RCtime
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My Granddaughter will soon be moving to Wyoming, always a Calif. girl.
She will be taking her mare with her.
She was told to be careful taking tailrides in the wild when her mare was in season because the moose would be attracted.
Any truth to this, or someone pulling her leg. She is genuinly concerned.
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trailerbikecamper
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Some one is pulling her leg. A horse and moose are 2 completely different animals. It would be like saying don't let your cat out when it's in heat because the neighbour's Chihauha will try to mate with it.
But that is not to say that a moose during the rut is not dangerous. A male that is defending his harem is not to be messed with. tell her to keep here distance from male moose during the fall, and from cows with calves. Both will defend themselves, and are very effective at it.
Other than that, even they are ugly as sin they are graceful when running through the woods, or uneven ground and can quickly leave a horse behind.
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RCtime
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Thank you, Exactly what I suspected. I will certainly relay your warnings and advice to her.
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campn4walleye
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Moose are only up in the northern region of WY. They will not stick around where people are trailriding. (Not usually anyway.) Horses and moose do not interbreed. If she's way up north, she'll have to like out for wolves (near Yellowstone) and cougar. Once again,USUALLY, they will leave the area before she ever sees them. Just always make some noise if in those types of areas. You rarely hear of riders being attacked. WY is a wonderful state...espescially for horse lovers.
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Deb and Ed M
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I googled "mare in heat moose" and discovered that urine from mares in heat is used as a bull moose ATTRACTANT. So I would take that warning seriously. Just because a moose and a horse can't have babies doesn't mean they might not like to give it a try......
http://www.all-about-moose.com/mares-urine-for-moose-hunting.html
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PA12DRVR
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Someone is pulling her leg.
Assuming she is in an area remote enough where a moose would be present, what she will need to worry about is:
- as previously mentioned, wolves and cougars, but it would be a very rare situation for wolves or even cougar to attack a human on a horse
- Bull moose in rut (not because of an interest in breeding the horse) or cow moose with calves: both of these situations stress the moose out and they are angry and short-tempered.
- Grizzly bears if present in Wyoming: Bears are attracted by smell and a mare/moose cow/elk cow will be more attractive than not.
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I saw a video of a moose going to town on a statue. I'm guessing from that a rutting moose isn't all that particular. While the mare could get hurt, I wouldn't worry about getting a foal with antlers.
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Deb and Ed M
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:I saw a video of a moose going to town on a statue. I'm guessing from that a rutting moose isn't all that particular. While the mare could get hurt, I wouldn't worry about getting a foal with antlers.
I don't think the fear was a strange-looking foal - but the amorous intentions of a love-struck bull moose and a rider being "in the way of things" because chances are, the mare isn't going to return the moose's affections??
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Old-Biscuit
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If her mare is in heat.....then she needs to be aware of any stallions.
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A correction to missmy5ver: Moose are found not only in northern Wyoming but in the Wind River mountains in western Wyoming and the Snowy Range mountains in the southern portion of Wyoming.
Both grizzly and black bears live in Wyoming as do mountain lions and wolves.
Thousands of people ride trails in this state with no problems. Have your grand daughter check with the locals to find out where not to ride.
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