Archive for the 'Primo' Category

Power Shift

Evidently Primo’s antler shedding has meant a change in his seniority. I frequently witness two cows facing one another both reared up on their hind legs, but have never seen a cow do that towards a bull until this morning. Unfortunately my point and shoot camera was set with a 2 second […]

Primo Drops Both Antlers!

The bull you saw in the webcam this morning was Primo. He dropped both antlers today. He spent the latter part of the morning on the south side of the house. When he returned to the hay manger in front of the webcam he had just one antler and a bloody face.

A […]

Aspen Tree Destruction

One of the disadvantages to attracting moose to my yard is the havoc they wreck on my aspen trees. I took this photo because it shows two of the ways.

The cow in the back is eating the aspen bark. She gouges into the bark with her teeth and pulls it off. It […]

Pavlovian Conditioning

The first measurable snowfall of the season today initiated a Pavlovian response from Primo. He showed up looking for food! If you’ve been checking in on this site you’re probably anxious to see some moose, but I have to admit I’ve enjoyed the unusually warm temps we’ve had here this fall while […]

Primo Returns

Walking the dog this afternoon I noticed fresh moose prints crossing the dirt road. Since we had a heavy hail storm this morning I knew the prints had been made since then. About 200 ft from home the moose prints crossed my path again, but I didn’t pay much attention to them. It […]

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