ARCTICULATES : MOOSE MARAUDERS!

Ugh! I am trying really hard not to think about just how good Moose stew would taste about now.
Seems these twin moose have decided to take advantage of the snow cover, to dig around in
the garden. Good thing I went out yesterday and finished up the harvest before everything got
completely covered in snow. I left a few small cabbages out there, they weren't big enough to bother
with and I knew the moose would love them. Plus there were some broccoli plants, peas plants
that were wilted and dying from the cold. So they can scrounge around all the want!

As you can see by the photos it is still snowing. Most of the snow from the first snow storm melted
by the next day, but it has been snowing steadily today. These moose are being very bold... as if they
think the snowflakes can hide them... and are not even afraid of the camera man.

Hey! Watch Out For The Peas' Trellis!

Photo by Steve Fields

As you can also see in these photos... my scarecrow no longer scares them away. Hummmm....
Seems snow flying makes them braver because the scarecrow has kept them out of the garden almost
all summer. Next summer I will have to hang some more long shiny pieces of cloth strips on that
scarecrow along with some little wind chimes here and there, so it will be scary again. He looks
kind of tired from guarding the garden this summer.

It is against the law to shoot a moose on your property in Alaska. Unless you or someone else is
about to be stomped to death... then maybe... but you have to prove it. You cannot hunt moose in
Alaska unless you have a hunting license that has been issued in Alaska. There is a certain set
time of the year when moose hunting is allowed, and during what we locals call "moose hunting
season" there are all kinds of regulations that you have to follow, and believe me they are very
strict about it, the antlers have to be a certain size with a certain amount of tines, female moose
are very seldom on the list, and baby moose... never.

Scrounging Marauders in Alaska!

Photo by Steve Fields

Here is a link that gives more information on the hunting regulations on antler size etc. etc.
Identifying A Legal Moose in Antler Restricted Hunts

In some areas the regulations are different then other areas, so when you are hunting, you
better know where you are at, and what the rules are for that area or you could get some pretty
hefty fines. There are what I call Secret Agent Super Spy Alaska Fish and Game Management
everywhere and you will get caught. Amazing how many I read about in the paper every year that
are caught shooting the wrong size moose. Good thing the meat is salvaged and taken to
one of Alaska's Charitable Organizations
Food Bank of Alaska

Scarecrows Are For The Birds!