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walllee

08/04/2012 09:24PM

Saw a huge Bull today about 20 miles south of Superior today in a clearing along highway 53. Is this common ? I have never seen one that far south in 45 years.

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Beaverjack

08/04/2012 09:41PM

Supposedly, they're southern boundary is moving north with climate change. Maybe your moose lost his compass.

Tony

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cowdoc

08/04/2012 09:42PM

was it on the east side?......there is a life size painted silhouette about in that area. Sits on the backside of a big clearing...right against the tree line. Landowner with a sense of humor

"What could happen?"

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h20

08/04/2012 09:51PM

Buy the ticket, take the ride .Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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h20

08/04/2012 09:51PM

Haha. Ive seen that moose too. Theres also a sasquatch just south oF Superior with its arms outstreached. Did a double take. Big brown and hairy.

Buy the ticket, take the ride .Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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mr.barley

08/04/2012 10:08PM

I saw an orange one in WI.

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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togue

08/04/2012 10:14PM

quote h20: "Haha. Ive seen that moose too. Theres also a sasquatch just south oF Superior with its arms outstreached. Did a double take. Big brown and hairy."

I know the very sasquatch your talking about. They move him around the yard.

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Basspro69

08/04/2012 10:20PM

quote walllee: "Saw a huge Bull today about 20 miles south of Superior today in a clearing along highway 53. Is this common ? I have never seen one that far south in 45 years. " Saw one just north of two harbors a few years ago right on 61, stopped traffic big time.

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254Bow

08/05/2012 02:50AM

Actually, they are a semi-regular visitor to our area of North central WI. Seems like one or 2 year show up. My sis saw one a few years ago east of Eagle River while canoeing(a cow), another friend saw 2 bulls in the same general area. Most of our sightings are in that area of eastern Forest County, which makes me think a few must live there.

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walllee

08/05/2012 07:49AM

It was a live moose, it was walking across the clearing.

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mr.barley

08/05/2012 09:30AM

Years ago there was one sighted here in S Central Mn. It walked through the land I was deer hunting on and the kid who lived on the farm showed me the tracks in the mud. Definately a moose. Sometimes they wander wy out of their range.

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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Soledad

08/05/2012 01:36PM

When I was a kid a moose walked right through our yard in Alexandria. It was pretty amazing to a see a moose that far south. Would have been around 1984. Give or take a couple years.

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tonyyarusso

08/05/2012 02:18PM

A) They occasionally wander far beyond their "normal" and breeding range.
B) I've been under the impression that they exist further south in Wisconsin than they do in Minnesota - I'm guessing because it's harder to migrate north with Lake Superior in the way.

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realandrea

08/05/2012 03:22PM

quote mr.barley: "Years ago there was one sighted here in S Central Mn. It walked through the land I was deer hunting on and the kid who lived on the farm showed me the tracks in the mud. Definately a moose. Sometimes they wander wy out of their range."

I think that was the brain worm guy =( A bull moose down by St. Cloud.

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ArrowheadPaddler

08/05/2012 04:42PM

Here is the NRRI Moose sightings map. Many sightings outside the core range, including some that are about at the same latitude as your sighting:
NRRI Moose Sightings

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arctic

08/05/2012 07:06PM

I live a few miles inland from Two Harbors, MN, and see moose occasionally in our yard, passing through. I would say we're near the southern edge of the NE Minnesota moose range. I would guess that the VAST majority of moose seen south of Duluth or in NW Wisconsin, are wandering because of a brain worm infection, soon to be dead.

I've heard of moose wandering as far south as Iowa.

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fitgers1

08/05/2012 09:59PM

Isn't there a population of moose in the UP of Michigan? The moose in Wisconsin probably are coming from there.
In the late 70's we had a moose in Esko west of Duluth.
In the mid 70's I recall seeing moose twice when we lived near bemidji.
About three years ago there was a crazed moose walking down I 494 on the west side of the twin cities.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson...and...“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".

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