Bull and cow moose call to locate one aother during the rut. pictureguy32 / Adobe Stock. Moose are more solitary than other type of deer, and they typically live in thick, timbered areas.

On an October day years ago, my husband and I were canoeing on a pond in the Green Mountain National Forest. We heard crashing in the bushes along the shoreline just before a magnificent bull moose ...

Moose are mostly at the tail end of the rut and fall colors have generally waned by October, however, it still isn’t uncommon to see bull moose sparring and chasing cows.

Updated Nov. 26: A young bull moose passing through southern and central Minnesota. He was photographed early on in Iowa and has trotting and walking his way northward since October, 2023.

But the rut was dwindling, and the bulls had gone quiet. We couldn’t get a single one to come into our calls. That meant covering even more ground, pounding up to 27,000 steps through the bog each day ...