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Mammal Tracks and Sign

Moose

 

 

TRACKS & TRAILS

 

Moose track in wet boggy ground.

A nice pair of moose tracks in mud

Moose tracks in the grass of a bog.

A trail made  and used by moose.

 

 

 

LAYS

 

A moose lay in a bog.

 


 

RUBS

 

When moose are growing their antlers they need to rub off the velvet that coats them.

Here is where a moose has done that.

 

 

 

SCAT

 

Moose scat is sort of like large deer scat, except bigger and rounder.

Typical moose scat.

Sometimes it takes on a less distinct form, as here.

Another example, with a shoe for scale.

One final example

Old moose scat, deteriorating. This shows the plant material that it is made up of.

 

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