is there any truth to this story

rlg said:
Don't tell these guys that they should not be together;)
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Wild guesses: A FARM?... or are these pets? opportunity for medication?

Yes, this can also be observed in the wild, but if the deer has the brainworm infection, there is a damn good chance that the moose would not survive the year.

By the way, caribou are also very susceptible to this parasite and they are not known to survive the infection, especially woodland caribou because there is a higher likelihood of interaction with deer.
 
I have seen both moose & deer from my stand but never both at the same time. The moose have just recently moved in to my area within the last 4-5 years. I am an avid outdoorsman and scout my deer teritory constantly, this year in particular i have noticed a change in the deers usual routes. I have found lots of moose tracks and spots where they have bedded. Im not trying to justify what i was told . just stating what iv noticed ;)
 
mahony1977 said:
I have seen both moose & deer from my stand but never both at the same time. The moose have just recently moved in to my area within the last 4-5 years. I am an avid outdoorsman and scout my deer teritory constantly, this year in particular i have noticed a change in the deers usual routes. I have found lots of moose tracks and spots where they have bedded. Im not trying to justify what i was told . just stating what iv noticed ;)
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I have seen moose, and deer on my stand at the same time, (But neither were in season in july) and this fall, I seen a Bull moose cross a road in a set of tracks that a 8pt buck crossed not 15 minutes earlier.


And this year, I was lucky enough to see a cow moose with (READ WITH) 2 toms within 25 yards of eachother...

For a big part of Ontario, they do cohabitate.

REDD, I have to disagree with you buddy... For as long as I have been hunting the area's that i hunt, we have had equal success with both animals, and though I've never seen them interact, I've definately seen them live together successfully without killing off eachother.
Ask Aaron about his little buddy...
He was busy playing with a long yearling cow a few years ago, and she got quite close to him calling back and forth. He was so busy playing wit the cow, he missed the young buck trying to sneak by him...

50, 53, and 62 are WMU's right off the top of my head that they do cohabitate very well.
 
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BIGREDD said:
You guys are entitled to your opinion.... I am only quoting the science.
In many areas where the Deer and Moose overlap the populations are nowhere near carrying capacity for either species. It is in the areas where there are great numbers of both species that the problem is most evident! Read the following link then tell me what you think...
http://www.sbaa.ca/assets/attachments/cms/the_elucidation_of_the_biology_of_the_meningeal_worm.pdf
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Carring capacity is irrelevant in these areas as they are neither perfect for either animal, and are highly pressured on by hunters, and other natural predators. Not to mention a high number of highways, and disecting roads.
All three WMU's have had huge population increases in the last 15 years of both animals...
The tag numbers prove it.
Im not saying the above isnt a worst case scenario possibility, but I guarantee its an exception rather than a norm...
I've hunted with guys who have tagged out nearly every year on their property for both deer, and moose for the last 20 years...
(including ourselves)
Maybe our moose are immune also... Any studies to prove they're not?:popCorn:
 
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