys we thought it was fun to chase them around. Funny how perspectives change as we age a bit

I thought all Angus are wild