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What is this animal???
25 January 2008, 00:14
TOP_PREDATORWhat is this animal???
I know photo is not very clear,it was taken by a trail camera,i will give details where photo was taken,by for now i want unbiased opinion.
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25 January 2008, 00:22
Chris_KenneyLooks like a horse
25 January 2008, 00:37
Outdoor WriterAt first glance, I thought cow moose, but a closer look seems to show small swept back horns such as a variety of sheep might have. Then again they could be the cow's ears. I'll go with that guess -- cow moose. -TONY
Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer"
25 January 2008, 00:47
Eland SlayerYeah..........I'd say it's a cow moose.
25 January 2008, 00:48
Mark RSo moose really do still exist in New Zealand
Cheers,
Mark.
P.S. I can't make out any detail.
looks like a member of the deer family quartering away to the left with its head down.
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25 January 2008, 01:22
Josh K.My initial reaction was horse. But very hard to tell.
25 January 2008, 02:16
Frans DiepstratenSasquatch....
no, moose was my first idea. If you really wanted to see it, the brown on the left side could even be thought of as antlers.
Frans
25 January 2008, 02:36
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25 January 2008, 03:03
Jacob_300RUMhaha the two pics are almost identical
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25 January 2008, 03:06
DesertRamTahr?
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25 January 2008, 04:03
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25 January 2008, 04:28
FjoldJames you bastard!
You said that you didn't take a picture of me when I went behind that tree to take a dump!
Frank
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25 January 2008, 04:42
TOP_PREDATORFrank i lie
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was so much owed by so many to so few." Sir Winston Churchill
25 January 2008, 14:16
ldkierTahr (hermitragus jemlahicus)
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
Hamlet III/ii
25 January 2008, 18:47
Outdoor WriterGiven that Top is a Kiwi and because of what appears to be horns typical of a tahr, that was a critter I also thought of. But the legs seemed to be too long, and there's not much of a mane. At least it isn't anywhere like this one. -TONY
Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer"
25 January 2008, 22:05
CrazyhorseconsultingI go along with either a cow or calf moose. JMO.
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25 January 2008, 23:47
swheelercalf moose
27 January 2008, 02:33
FainaLooks like my mother-in-law......
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28 January 2008, 03:28
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29 January 2008, 00:37
Rob HI'm going with New Zealand Sable.
29 January 2008, 01:22
Fjoldquote:
Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
I know photo is not very clear,it was taken by a trail camera,i will give details where photo was taken,by for now i want unbiased opinion.
Well??????????????
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
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05 February 2008, 08:36
Mike_DettorreOh...thank god my ex moved to New Zealand
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05 February 2008, 09:16
Johnny Zanniid have to say a young bull or a cow moose
05 February 2008, 09:51
Eland SlayerWell..........I just spent the last minute or two staring at that picture and I've got a new guess. I know this might seem a little far fetched...........but here it goes anyway. It could be a wild hog (yes, I said wild hog). What appears to be extremely long legs (like a moose would have) looks like it could be shorter legs and you are seeing a reflection, because it looks to me like the animal is standing in the water of a shallow stream. If that is the case, then it could be a pig. Anybody think I'm completely nuts?? or can yall see it too?? Just squint a bit.
05 February 2008, 20:14
Outdoor Writerquote:
Originally posted by Eland Slayer:
Anybody think I'm completely nuts??
Yes. -TONY
Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer"
05 February 2008, 20:23
Kroil'What is this animal?"
It should be a vivid and compelling reminder to upgrade your trailcam and photographic equipment
05 February 2008, 20:38
stillbeemanLong enough on the show, about time for the tell.
05 February 2008, 22:14
Redhawk1What is it?????
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06 February 2008, 04:49
kudu56Mule?
06 February 2008, 16:57
jeffeossolooks short necked in the photo, so tahr?
rump and withers look like nilgai, though
06 February 2008, 17:38
GatogordoGeesh, you guys are pathetic. It's obvious.....it's a BAD PICTURE.
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06 February 2008, 20:14
MT GianniRottweiller-Moose cross.
06 February 2008, 21:51
IdahoVandalLooks like a PORKER of some sort to me-- Russian boar/domestic cross of some sort-- definetly in the Taysuiddae genus.....
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07 February 2008, 05:12
SGraves155Since I have once mistaken a bull moose for a horse at 35 yds, I hereby disqualify myself from answering.
08 February 2008, 02:34
gas57Reminds me of the ex, staggering in the house, drunk, from playing at nightclubs, way past midnight.
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10 February 2008, 21:21
kudu56?
12 February 2008, 02:25
FjoldThe more I look at this picture the more I think that it's a moose with it's head turned back and to the right.
The angular hip bones, the long legs and the hump at the withers just makes me think that it's one of the survivors of the 1910 planting.
30 years ago they were still finding antlers and moose hair has been found as little 5 or 6 years ago.
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
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13 February 2008, 06:35
kudu56I guess we will never know!
13 February 2008, 10:10
TOP_PREDATORThe photo was taken by a trail camera in Fiordland national south island of New Zealand.The last recored Moose shot in was 1950s and Last confirmed sighting was '71 and then hair was found and confirmed by DNA test in 2000 which could have been a hoax.
The animal in the photo looks too dark to be a Red deer.
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