Strange Alberta Moose

[BIGREDD]

I ran across these pictures they were taken last week just outside Drayton Valley! You guys never told me that you had Johnny Winter Moose out there in Grande Prairie.

 

[PaulT]

Eh..

Interesting indeed... seeing one albinos is pretty rare but 2 at the same time...wow..

nice pics

 

[Suspect187]

weird lookin...

 

[grouseman]

here is a web site dedicated to the white moose.
http://www.whitemoose.com/

 

[svt-40]

Returning from a hair salon?

 

[Lefty Dick]

Total BS, these pics circulated last year claiming they came from Newfoundland and or Ontario.
I live in Drayton Valley which is 6 hours from Grande Prairie(just for you BIGRED), and up till yesterday we had no snow to speak of.

Here is another link on the same subject.
http://p087.ezboard.com/falbertaoutdoorsmenfrm1.showMessage?topicID=4237.topic

 

[willy11]

I got these same pics saying that they were taken in Manitoba. Got them back in December.

 

[Sasquatch]

Yes, and the same for the man eating world record grizzly from Alaska and the huge bull moose that I have received in e-mails and was apparently killed in Slave lake, Alberta, northern BC, Alaska, the MacKenzie Mtns. in the NWt and was actually killed a few years ago now in Siberia.

Gotta love the internet.

As far as white moose go..............there have been numerous sightings over the years and a couple killed, including a nice bull in the Vanderhoof area of BC.

 

[BIGREDD]

Interesting... I cannot verify those pics... and that is the reason for my post. I wonder where they really came from. I saw very similar pics that came from Ontario....

 

[Cowboy]

white moose

Ditto here, got them in an email about a month ago. White albino moose are around. Seen a moose one time that had ticks so bad she looked white----Cowboy

 

[MaxKW]

Lots of those pics came from a few moose in the Foleyet Ont. area, there has been many photos taken with at least 2 white ones and one normal one at the same time, Lots of these pics are circulating on the net claiming they where taken in all kinds of different locations but I've seen the original pics and also my best friends father-in-law works for CN rail in Foleyet and he had to scrape one off of the track a few years back and now the head is mounted in the local restaurant, they aren't albino though but they definitely are white.

 

[walksalot]

If they are true albinos should they not have pink eyes?

 

[Sasquatch]

Yes................pink eyes. The bull taken up near Vanderhoof had pink eyes ................I am guessing that was 30 years ago, although others are seen up there from year to year.

I understood that the bull was mounted life size, but I have lost track of where it went for display.

 

[Meanea]

I ran across these pictures they were taken last week just outside Drayton Valley! You guys never told me that you had Johnny Winter Moose out there in Grande Prairie.

Those are called "Wild Rabbit Moose". They are normal brown in the summer but after the first snow fall their fur changes to white for camo. They'll blend in better for that added protection.
Meanea

 

[Both Barrels]

There is a full body mount of one in a museum in I think Manning (Northern Alta) just heard of it never seen it, but I believe it was shot during the 40's or 50's.