One of the things I have always enjoyed about living in the Robson Valley, is seeing the wildlife. While moose live in the Valley, we don’t often see them. It is usually while driving that we catch a glimpse of a moose, but once when I was just walking through the bush I came upon, not one moose but two.
For years we had a loop trail through the neighbor’s woods which we often walked twice a day. The trail went through the forest, then down through some fields beside the Fraser River, then back up into the woods again, until it got to our pasture. One day I set out to walk the trail alone. I certainly had no expectations of seeing any wildlife. I had just gotten to the top of a hill when, not twenty feet (6 meters) from the edge of trail, I saw an antlered male moose peaking through the brush at me.
I stopped. It didn’t seem threatened by me at all, so I slowly got out my camera and took some photos of it. (Photo above) Then I happened to notice that standing some feet off to the side of the male moose, there was a female moose, also watching me. (Photo below). It was then that I realized the two were probably both there to mate.
Because neither of the moose seemed at all threatened by me, I calmly just proceeded on the trail, leaving them to do whatever they were up to. However, I must say coming upon them sure was an exciting treat. As I look back, I do wonder if I was in any danger, coming up on them as I did, but like I said, while they were wary of me and cautious, they didn’t appear at all antagonistic. I had just remained calm, slow in my movements, and just acted as if I hadn’t seen them.
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