Thread: Moose

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

I think its the same camera used to take all those photos of big foot

Who has been even more elusive since being released into the wilds of Fiordland!

This thread is amooseing

One thing is for certain, there ARE moose bones in Fiordland!

Originally Posted by Gibo

One thing is for certain, there ARE moose bones in Fiordland!

Found in the same ashes as the Moa bones?

If you want proof, someone has to make a better moosetrap to catch the moose.

one thing that does suprise me no one reports having heard one - I believe bull moose are vocal but zilch nothing at all reported

Originally Posted by Friwi

If you want proof, someone has to make a better moosetrap to catch the moose.

Elephant trap for a big bull moose is needed.

no what we need is someone with a decent camera or to shoot one and then we have proof every thing else is rumour

Ray Tinsley heard cow calling in the Dusky Sound area, 1970's. Its the females that call, the bull moose grunt.

I thought I heard one once two years ago, early in the roar in South Westland, but I have kept that from Oscar. Dont tell him.

Lets not forget the sightings of the Southland Otter...........

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

Ray Tinsley heard cow calling in the Dusky Sound area, 1970's. Its the females that call, the bull moose grunt.

I thought I heard one once two years ago, early in the roar in South Westland, but I have kept that from Oscar. Dont tell him.

Must have been bloody close if you heard it through the ear-plugs?

Originally Posted by Oscar

Must have been bloody close if you heard it through the ear-plugs?

There was no snoring going on that trip!

What's to stop moose being re-introduced if 'local' people really want to see them there?

Scotland has been plagued with people turning things loose recently (Lynx and boar) trying to guerilla 're-wild' like they did with the beavers

Anyone have a handy captive herd of Moose in NZ?

From the few books I have read it was speculated that they died out due to conditions not suiting.

NZ law doesn't allow it. Check out the farcicle goings on with "the crown wapity herd"... Long n short of it,some good pure looking animals live captured to ensure the breed survived when the heady days of venison then live captured decimated the herds,the idea was to release the pure bloodlines back in wild again...but WRONG...law doesn't allow it.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

NZ law doesn't allow it. Check out the farcicle goings on with "the crown wapity herd"... Long n short of it,some good pure looking animals live captured to ensure the breed survived when the heady days of venison then live captured decimated the herds,the idea was to release the pure bloodlines back in wild again...but WRONG...law doesn't allow it.

The real problem with that plan was that the re-release was intended to be somewhere else on non-National Park public land (and the animals remaining in the Park to be culled as much as possible). No new area could be agreed to work and frankly who would want NZ wapiti anywhere else than in Fiordland?

Saw the animals 'in the flesh' on the farm and there were some crackers. Unfortunately (to my personal view) they were introducing new North American genetics and I'd have rather they stayed with making the best of the 'heritage' genetics that the captured animals had, even though all of them had at least some red deer blood in them. I like what FWF are doing, trying to make the best of what is already there.