My Moose-ly Positive Experience in Red Lodge, Montana
The following post is the continuation of: Moose Monday - Going on a Moose Chase in Red Lodge, Montana
After pausing and looking towards me, the bull moose decided to run on Ski Run Road and he picked up lots of speed! I was wondering whether I had b.o. (I had not had time to shower yet that morning) and he could smell it from 100 yards away or if he did not recognize the type of car I was in and beileve it to be a very large predator. As much as I could step on the accelerator and catch up with him with my car on Ski Run road, I made sure I did not make the moose feel threatened by the paparazzi and left plenty of space between him and the car. The last thing I wanted was to have him turn around and come charging towards the car. I was lucky to not have any other cars on Ski Run Road and actually slowed down (after making sure there was no car behind me) to capture the following photo with my camera's zoom lens.
Note: Ski Run Road was a quiet street on that day in October, it is mainly used by residents of the area but once the Red Lodge Mountain ski resort opens after Thanksgiving, it becomes a busy street with all the skiers traveling to get to Red Lodge Mountain and back to town. Also don't let the above photo fool you, the moose is taller than it may appear, most of the bottom portion of his feet is in the snow!
He was head towards the National Forest Service ranger station on Highway 212 South of Red Lodge. I hoped he was not going to report me to the Ranger!
He must have understood the road sign (seen in the photo) and made a sharp left turn to go down a ditch by the side of the road and then climb on a hill which runs parallel to Highway 212. I had to continue down Ski Run Road and turn left on Highway 212 to actually park in the ranger station's parking area and capture a few more photos of the bull moose.
Here he is on the hill (next to Highway 212) and behind the National Forest Service ranger station.
And here is a better one as I was also able to capture some of the Fall scenery in the same photo.
By the way, the snow in Red Lodge in the above photos, has all melted as of the day of this post.
I hope you enjoyed the photos of the moose chase. I will conclude the story with some additional photos in next week's Moose Monday post (Moose Monday - Not Your Usual Moose Crossing in Red Lodge!!!). Have a great week!
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Gerry Khatchikian, ASA, TRC (4 languages spoken: English, French, Spanish, Armenian)
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