Show moose mome country extends from maine to alaska like deer moose sheds antlers anglers king of the deer family is the moose A full grown moose weighs as much as a big horse and is so homely that hes majestic it is an everlasting mystery how a moose goes at high speed through thick brush carrying that enormous rack of horns the gait of a moose is Is either a trot or a smooth lope that is much faster than it looks to be writes ding darling in the washington star like all the deer the male moose sheds its antlers anglers and renews them every year in many respects the moose is as queer as he looks for one thing its range has remained practically unchanged since the first white man landed although its members have been greatly diminished in all regions and are no longer native to new york and pennsylvania the moose country runs from maine westward and north to alaska into montana idaho parts of arizona new mexico texas and into mexico it is impossible for moose to be happy away from water they spend most of then thea time in the summer feeding on mosses and aquatic plants in winter the moose feeds on browse and spruce at that A very interesting experiment with moose is going on in michigan about 20 years ago moose came efrom from canada and settled on isle royale in lake superior where othere there never had been any before no hunting was permitted and after a few years the moose got so plentiful that they ate up all the winter feed within reach and began to starve to death by the score so the state of michigan for three winters has been trapping moose on the island and taking t them hem across to the mai mainland riland and relea releasing sing them ahem in what looks to be perfect noose moose country about 60 moose have been liberated |