Moose

If you go: Capturing the moose rut isn't just for professional photographers, but you should be prepared and consider your safety. If you keep your distance, the moose will mostly ignore you. Don't surprise the moose and keep talking so it knows you are there. It's best to take someone with you, but if not, just talk to yourself or the moose so they don't forget you're around.  The animals will come close, sometimes just a matter of feet, back off slowly and don't get in their way. Make sure you don't get between two male moose.

Moose Safety Tips for Children: With young children, keep them near at all times so they don’t walk or run ahead and come across a moose. Remind older children to be on the lookout for moose. When hiking, skiing or recreating in moose country, make a “family sandwich” with adults on both ends and kids in the middle. This is a good safety point for bears too. Talk to your children about wildlife safety from an early age. Make it part of your family discussions about safety.

An Alaska State Trooper collided with and killed a moose near Fairbanks on Thursday. According to AST, Sgt. Tim Schoenberg was headed south on the Richardson Highway near Mile 358 in his assigned 2010 Ford Expedition SUV at about 6:30 p.m. Troopers say a moose crossed the highway and Schoenberg collided with the moose. The moose died in the crash and Schoenberg was not injured. Initial damage to the vehicle is estimated at $5,000, according to AST spokesperson Megan Peters.

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center officials received a call from Fish and Game that they had picked up a baby moose that was injured by dogs on Tuesday. An AWCC official said the moose was separated from its mother after being chased around a neighborhood in Talkeetna. The calf is less than a day old with a severe gash on its back. The founder of the AWCC, Mike Miller, said the center will care for the moose by cleaning the injury and stitching it back up. Miller said he is unsure of whether or not the calf will survive the night.

Anchorage police say a moose attack Monday afternoon put a 6-year-old boy in the hospital. Police say a moose attacked the boy on Foster Road at about 4 p.m. when he got off the school bus near DeArmoun Road and was walking home on the Hillside. Channel 2 talked with the boy's grandfather, who says the boy's name is Michael Barnes. The grandfather said the boy was under sedation at Providence Alaska Medical Center Monday night after being kicked in the head. He says they won't know how badly he's injured until he comes to. A neighbor, Thais Holladay, came running out to help and said she has an idea of why the moose might have attacked.

Attacked by a moose and knocked unconscious. After several days in the hospital, a 6-year-old boy is back home on the road to recovery from injuries he suffered during a terrifying experience two weeks ago. Michael Barnes is taking a break from school until his head injuries fully recover, but his encounter with a moose did not bring down his spirits. In fact, he’s looking at the positive and enjoying his new helmet, which he has to wear for about six months until his skull heals.

The dramatic rescue of a moose that fell through ice at Alexander Creek was recently caught on camera by the group of snowmachiners who saved it from the frigid waters. The cow moose was literally up a creek without a paddle at the site, near the base of Mount Susitna near Anchorage, until it got a little help from human hands. Four people, including Carl Thiele Jr., Micheal Mason, Elson Mast, and Nancy Conklin, plus a dog, helped the struggling moose out of the water, where it had apparently broken through ice while trying to eat willows.

A cow moose was shot and killed in a Fairbanks residential neighborhood Saturday afternoon after Alaska State Troopers say it trampled a woman, inflicting minor injuries. A Tuesday AST dispatch says the woman -- 53-year-old Catherine Beck -- called Alaska Wildlife Troopers at about 1 p.m. Saturday to report she had been trampled at her home, on Palo Verde Avenue in an area north of Fairbanks International Airport. According to AST spokesperson Beth Ipsen, Beck had stepped out of her home and was headed to her car when the agitated moose approached her. “She left her house and it was right there in her yard, so it attacked her,” Ipsen said.

A 57 year-old Connecticut man died early Sunday morning when his motorcycle struck a moose, according to Alaska State Troopers. Philip J. Dubourg was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near Delta Junction. Troopers say Dubourg was driving a 2001 Kawasaki motorcycle north on the Richardson Highway when the moose ran out in front of him. Troopers say he was on a weeks-long motorcycle trip across the country and appeared to be riding alone.

A moose marked the last day of school Thursday with a visit to Service High School, during which Anchorage police used a cruiser to slowly chase the animal off a field. In a brief video sent to Channel 2 by Service High student Kyla Jones, the moose ambles along at a casual pace outside her classroom, followed by an officer at the wheel of a squad car. APD spokesperson Anita Shell says police were informed at 11:07 a.m. about the moose outside the school, at 5577 Abbott Rd. “This moose had clearly been a problem since 10 o'clock in the morning,” Shell said.

KTUU's Mike Ross spotted a group of moose at Potter Marsh on May 5, 2013. He shared the video on Facebook and had this message : "Mike Ross here...Maria and I got a FB tip (from Ally Kashevarof) that there was a large group of moose in Potter Marsh on Sunday evening, so I grabbed my camera. I counted about a dozen!" Contact Neil Torquiano

An Ester man has been charged with several hunting offenses, after Alaska Wildlife Troopers say he shot a moose in his yard and neither reported it to state authorities nor salvaged meat from the carcass. According to a Wednesday AST dispatch, Fairbanks troopers responded April 7 to a tip that Michael Baldwin, 21, had shot the moose months earlier and let it go to waste. “Investigation revealed that Baldwin had killed a cow moose in January because his dog had chased it in his yard,” troopers wrote.

Out in the Mat-Su Valley, the  Alaska Moose Federation are in the midst of a project to keep spring moose newborns and their mothers safe by creating new habitat for the animals. The federation owns and uses a 20-thousand pound roller to bring vegetation back that moose like to feed on, along with the help of a tractor owned by the Alaska Operating Engineers. The heavy machines pull over trees and brush.  Mike Holcomb, Training Director with the Alaska Operating Engineers, says they are excited to be involved in this habitat enhancement project.

A cow moose was shot and killed in a Fairbanks residential neighborhood Saturday afternoon after Alaska State Troopers say it trampled a woman, inflicting minor injuries. A Tuesday AST dispatch says the woman -- 53-year-old Catherine Beck -- called Alaska Wildlife Troopers at about 1 p.m. Saturday to report she had been trampled at her home, on Palo Verde Avenue in an area north of Fairbanks International Airport. According to AST spokesperson Beth Ipsen, Beck had stepped out of her home and was headed to her car when the agitated moose approached her. “She left her house and it was right there in her yard, so it attacked her,” Ipsen said.

The dramatic rescue of a moose that fell through ice at Alexander Creek was recently caught on camera by the group of snowmachiners who saved it from the frigid waters. The cow moose was literally up a creek without a paddle at the site, near the base of Mount Susitna near Anchorage, until it got a little help from human hands. Four people, including Carl Thiele Jr., Micheal Mason, Elson Mast, and Nancy Conklin, plus a dog, helped the struggling moose out of the water, where it had apparently broken through ice while trying to eat willows.

On Saturday, the moose-vehicle collision sign in Wasilla was up to 135, and the state has made efforts to curb those numbers by allowing hunters to guard the highways and keep the moose off the roads. The Mat-Su Valley has been home to a thriving moose population for centuries. Now, roadways run right through the middle of the moose habitat, which has caused moose-vehicle collisions to increase. The Department of Fish and Game are now allowing hot spot hunts along roadways to try to decrease the collisions.

The Alaska Moose Federation said motorists and moose have been getting a break on the roads this winter compared to last season. When a collision does occur, volunteers with the organization respond to the scene removing the carcass and delivering it to a person or charity in need of the free meat.  “You have a potentially a 1,000 pound moose and all that meat is just sitting there and there's nothing wrong with it at all,” said Ryan...

An Anchorage man remains in critical condition after he was seriously injured Wednesday morning on the Parks Highway near Houston when his car struck a moose, according to Alaska State Troopers. Providence Alaska Medical Center officials updated 19-year-old Tanner Heisler's condition Thursday. A Wednesday Alaska State Troopers dispatch says troopers were informed at about 9:50 a.m. of the collision, at Mile 59 of the Parks near Zero Lake Road. Troopers say Heisler was headed south on the highway in a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu when he hit a moose that stepped into the road.

A Wasilla man severely injured in an Oct. 17 moose-motorcycle collision died late Monday evening at an Anchorage hospital, according to Alaska State Troopers. A Tuesday AST dispatch says 38-year-old John William Wysong passed away at Providence Alaska Medical Center at about 11:30 p.m. Monday. Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol troopers responded at about 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 17 to Pond Lilly Street in Wasilla, where Wysong had been headed south on a Honda XR400R motorcycle when a calf moose stepped onto the road and ran into him. Wysong wasn't wearing a helmet, and was flown to Providence with life-threatening injuries.