Moose with elk antlers

[MtnHunterCO]

How many others have seen unpalmated moose before? I just wonder if it's really rare or just scarce?

 

[Trr15]

Thats wild looking! I've seen lots of moose, but never one that looked like that.

 

[ahlgringo]

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has one that looks similar in some if his previous sheds.


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[BAKPAKR]

I saw an unpalmated 3x3 in Wyoming this fall but I don’t think it is unusual for smaller bulls (less than 30 inch spread) to lack palmation. I have seen quite a few Shiras bulls; however, I have never seen one as large as the one in your photos without palmation. I think that is a pretty unique animal and had he crossed my path this fall, I would have been tempted to put my tag on him.

 

[5MilesBack]

Don't fall for their trap or confusion. That right there is a cow moose "associating or identifying" as a bull elk. They would have you believe that this is perfectly normal behavior and that we are now required to identify them as a bull elk as well.

 

[juan trueno]

Don't fall for their trap or confusion. That right there is a cow moose "associating or identifying" as a bull elk. They would have you believe that this is perfectly normal behavior and that we are now required to identify them as a bull elk as well.

Pretty freaking sick of of the wildlife in this country and there liberal entitlement attitude. I don’t care what they call themselves and what they do when no one is around. I don’t cRe how that animal identifies- if my tag says any bull moose that joker is done.

 

[Akwoodchuck]

I think it's more like the moose equivalent of skinny jeans... give him a break he's just trying to be hip...we've all made questionable fashion choices...lol

 

[juan trueno]

If he makes it 2 more years he’ll look back on this years rack and just shake his head. “Man I was lost”

 

[LongWayAround]

There is a rack in a forest visitor center near Walden that looks a lot like that. I think it's pretty cool. I also have a set of shed antlers from a young bull with similar characteristics. They're about 16" long with a semi-palmated fork at the end, much different than any of my other moose sheds.

 

[MtnHunterCO]

I haven't hunted that area since the first week of archery in 2017. I wonder if he's still around? I did have a couple muzzleloader hunters ask if I had seen him. They were out scouting and had heard about the moose with elk antlers. When they were scouting and stopped to ask, they were literally only half a mile from the moose.
Maybe I'll take my bike for a ride and set up a trail cam in July to see if he's still around.

 

[Short Track]

Cow moose photoshopped !

 

[wytx]

It's a youngish bull. Called this one in while elk hunting one year.

 

[ArrowForester]

I was waiting at the downwind end of a little pocket meadow in 2017 watching for elk to enter on the trail at the other end. When I saw the largest, heaviest set of 4X4 elk antlers I could imagine I thought the evening may end up in my favor. The beast stood back in the trees enough that I could only see the antlers. I studied them for almost five minutes and imagined an old bull past his prime - long thick beams, extra space between brows and seconds, decent thirds. Just a 4X4 but certainly not a raghorn! When the rack started to move toward the opening I put a little tension on my bowstring and double checked that I was clear to shoot if the opportunity came. Wow, was I confused when a bull moose walked out carrying those antlers. It was a first for me and pretty darn cool.