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The "Bale Bandits"

Jigger Boss

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They're getting quite tame now :shock: :roll:
They're always here everyday for their free meals morning and evening :roll: . They do wander down to the neighbours for desert where the nibble on his raspberry bushes... heck, why should I be the only one keeping them in feed? :lol:

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The bull calf.

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The pair
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Taking a rest after breakfast just a few feet away from the stack.

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Busted!!!!
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Watching me feed the horses and waiting for me to leave :lol:
I feel bad that the poor old girl has a bad hind leg :(
It looks very broken, but she's still getting around on it.
 

Jigger Boss

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leanin' H said:
I dare ya to preg check that old Mrs. moose cause if she's calvy, ya better not cull her! :D Great pictures!

Naw, I don't think I'd preg check her, but I bet I can get closer to her than quite a few cattle ranchers can get to some of their cattle. :lol:
 

I Luv Herfrds

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Be careful Jigger. A friend on mine west of us on the Missouri River has a female moose that has been chsing his bird hunters all hunting season. No one has seen a calf with her, but then again they weren't sticking around too long.
 

Jigger Boss

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I Luv Herfrds said:
Be careful Jigger. A friend on mine west of us on the Missouri River has a female moose that has been chsing his bird hunters all hunting season. No one has seen a calf with her, but then again they weren't sticking around too long.

I know, I don't get that close and I keep an eye on her when I'm out there.
 

Jassy

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I understand what a problem these critters can be to a baleyard...but from a Sandhillers perpesctive..it's really cool to see a Moose that close! What do you guess happened to her leg?
 

Jigger Boss

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Jassy said:
I understand what a problem these critters can be to a baleyard...but from a Sandhillers perpesctive..it's really cool to see a Moose that close! What do you guess happened to her leg?

Its really hard to say what happened to her. Could have been clipped by a vehicle, or caught up in a fence, shot or ??
 

Soapweed

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Years ago, Joe Back from Dubois, Wyoming wrote a book entitled, "Moochin' Moose and Mumblin' Men." Somehow your photos remind me of his book. :wink:
 

kolanuraven

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Nicky said:
They're so ugly they're cute.


That is sooo true!!!




Around here, before I built another hay barn we used to stack out and tarp hay like that. We'd have deer by the truckload.

We started making a small stack , off up in the woods and tarp it and everything tying to make it look as ' deer proof 'as possible. :wink: Of course, they went right for it!! It became 'their' own little stash and then they left the big stacks alone.


Now they just walk into the barn and eat and then lay down for a nap!! :roll: :roll: :roll:
 

burnt

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Amazing pictures! And those critters do look like they are well fed. That calf would make pretty good eating - where'd ya say you live? :wink:

Wow, I just took a closer look at that old girl's leg - she sure got it rearranged somewhere somehow! :???:
 

Jigger Boss

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burnt said:
Amazing pictures! And those critters do look like they are well fed. That calf would make pretty good eating - where'd ya say you live? :wink:

Wow, I just took a closer look at that old girl's leg - she sure got it rearranged somewhere somehow! :???:

Yes he would make good eating, but with the amount of bulls thats been harvested from here I'd rather see him stay. I think they really need to close the season here for a few years. The winter of 06/07 wiped out a lot of moose and deer.

That leg is real nasty. I'll see if I can get clearer pics of it this morning.
As much as Leanin' H doesn't want to see her culled :wink: , eventually she likely will be, either by wolves or ???
As long as she stays in my yard she's safe.
 

Mahoney-Pursley Ranch

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Jigger Boss said:
kolanuraven said:
Poor ol' gal. That's gotta hurt. Can she put weight on it?

She limps pretty hard on it :( . Next time she's here and its not too dark out, I'll see if I can video her walking.



If you called the Game&Fish dept. would they come out and tranquilizer her and take her in to rehabilitate her ?
 
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