is there any truth to this story

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Recently there have been moose moveing into the area that i hunt whitetail in . Someone told me that the moose will scare off the deer . its been about four years since the moose moved in, iv only noticed a slight decline in the deer , probably more to do with predetors . but i have noted that the bucks have become more nocturnal than usual. is it all BS:bsFlag:
 
I have heard of moose droppings getting into the deers hoves and giving them some kind of infection but that only a hunt camp story but i have heard it form a few diffrent guys thats why moose and white tail dont share habitat because they dont compete for food or anything like that has anybody else heard this?:confused:
 
The reason you are less likely to have moose and deer particularly whitetails in the same area is because of parasitic brain worm that moose are nearly immune too but deer are not. So if you have moose you generally have fewer deer as a result of the brainworm and vice versa.
 
The biggest whitetail I have ever shot was the result of 3 moose that were hanging around on land that normaly never had moose on it.

I spotted 2 bulls fighting in a hay field at dusk and stoped to watch the action. There was a cow with them and they were in the wide open banging antlers together. I sat and watched for a little while and begun to think that mabey a deer would hear the banging and come on in. I looked around and immediatly saw a whitetail thrashing some willows in a pasture. He would run towards the moose, look at them then thrash some more willows. At a few hundred yards I shot the deer. To get to it I had to pass within 100 yards of the moose. Even with the shooting, gutting and loading they never left that spot in the field. I think they were as confused as everyone else by thier own presents standing out in the wide open prarie.
 
Where I hunt there are moose and whitetails. I have spotted moose and deer in the same areas more than once.
 
Well moose and mulies have no problems. I don't know about whitetail.

I would imagine that possibly moose might eat a lot more of the forage, so maybe some areas might suffer an impact if a moose population moved in and there wasn't a lot of food to begin with.

But i don't think they 'scare' deer off - that seems pretty damn unlikely.
 
Turkeyslayer 1300 said:
The reason you are less likely to have moose and deer particularly whitetails in the same area is because of parasitic brain worm that moose are nearly immune too but deer are not. So if you have moose you generally have fewer deer as a result of the brainworm and vice versa.
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It is the other way around - the deer are the host and the moose the suffer the consequences.
 
I'd say it's the other way around. AFAIK deer will drive moose out. Something to do with social structure and tolerance to others (vital space).

oops... Fall guy got in ahead of me....
 
In the North-west of Ontario the Moose have suffered massive declines in many areas because of burgeoning Whitetail deer populations.
It is a Scientific certainty that Brain worm (Meningeal Worm) is transmitted from Deer to Moose. Deer have a different immune response and are better able to fight this infection than Moose.
Moose populations will suffer where they share their range with Whitetail Deer.... and most every Moose that contracts this parasite WILL DIE!
http://www.sbaa.ca/assets/attachments/cms/the_elucidation_of_the_biology_of_the_meningeal_worm.pdf
 
Two years ago I shot a bull moose and a bedded mulie buck within 40yds of each other. Shot the moose first. The buck didnt even get up.

But whitetails might be different. Never heard that one before tho.
 
Where we moose hunt there is whitetails. Not very many though. I've seen probably 5 whitetails and around 30 moose in the last 5 years. My cousin shot the biggest 8 pointer i've ever seen up there though. 21 inch spread, weighted 220lbs after it was gutted. They are there, but the moose are more populated. Hopefully it stays that way.
 
Like this

Don't tell these guys that they should not be together;)
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And don't tell this hunter iether.....
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BIGREDD said:
It is a Scientific certainty that Brain worm (Meningeal Worm) is transmitted from Deer to Moose. Deer have a different immune response and are better able to fight this infection than Moose.
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Correct, deer are the definative host and often develop a plaque on the meninges that is thought to prevent the worms from entering the brain. With moose, the worms pierce the meninges and enter the brain - eventually turning it into mush.

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Moose populations will suffer where they share their range with Whitetail Deer.... and most every Moose that contracts this parasite WILL DIE![/url]
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Correct. A small percentage of moose population are believed to be immune.
 
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