>LAST EDITED ON Oct-10-18
>AT 11:51?PM (MST)
>
>I've been following sightings, news reports,
>photos collected off the internet
>for at least ten years.
>Most information is from northern
>Elko County. I remember an
>article in the Elko Free
>Press at least 10 years
>ago about a USF&WS worker
>who was in Elko doing
>some research, and learned of
>a particular bull moose that
>had been reported. He was
>able to locate said bull,and
>was warned about their propensity
>to be belligerent at times,
>but he disregarded warnings, and
>approached too close. The moose
>charged and attacked him, and
>he was severely injured, and
>required hospitalization. I served as
>a Park Ranger in Northern
>Elko County from 1986 to
>1999, and during that time,
>there were sightings in Jarbidge,
>Bruneau River Country, and Independence
>Mts. I shared my HQ
>with a NDOW warden, and
>one day he brought in
>a decent skull of a
>young bull he had found
>on the Petan Ranch (west
>of Mtn. City and the
>Bull Run Mts.)! I never
>did see any myself, but
>at times heard unconfirmed reports
>of encounters by hunters during
>deer and elk seasons. This
>year, I read an article
>(after sightings and video surfaced
>of a young bull in
>Spring Creek right at the
>Spring Creek Marina!)that I think
>stated NDOW biologists estimate there
>may be as many as
>50 animals now!
NVPete, that seems like 10 years ago, but would you believe it was in 97? I remember I was scouting for deer in 068 opening day of muzz season when I saw him.