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MrBishop
10/07/09, 04:48pm
By the length of his beard and the grey legs, I figure he must be over 10 years old.
He looks to be well over 8 feet at the top of the shoulder hump,

and with his head up the height to the top of his antler must be about 12 feet.
This guy is king of the forest, no bear or pack of wolves would dare come after him when he has this rack......
Considering that a dirt road can fit 1 1/2 cars across ... this fellow is HUGE ...THIS IS ONE BIG BOY!

THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN NEAR ELLIOT LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA

Yes it is a regular size dirt road.
Professur
10/07/09, 05:21pm
I passed one up near our lake that my Colt would have passed under without touching. The antenna wold have tickled it's belly but that's about it. The trouble is .. they're so brown they're harder to see than if they were black.
catocom
10/07/09, 08:35pm
mr B, did you take that pic?

That's a biggun alright
looks the size of a dumptruck.
ResearchMonkey
10/07/09, 09:39pm
http://www.otcentral.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7154&d=1254944925

Man, if only you could saddle that sucker up! --- WheeHa!
Dave
10/07/09, 09:39pm
I wonder if they will ever wander down this way. Coyotes, wolves, deer and wild turkeys are all back in large numbers. The area might be able to support a few moose and/or bears.
Would be cool to see one but only from a very safe distance.
Nixy
10/07/09, 10:17pm
I've seen many Moose. At least one from a very UNsafe distance (about 6' away on a snowmobile...probably still WAY too close). I still continue to be amazed at how majestic they are.
Gonz
10/07/09, 11:36pm
That's a big'un.

Did he taste good?
pc_builder
10/07/09, 11:58pm
Damn he is huge. I saw a female moose once by the side the side of the road. Nowhere near as big as that one.
spike
10/08/09, 03:17am
Damn.
Inkara1
10/08/09, 03:25am
Where's the squirrel to go with the moose?
MrBishop
10/08/09, 10:06am
That's a big'un.

Did he taste good?

Not my pic...and buddy didn't take a shot. Picture taken from a car.

Personally...even if I was the hunting type, I'd have let him go.
Not for fear of missing, or of getting hurt if I only managed to piss it off, but rather because it would be a shame to kill something that's that impressive.

besides..at that age, he's likely gamey and tough.
Mirlyn
10/08/09, 10:08am
Where's the squirrel to go with the moose?

Came here just for this, leaving satisfied.

"Hello dollink"

:D
Gato_Solo
10/08/09, 03:40pm
Where's the squirrel to go with the moose?

Again? But that trick never works...
MrBishop
10/08/09, 05:06pm
http://wickeddelicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/boris_natasha.jpg

Is goot plan, but squirrel and moose must die!
Nixy
10/10/09, 05:19pm
I don't think it's real. I received the exact photos and exact message as a forward from a friend in Hamilton yesterday. I think it's photo shopped.
Inkara1
10/11/09, 01:02am
If so, it's a pretty good photoshop.

In researching on the internet, what I'm finding is that the footpath is only four or five feet wide, which makes that moose a pretty good size but not giant.
ResearchMonkey
10/11/09, 01:43am
I'm seeing a double path consistent with 4 wheeled vehicular traffic, maybe just golf cats who knows ... but not a single walking path.

If its shoop-do-whop, its a damn good one. Even the right front foot placement in the first photo is consistent with the back right placement in the second. (per how them thar critters step)
Inkara1
10/11/09, 02:03am
The guy online who was saying it was a footpath was saying the wheel tracks are from ATVs.
Nixy
10/11/09, 02:28am
Ok so maybe not shopped...but the path definitely isn't as wide as the email claims. It's a large moose...but not a GIANT moose (as moose go).
catocom
10/11/09, 08:48am
By the length of his beard and the grey legs, I figure he must be over 10 years old.
He looks to be well over 8 feet at the top of the shoulder hump,

and with his head up the height to the top of his antler must be about 12 feet.
This guy is king of the forest, no bear or pack of wolves would dare come after him when he has this rack......
Considering that a dirt road can fit 1 1/2 cars across ... this fellow is HUGE ...THIS IS ONE BIG BOY!

THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN NEAR ELLIOT LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA

Yes it is a regular size dirt road.

mr B, did you take that pic?

That's a biggun alright
looks the size of a dumptruck.

Not my pic...and buddy didn't take a shot. Picture taken from a car.

Personally...even if I was the hunting type, I'd have let him go.
Not for fear of missing, or of getting hurt if I only managed to piss it off, but rather because it would be a shame to kill something that's that impressive.

besides..at that age, he's likely gamey and tough.

so did you, or didn't you, personally see this thing, or is this just gossup?
Luis G
10/11/09, 12:01pm
If so, it's a pretty good photoshop.

In researching on the internet, what I'm finding is that the footpath is only four or five feet wide, which makes that moose a pretty good size but not giant.

I read someone saying the legs are on the exact same position on the two pics so it could be just a model taken from different angles against a green background.
catocom
10/11/09, 04:36pm
the more I look at it...it does look strange.:eek6:
MrBishop
10/13/09, 12:50pm
so did you, or didn't you, personally see this thing, or is this just gossup?

I did NOT take this pic. I have seen some very large moose in my time camping etc..and received this pic from a friend who does hunt moose...had assumed that the pic was his.

The largest living moose that I've seen was while canoe-camping in Algonquin Park Ontario. That one was about 7' at the shoulder....so I'm not horribly surprised at this pic.