Psychobilly
🧀Muenster
Damn bro! Sounds like a beautiful place We don't have Moose here, though one of my spots where I landed my largest fish (a big Carp) has a Coyote den like literally right by it. They don't ever come out or anything and i haven't ever personally had an issue with them out there, but part of that is possibly them sensing "That fucker is waiting for it to be self defense so he doesn't have to buy a license, and I bet he's gonna feed us to a Catfish" LOL.Spring has been very late here this year.
The river is finally open but the banks are still lined with massive chunks of ice, making access very tricky. I went to my home spot today to check progress.
As I made my way down and along the bank I saw a lot of very fresh moose tracks and some fresh dung. At the hole there were 15-20 foot wide ice sheets on the edge, about two feet thick, sloping toward the river, and covered with a layer of slick mud. There was a very small section of exposed rocks at river's edge so I climb/slid across the ice and made my way to the open spot.
I got set up and made a cast or two when something made me look to my left. About 30 yards away, coming straight toward me along the riverbank, were a momma moose and a yearling calf behind her.
I called out in a calm voice "Hey mooses, I don't wanna mess with you, Go around the other way".
Momma looked at me and cut up the bank and around me with the young-un close behind. She must have miscalculated or been unable to find a route as she had to double back along the hillside above me, but luckily there was no sign of aggression, and after the split second of "WTF?" when I first saw a 600-800 pound moose coming straight toward me, I never felt threatened.
I admit my spidey senses were on full alert the rest of the time I was there, but nothing happened, not even a bite. Me and my skunk still came home smiling.
That was like 3 years ago; Almost shredded 40 pound Mono leader LOL.