Moose Images, Facts and Information:
Alces alces
- Moose are the largest and heaviest member of the deer family, males can weight in at between 900 to 1,500 pounds, females between 700 to 1,100 pounds. Moose have long slender legs, dark brown fur, high humped shoulders, large muzzles and ears and both sexes have dewlaps which are also called beards or bells. Bull Moose have broad, palm shaped antlers which are shed annually.
- Moose eat both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation.
- Moose can be found in spruce forests, swamps, aspen and willow thickets. Moose can be found in most of Canada, Alaska, from Maine, Minnesota and Isle Royale in Lake Superior to the west in the Rocky Mountains.
- Moose usually give birth to one calf but they can also have two or three. The females do all of the rearing of the young.
- Moose can live to be 20 years of age or more.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Moose photos.
Moose bull in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Moose bull in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2022
Ghost Moose – Bull Moose with a tick infestation
Title: Ghost Moose – Bull Moose with a tick infestation
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/11/2022 […]
Moose calf moving towards some trees
Title: Moose calf moving towards some trees
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 10/3/2018
Moose calf keeping an eye on me
Title: Moose calf keeping an eye on me
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 10/3/2018
Bull Moose portrait
Title: Bull Moose portrait
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/26/2018
Bull Moose moving towards some willows
Title: Bull Moose moving towards some willows
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/26/2018
Bull Moose laying down
Title: Bull Moose laying down
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/26/2018
Bull Moose resting before dawn
Title: Bull Moose resting before dawn
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/26/2018
Young bull Moose nibbling on willows
Title: Young bull Moose nibbling on willows
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2018
Bull Moose in velvet nibbling on willows
Title: Bull Moose in velvet nibbling on willows
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
Head on bull Moose eating willows
Title: Head on bull Moose eating willows
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2018
Moose along the road near Modoc Creek
Title: Moose along the road near Modoc Creek
Location: Modoc Creek, Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 5/4/2015
Moose standing near the willows of Modoc Creek
Title: Moose standing near the willows of Modoc Creek
Location: Modoc Creek, Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 5/4/2015
Moose cow and calf near a creek
Title: Moose cow and calf near a creek
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/23/2014
Moose calf crossing a dirt road
Title: Moose calf crossing a dirt road
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/23/2014
Moose cow in the sage
Title: Moose cow in the sage
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/23/2014
Moose cow at Dairy Creek
Title: Moose cow at Dairy Creek
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/23/2014
Moose calf at Dairy Creek
Title: Moose calf at Dairy Creek
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/23/2014
Moose cow in the Targhee National Forest
Title: Moose cow in the Targhee National Forest
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/23/2014
Moose calf in Idaho
Title: Moose calf in Idaho
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 7/23/2014