OK, I’m from the Houston, Texas area and we revel in large things like Monster Cockroaches. We have no concept of whether this is a large or average bull moose. However, if these photos are not ‘shopped then the scale of this animal would indicate it is HUGE!
Here’s the text in the email that was sent to me:
By the length of his beard and the grey legs, I figure he must be over 10 years old. He looks to be well over 8 feet at the top of the shoulder hump, and with his head up the height to the top of his antler must be about 12 feet. This guy is king of the forest, no bear or pack of wolves would dare come after him when he has this rack. Considering that a dirt road can fit 1 1/2 cars across, this fellow is HUGE. THIS IS ONE BIG BOY!
THE PICTURE WASTAKEN IN ELLIOT LAKE (Elliot Lake is near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
Antler lock-ups are where two Whitetail Bucks, or even Bull Elk, battle for supremacy and end up locking their antlers together. We’re talking antlers and not horns. See here for discussion on the difference between horns and antlers.
Here other posts of similar events:
This pair got locked and the winner drug the other around until he got tangled up in a barbed wired fence: Deer Locked Horn-to-Horn
Meet the wiliest of all coyotes.
When a brother and sister struck a coyote at 75mph they assumed they had killed the animal and drove on. They didn’t realize this was the toughest creature ever to survive a hit-and-run.
Eight hours, two fuel stops, and 600 miles later they found the wild animal embedded in their front fender – and very much alive. Daniel and Tevyn East were driving at night along Interstate 80 near the Nevada-Utah border when they noticed a pack of coyotes near the roadside on October 12. When one of the animals ran in front of the car, the impact sounded fatal so the siblings thought there no point in stopping.
‘Right off the bat, we knew it was bad,’ Daniel explained. ‘We thought the story was over.’ After the incident around 1:00am, they continued their 600 mile drive to North San Juan – even stopping for fuel at least twice.
But it was only when they finally reached their destination at 9:00am did they take time to examine what damage they may have sustained. At first it looked as though it was going to be quite gruesome. ‘[Daniel] saw fur and the body inside the grill,’ Tevyn East said. ‘I was trying to keep some distance. Our assumption was it was part of the coyote – it didn’t register it was the whole animal.’
Daniel East got a broom to try and pry the remains out of the bumper and got the shock of his life. ‘It flinched,’ Tevyn East said. ‘It was a huge surprise – he got a little freaked out.’
'We knew it was bad': Tevyn East, who was in the car when it hit the coyote, bends down to take a look at the fur poking through the fender Fur Pete's sake: What Mr. East spotted as he bent down to inspect the damage to his car – the body of the coyote poking out through the radiator Wily coyote: The animal's head can be seen as rescuers took apart the front fender to save it after it was struck by the car at 75mph Miracle escape: As the animal struggled, wildlife protection officials put a loop around its neck to prevent it from further injuring itselfAnd voila! Tricky the toughest coyote ever rests in a cage after its ordeal – which it survived with just some scrapes to its paw
You can search the web for alittle more info on this beast. He’s apparently pen raised and as of this video only about 2 years old. I’d like to see some recent photos.
