Moose on the Loose

 

January 4, 2017

Fresno Moose seen west of Choteau, Montana.

By Bruce Auchly

FWP Region 4

Information Officer

After all the slicing and dicing and studying of wildlife, along comes an animal or two that just won't fit into a category, showing us we really don't know it all.

In the last two years, a pair of cow moose radio collared on the Rocky Mountain Front as part of a 10-year population dynamics study has displayed a wanderlust that has confounded Nick DeCesare, research wildlife biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

"We've seen local migrations, but nothing like these two," DeCesare said.

One female moose took off the summer of 2015 from...



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