re: Pictures from Colorado Backpacking Trip

Now for the best part. We were sitting down and drinking some mugs of wine when I noticed the back of a cow moose pass along the edge of the lake. I quickly grabbed my camera and headed down for a better look. I got down to the edge and took a few pics of her from 60 yards or so.





As we are looking at her, I turn to my left and my jaw dropped. 40 yards away are 2 bulls and either a 'spike' or another cow.

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I backed off a little so they could continue on their way around the edge of the lake. I crouched down 40 yards from their potential path and waiting. I knew to keep an eye on their demeanor and stay my distance. The 3 passed by and gave me some great shots. Unfortunately, with the light fading, it was hard to get a crisp shot but I managed a couple.

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We headed out around 8am on Saturday and we got about 500 yards down the trail before I rounded a corner and had a cow and her calf on that same trail 30-40 yards away.

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She snapped a phenomenal picture of me and the moose




We 'bumped' them down the trail for a ways before they took another route.





This was such an incredible trip capped off with these moose encounters. Something I'll never forget.