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  1. 21-03-2025, 03:09 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl 9.3x62 View Post
    Well one thing is for sure, the photo is less than good. The appearance of a large rump, shoulder hump, and dark color lead me to think is could be a moose, but impossible to be sure. A "maybe" at best. Moose don't have a webbed groin, not sure what your other arrows are pointing to.
    When you combine it with 2 moose DNA samples a few years later, the odds of what it is are strongly towards moose.
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  2. 21-03-2025, 07:03 AM #2
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    No, I can honestly say that was shot in the native.
    Absolutely - native to North America
    too old to die young
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    Yep
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    I think its the same camera used to take all those photos of big foot
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  5. 21-03-2025, 12:46 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag View Post
    I think its the same camera used to take all those photos of big foot
    Who has been even more elusive since being released into the wilds of Fiordland!
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    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    This thread is amooseing
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    One thing is for certain, there ARE moose bones in Fiordland!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    One thing is for certain, there ARE moose bones in Fiordland!
    Found in the same ashes as the Moa bones?
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    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    If you want proof, someone has to make a better moosetrap to catch the moose.
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    one thing that does suprise me no one reports having heard one - I believe bull moose are vocal but zilch nothing at all reported
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    Quote Originally Posted by Friwi View Post
    If you want proof, someone has to make a better moosetrap to catch the moose.
    Elephant trap for a big bull moose is needed.
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    no what we need is someone with a decent camera or to shoot one and then we have proof every thing else is rumour
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    Ray Tinsley heard cow calling in the Dusky Sound area, 1970's. Its the females that call, the bull moose grunt.

    I thought I heard one once two years ago, early in the roar in South Westland, but I have kept that from Oscar. Dont tell him.
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    Lets not forget the sightings of the Southland Otter...........
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Duxbury View Post
    Ray Tinsley heard cow calling in the Dusky Sound area, 1970's. Its the females that call, the bull moose grunt.

    I thought I heard one once two years ago, early in the roar in South Westland, but I have kept that from Oscar. Dont tell him.
    Must have been bloody close if you heard it through the ear-plugs?
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