Finally, my tree crew shows up

[Richard Flanders]

Great story Tom. You're lucky a black eye was all you got out of that. I think a lot of Anchorage folks have hand fed moose over the years. I have pictures sent to me by Sarah Palins parents(they used to work for me in a camp)showing their "pet" moose with it's head through their kitchen window up to it's shoulders eating out of the sink and of it half way through their front door getting fed. I think this is my all time favorite moose shot, taken I think in Anchorage. Wouldn't you just love to be able to read that cats mind at that moment? I was doing field work with a couple of younger geologists in 2010 when we ran into this calf with his momma. The calf was likely 2wks old or less and was very interested in us and seemed to want to come over and say howdy. Mom wasn't alarmed at all, which was surprising. I have used this shot as my "The End" slide in powerpoint shows.

[Twice Shooter]

A man was killed at U of A when he got between a cow and it's calf. It stomped him to death. The man had poor eye sight and I guess he didn't realize what he was doing. It was only a few feet from the entrance door to the building. Bystanders were helpless to do anything. A friend and I were duck hunting just a couple miles east of Ft Wainwright before the pipe line and accidently got between a cow and calf. It was touch and go for a few seconds but shouting and waving our arms saved the day.