One of our rituals at the cabin is taking a just-before-sunset drive in hopes of seeing wildlife. Sometimes we see something, other times we don’t. Over the ten days we were there we saw elk, antelope, plenty of deer and a marmot, but no moose.

On the evening before we left we went out for one last drive and saw a cow moose with twins at the edge of a clearing. She heard the car and ran into the dense cluster of aspens. We waited. When she started to move we tracked her and realized she was about to come out into the open. What we weren’t prepared for was happened next. Take a look at the slide show that follows. (By the way I have a new camera that is really fast!)

So many moose get tangled in barbed wire fencing every year. Some can’t free themselves and end up dying a horrible death. I wish they would use fencing that would allow animals to free themselves more easily. Fencing off the high country is not a good thing as far as I am concerned. If you need to fence; do it right. Thankfully, this little family is still intact. It was wonderful to see them, don’t you agree?

LOVE the “time-lapse” slide show! I’ve been experimenting with this same idea. Very fun.

Glad the mooses were reunited.

Happy 4th!

WOW! Terrific photos!

Great photos. Is the land fenced because people run cattle or sheep?

I never really thought of there being moose in the states. I see however from the distribution map that there are a few pockets in the northern states.
The eyesight of the moose is extremely poor.
Only 30 percent bear twins.
Lots of interesting info on Hinterland Who’s
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=93

Tomorrow: Happy US day or I guess as you folks down there say Happy 4th of July.

Wow!  Those are great pics!  I’m from NJ and I don’t remember seeing any moose there!

Thanks all!

Paula, it’s fenced because there are free range cattle in the area. It is also designated a moose release area. We never used to have them there, but now they are thriving. We have seen twins before, funny how it’s pretty rare. Thanks for the link.

Cookie, the moose were taken on our vacation at our mountain cabin in Colorado; not New Jersey! I wish we had moose here!