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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is rare: Moose spotted several times in Nebraska Panhandle
http://www.omaha.com/outdoors/this-is-rare-moose-spotted-several-times-in-nebraska-panhandle/article_78f521f4-3951-55b3-95cc-01f50cfa7544.html
POSTED: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 11:10 AM | UPDATED: 11:49 AM, WED APR 8, 2015.
By David Hendee / World-Herald staff writer
A wandering moose is roaming western Nebraska in the tracks of newcomer mountain lions, elk and bighorn sheep.
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials say a moose has been spotted numerous times by residents in the North Platte River valley in the Panhandle.
Confirmed sightings suggest that the moose has been in the region for several weeks and was last reported in Morrill County.
Moose are rarely seen in Nebraska. Wildlife biologists suspect the recent arrival came from Wyoming. Unlike breeding populations of cougars, elk and bighorns established in recent decades, Nebraska has no wild moose herds.
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This is rare: Moose spotted several times in Nebraska Panhandle (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2015
OP
Hmmm...that looks fake, you will have to send me some so I can make sure it is the real deal!
Rex
Apr 2015
#6
Officials advised residents to be on the lookout for Rocky, Boris and Natasha
pinboy3niner
Apr 2015
#11
shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. The Wandering Moose is a good name for a band
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)2. And a Canadian whiskey.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Could be the name given to some killer bud, too... :^)
"I'll take 20 grams of that Wandering Moose over there."
Rex
(65,616 posts)6. Hmmm...that looks fake, you will have to send me some so I can make sure it is the real deal!
yuiyoshida
(41,867 posts)4. Pretty far from Frostbite falls!!!
hokey smokes, Bullwinkle!
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)10. Watch me pull a rabbit outa ma hat!!!
I'm impressed!!! How in the world does someone as young as you know Bullwinkle? I swear I would get blank stares if I used a Bullwinkle line at work.
yuiyoshida
(41,867 posts)14. My dad taped everthing :D
hahaha!
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)15. I'd have to say your dad did a good job...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)11. Officials advised residents to be on the lookout for Rocky, Boris and Natasha
NickB79
(19,276 posts)5. Good luck. Moose are going extinct here in Minnesota
The winters have become too warm for them at this point, and they're dying from insect infestations.
frogmarch
(12,160 posts)7. The moose is near where I live.
The last time a moose was spotted near Chadron was several years ago, and someone shot and killed it. Figures. Good luck to this one.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)8. Great news, moose are amazing critters. And very large when you see them
up close.
Hopefully no trigger happy RW gunter will kill her/him and deprive Nebraskans of this treasure.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)9. Is a "Moose spotted" rare? Or is a "Spotted moose spotted" rarer?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)12. They are incredible looking animals....
Always loved it when I spotted one. KNR
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)13. It'll run when summer comes. Nebraska is way too hot for a moose.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)16. Was there a flying squirrel nearby?