04-08-2004, 09:34 PM
At that same pond later that summer I was in the water fishing and I heard something crashing in the trees from up the hill. When it got to the pond I saw that it was a HUGE bull moose with a HUGE rack! It came down to the water's edge, about 15 feet in front of me, put it's front feet down into the water and bent down to take a drink. After it was done it just turned around and headed back up the mountain, making a racket as it went. Man moose don't walk like deer. They don't care who hears them. Nearly made me crap my pants, though, looking that huge beast in the eyes. I didn't move for fear of scaring it or pissing it off and having it charge me in waist deep water where there's no way I could scramble out of the way. My only regret is that I didn't have my camera with me. What an awesome sight!
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