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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mudbrook on December 15, 2007, 01:23:27 PM
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Moose are becoming frequent visitors
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Spooner Advocate
Last updated: Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 08:43:56 AM
A stable population of moose in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan means on occasion that some animals migrate south into Wisconsin.
Although a moose sighting in Badger country remains a bit like finding a very big needle in the very vast northern haystack, it happens.
The odds, though of the observer holding a camera, according to an Iron County wildlife biologist, and then the normally shy moose actually cooperating for photos are not good.
“I’ve tried to move in on snowshoes to take photos of a bull that we had a radio collar on,” said Bruce Bacon, wildlife biologist for Iron and southern Ashland counties. “I’ve been close enough that the droppings are still steaming, but they don’t hang around to pose for photos. That bull that you have photos of must be more congenial to the camera. They’re normally very skittish.”
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