Thread: Moose !!!

Not long ago the Herald or Stuff, I forget which, ran a 3 part documentary on the search for the moose. Me and the wife watched them online and they were not just interesting but very well-made, and highly informative. Whether you’re a believer or not they really are well worth watching.

There were some specific recent examples of fresh sign left that would in my humble view be very hard to explain without the presence of an extremely large ungulate, larger than a purebred bull wapiti. I came away hopeful that they are there but not entirely convinced, but equally hopeful that if they are, no one finds them (or if they do they keep quiet about it). If there is a tiny remnant population in the forest, the fastest way to destroy it would be for everyone to go looking for it all at once...

Anyway whether you’re sceptical or hopeful the documentaries are worth a watch, even if all you come away with is the unshakeable realisation that Fjordland is all but an impenetrable wilderness that only nutters and masochists choose to spend their recreational time in!