Thread: Moose

Originally Posted by scottrods

I still believe in Santa...

Who doesn’t? He is every bit as real as the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny.

Bunji shot the bugger and will report in due course what he tasted like

Originally Posted by Rushy

Who doesn’t? He is every bit as real as the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny.

And an honest politician...

Bunji is tracking it as we speak

Ben Young said he saw one out of a Helicopter in 2020 , he was /is a hunting guide in the U.S so he knew what they looked like

Can't be true he doesn't even have the same surname as his wife

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Can't be true he doesn't even have the same surname as his wife

Who does.lols

Maybe you guys should check face book bound to get to the bottom of it on there

Gotta love a moose thread

Moose are big animals. They shit and they leave prints. If they know exactly where it was, perhaps they could look for some more evidence?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Moose are big animals. They shit and they leave prints. If they know exactly where it was, perhaps they could look for some more evidence?

I'll bet there will be a pile of DOC activity in that area soon.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Moose are big animals. They shit and they leave prints. If they know exactly where it was, perhaps they could look for some more evidence?

This again.

Ken Tustin would know more about Fiordland moose than anyone and he doesnt have conclusive evidence that moose still survive there.

Originally Posted by fawkes

Ken Tustin would know more about Fiordland moose than anyone and he doesnt have conclusive evidence that moose still survive there.

He has a photo from 1999, and moose DNA from 2001 and 2002.
Then you have Ben Youngs sighting from 2020, and now this one in 2025.

Moose have very large territories and there were sightings of them as far north as Big Bay and East as the Eglington, all during the "accepted" period that moose were around in Fiordland. So whoever they asked for a quote at the DOC office doesnt know much about the subject.


Frankly, someone will have to shoot one for it to be believable, a photo wont do it, in this age of fake news and manipulation people dont even believe photos any more. They may not even believe a dead one.


It is interesting that an experienced North AMerican saw this animal and described it confidently as a moose: Americans are quite familier with elk and if he was going to mistake a red deer for anything other than what it is, you would think it would be an elk.

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

He has a photo from 1999, and moose DNA from 2001 and 2002.

Last year Ken Tustin said he hasn't seen any sign of moose still existing in Fiordland since 2015, last time he saw possible browse. Wonder if he saw any in the past 12 months.