Thread: Moose

Bunji is tracking it as we speak

Ben Young said he saw one out of a Helicopter in 2020 , he was /is a hunting guide in the U.S so he knew what they looked like

Can't be true he doesn't even have the same surname as his wife

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Can't be true he doesn't even have the same surname as his wife

Who does.lols

Maybe you guys should check face book bound to get to the bottom of it on there

Gotta love a moose thread

Moose are big animals. They shit and they leave prints. If they know exactly where it was, perhaps they could look for some more evidence?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Moose are big animals. They shit and they leave prints. If they know exactly where it was, perhaps they could look for some more evidence?

I'll bet there will be a pile of DOC activity in that area soon.

Ken Tustin would know more about Fiordland moose than anyone and he doesnt have conclusive evidence that moose still survive there.

Originally Posted by fawkes

Ken Tustin would know more about Fiordland moose than anyone and he doesnt have conclusive evidence that moose still survive there.

He has a photo from 1999, and moose DNA from 2001 and 2002.
Then you have Ben Youngs sighting from 2020, and now this one in 2025.

Moose have very large territories and there were sightings of them as far north as Big Bay and East as the Eglington, all during the "accepted" period that moose were around in Fiordland. So whoever they asked for a quote at the DOC office doesnt know much about the subject.


Frankly, someone will have to shoot one for it to be believable, a photo wont do it, in this age of fake news and manipulation people dont even believe photos any more. They may not even believe a dead one.


It is interesting that an experienced North AMerican saw this animal and described it confidently as a moose: Americans are quite familier with elk and if he was going to mistake a red deer for anything other than what it is, you would think it would be an elk.

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

He has a photo from 1999, and moose DNA from 2001 and 2002.

Last year Ken Tustin said he hasn't seen any sign of moose still existing in Fiordland since 2015, last time he saw possible browse. Wonder if he saw any in the past 12 months.

Originally Posted by Oscar

Last year Ken Tustin said he hasn't seen any sign of moose still existing in Fiordland since 2015, last time he saw possible browse. Wonder if he saw any in the past 12 months.

He hasn't really been doing any of it since then I understand, he is getting on in years. The moose that was going through Herrick creek every winter that he was trying to photograph probably had died as there was no more browsing sign in there since then. He did tell me to look at Broughton Arm, but I havn't been yet
It was interesting to me that as soon as he removed his cameras (2018) DOC aerial 1080'd the whole area for the first time more or less immediately, and have done it again since. Coincidence? Fox Molder didn't believe in coincidences...

Is there still a $100,000 bounty for a pic?

I'd like to think there were a few hiding out down there (Moose, not DOC), unlikely, but who knows.

Heres a Fiordland cow moose: