Chambers Lake, CO

All over the Canadian National Parks, Glacier, Yellowstone & Tetons and the illusive moose escaped us! We had to come back to good ol' Colorado to get our moose fix....and we weren't disappointed. We camped up near Chambers Lake, just 90 min north of us, fished a bit, at good food and went for an evening drive. FOUR MAGNIFICENT MOOSE!!! And there was one massive one! We also say six beautiful mule deer all with very nice racks, and five impressive elk nestled down in a meadow, all male as well. It was well worth the trip.

Our first moose was a young male about 25 feet off the road drinking in a meadow. We watched him for a bit and reaffirmed why moose tend to enjoy marshy wetlands. Their legs are so long and their necks so stubby that they cannot lean straight down to drink like most other animals. They prefer it when their hooves can sink into the mud or the water brings the vegetation closer to them. In this video, the moose is bending his "elbows" in order to reach the water.

Our next moose was the big boy! He was about 50 feet off the road lazily eating in the grasses. When he heard us, he stared for quite some time as we stared back! His rack was incredible! We watched him until he laid on down in the grass and all you could see was his huge rack. We drove a bit further and looked back on him and saw a small female by his side.

Finally, on our way back to camp, we stopped near where we had seen the big guy and were lucky enough to run into him again. This time he was on a full out run being followed by a smaller male trotting along behind him. Wow! What a trip we had!