A short documentary with Ken Tustin who has been searching for the Fiordland Moose for roughly 40 years.
A big thank you to Ken for his time, stories and evidence!
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Hope we all enjoyed! The full interview with Ken will be out Christmas Day (sooner to patreon/members)
cookie time to talk to forrest to arrange an expedition. if he cant find it no one will.
Looks like you found the right guy to interview! I like how it wasn't all footage that's usually shown when talking about this particular moose. I'd never seen that camera trap footage before! Compelling stuff, very informative video
What a lovely man – and what a charming interview.
Fascinating but does the word 'extinct' apply to a introduced animal? Died out, natural attrition maybe but unless it is a new adaptation (possible) it is still an introduced feral animal. I hope you do find them I love a good mystery, but 'extinction' is a bit much.
The secret to Moose is browse, they are not grazers like a cow. Moose or more properly Mooswa" in the Cree language of Canada means twig eater.
Find a nice swampy wet land with good grazing from shrubs in water as well as water plants prefered then you'll find moose. When they run the hoof prints can be as much as 12-20 feet a part elk red deer don't even come close to that. Google moose tracks much different than deer as their few claws small hoof above the back hoofs show in the mud. Also google what calls a moose makes, take an audio clip of that and play it…bulls and cows call differently.
Ace vid!Makes you wonder how many species have been intentionally moved by man over thousands of years,that nowadays we say belong in x or y country.
Watching this from Canada,that terrain and country could certainly hold moose,you living over there now cookie?
Ok…. Mooses taken and carried on the opposite side of the world just for to be killed for fun. The stupidity and the superby of our specie is unbelievable
cotw sent me here
The chances of moose being there would definitely be a lot better if people didn't keep shooting the poor buggers
This is such a cool story
"Good luck finding them"👍
Interesting vid and well put together 👏 Hopefully there's still some out there and if they are, they're left alone 🫎
KILLER!!! I’ve been so excited for this😊
Why do these Kiwi shoot the moose as soon as they find one?
That 1990ish photo could be a horse tbh. It's not 100% a moose.
What an awesome quest. Fantastic work!
Would it be beyond the realm of possibility that Moose can interbreed with Red Deer and there is now a small hybrid population?
The red deer in your video are not in New Zealand ( bird life is wrong ) and I believe a lot of your scenic shots are not in Fiordland . Sort of detracts a bit .
In the mid sixties ( some where between 1963 and 1970 ) my uncle and his mates were fishing for bluefin tuna off Fiordland . They were sheltering in one of the sounds when they came across a fishing boat with what appeared to be a horse hanging from the rigging , on closer inspection this was recognised as a Moose .The fishermen had shot it when it was swimming across the fiord , and were using it for crayfish bait . They did a swap for some Tuna . My uncle and his mates were very experienced deer stalkers and said the moose was better eating than any red deer . My Nephew's father-in-law has a NZ moose antler in his shed , he found it in a woolshed on a station he was working on as a young man , no one could tell him where it came from or anything about it , so he kept it . I am the guy who recognised the Harrison antlers for what they were and persuaded the owner to get them to Ken , who I believe has them . Good Video , we need more like this .
See how a big animal can hide for so long. Thylacine is less than quarter of Moose size. 😂😂😂
Whilst you’re visiting NZ find that last elusive 12:41 flock of Moa birds too.
Go home to Britain and fish out the Loch Ness monster.
As rule do not encourage or bring in non native species into a habitat . It usually delivers problems and even extinctions to existing fragile native wildlife and flora.
The world is littered with examples of this mistake. Learn .
Hoots man, there's a Moose loose about this hoose…😂
More people hunt and fish fiordland now than ever before.
Dont hold your breath.
Love the video, just subscribed the deep dive and your analysis a research is top notch👊🏻👀✌️
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Alls good. Seen many a peice of nature stand above all other's. Especially species that are closely related to megafauna.
I'm thinking that latent genes can express themselves sometimes.
I'm old and have 7 foot tall friends and other's that are obviously cave men. Latent genes…obviously work's! My best friend's are giant's and cavemen!
Number one on the exceptance of other's!! Hahaha!
Would love to visit this country. It's just beautiful.
Woulnt be that hard. There was a larger cluster of sightings on that map. Set trail cameras and start calling. We call them from a mile away in mountainous terrain here in Canada
Since all ungulates are introduced to New Zealand, why not set up a program to bring in more moose.
If the red deer population is under control they would no longer be competing with the moose
Though I disagree with the premise in the first place, moose rarely graze, they browse on coniferous and deciduous tree buds, they live with grazers such as elk and deer in Canada because they fill different niches in the environment.
What about the elk in the same area
For perspective; The Southern Alps are larger than the Swiss, French, German, and Italian Alps combined.
2 things. The moose by now would be severely inbred so would there be any possibility of importing more moose? 2nd, if a moose is hard to find there…would there be any moa birds still around by any chance?
I wonder when the moose will actually vamoose?
Drones? Not always legal here in NZ tho.
Save yourself, no there isn’t.
the have filld the ecological niche left by Moa and the forest needs them and the nutrients they bring .
Superb video and brilliantly edited
Just ask a Canadian to come find them… We see them daily..
the growth rate of deer is much faster than that of moose thats why they can easily over populate habitats
You Kiwis have abominable politics, wonderful peope, an absolutley beautiful country, fantastic Red Deer and hope you find the moose and it thrives in the back country.
Good morning from south central BC, which is now moose country but as far as we can gather was not 100 years ago. They seem to have drifted south when the regrowth from clear cut logging after the war gave them browse. With our moose, even when there's "a lot" of moose, they're still comparatively few and because they're solitary animals for most of the year they can be tough to locate. Here they'll get into compressed habitat in winter if snow conditions warrant, but otherwise other than seeing a cow with a pair of calves, it's fairly rare to see more than one at a time. Thanks for the video, it was interesting to learn about New Zealand moose. Merry Christmas all.
Bigfoot New Zealand.