Bear Creek Journal

Moose on the Loose

mooseboy — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:32 +0000

As a Utah State Alumni and ex-resident of Logan, the Cache Valley still has a special place in my heart. So when I hear of moose making headlines in North Logan I have to post it.

It seems that this young Bullwinkle was apparently looking for place of his own after getting the boot from his mother. For those science geeks in the spring before giving birth to their new calves cow moose will chase off their calf from the previous year, these [...]

1.5 Million for Moose?

mooseboy — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:06 +0000

The Alaska moose federation has a few more dollars in the their bank account these days after receiving more than a millions bucks in state funding. This money is for the “rescue and relocation” of moose on the roadside to more remote areas where moose aren’t as plentiful. What makes this moose controversial is that the Moose Federation who has stated that they would move moose from one area to another has yet to happen. In fact last winter not one moose [...]

Watch out for Moose!

mooseboy — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:00:23 +0000

The Anchorage Daily News/Associated Press

This year in Alaska they experienced record snowfall, and when I mean record snowfall I’m saying 133.6 inches that is almost 11 feet of the white stuff. Shoveling your driveway this past winter in Alaska would have been hellish and in quite literally back breaking work. I love a good snow fall but when the snow stands taller than twice of you that’s when I get a little nervous and want to scream at mother nature [...]

Moose Genetics

mooseboy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:00:09 +0000

Who would have thought genealogy let alone moose genealogy could be exciting? Frankly, it’s not, and unless your a die-hard moose fan(like myself) or extremely bored, you would probably find this article about genealogy quite boring.

The one interesting point it brings up that I took interest in was that moose were extirpated from the Adirondack Mountain’s in 1860′s. That is incredible, and shows how in a little more than two hundred years after the white man landed in North America, the moose who were native to these rugged mountains [...]

Wolverine defeats Wolves

mooseboy — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:00:02 +0000

Wolverines are awesome, I have been enamored with wolverines for as long as I can remember. Wolverines are one tough animal and as the footage shows above they will take on just about anything including a bear or even a pack of wolves to either defend or steal a meal.

Yet, another reason why I love the wolverine is because in very few cases they have been know to kill caribou yes caribou. Check it out. Now granted the caribou in [...]

Moose State Maine

mooseboy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:53:12 +0000

Maine has a lot Moose, how many do you ask? Try between 60,000 and 90,000. That is a lot of moose running around the dense woods of Eastern New England. In fact, if that many moose were running around the state I live in(Utah), they would have to issue a state of emergency. Yes, there are moose in Utah in fact, we have a few thousand but nothing at all like the state of Maine.

This incredible number of “twig eaters” [...]

Petting a Moose

mooseboy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:27:57 +0000

Look I have to admit I much like the women in this video have always wanted to walk up to a moose and pet it like it were my dog, however I also know that moose are not big fans of petting. For this reason the women in this video is pretty lucky that Bullwinkle didn’t decide to return the favor and pet this women back. One only has to YouTube “moose attack” to find out how moose tend to [...]

Text and Hit a Moose

mooseboy — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:17:43 +0000

Texting while you drive in not only stupid and dangerous but illegal in the state of Wyoming as well as other states as well.

How stupid and dangerous are you when you text and drive? So it stupid that it appears that recently in the Jackson Hole Area many moose have been hit by distracted drivers who were preoccupied with their cell phones. What I think is scary is that this a growing trend that will continue to plague not only moose and [...]

A Great Job

mooseboy — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:22:40 +0000

There are so many jobs out there where I ask myself “How can I sign-up for that job”. This clip is from is a very cool show in Norway that highlights the countries amazing array of wildlife. In this particular episode they are out tranquilizing elk (moose). The highlight if that is what you want to call it, is when the researcher checks the moose to see if she is pregnant. The other highlight is when they tranquilize a female wolf.

Fix your Headlight?

mooseboy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:00:04 +0000

Moose apparently know a little about car repair as this courteous moose took time out of it’s busy schedule to fix a poor drivers one headlight. I can only hope that someday that lucky driver can thank the moose for getting him out of a certain ticket.