Moose, Shira

The Shira's Moose subspecies has the smallest body and antlers of any North American moose. The Shira's Moose is found in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. Since the 1990s, Moose populations have declined dramatically in much of temperate North America, although they remain stable in arctic and subarctic.

The population decline, in my opinion, is the result of climate change, loss of old growth forests and the "Winter Tick. Winter Tick infestations can become thick on a Moose they virtually suck it dry.

My images are from the Greater Yellowstone Area, Island Park, Idaho.

My Largest Bull
My Largest so far photographed four years ago in Island Park, Idaho.
Early Spring Bull
Taken a number of years ago in my front yard. I ohotographed this bull early in the Spring 2015 feeding in Henrys Fork. He looks very scruffy as the winter ciat is beginning to shed
Early Spring Bull
Early Spring Bull he looks vert scruffy with his winter coat that is beginning to shed feeding in Henrys Fork. I ohotographed this bull early in the Spring 2015 feeding in Henrys Fork. He looks very scruffy as the winter ciat is beginning to shed
Cow and Calf Moose
Photographed in Island Park three years ago in the early evening as the werre going forf water. The calf is a yearling

All Eyes For Me
Cow Moose photographed in Island Park early evening.
First Year Calf
A first-year calf photographed in Island Park 2015. It was going to water in the early evening with it mother.
Togrther
Cow Moose, Island Park.photogrfaphedd 20i5.
Big Cow Moose
It is hard to teel whar size this Cow is from the photograph, but she was nice sized. Island Patk 2016

Old Warrior
This Spring My Sister and I found the Bull in Yellowstone National Park. You can too he is as I say an "Old Warrior, as his face and hea slow the scars from may battle during the rut
Old Warrior
Old Warrior
I for got to mention I the two previous photographs, the Old Warrion wsa as beig as a hoarse.