[Rockhounds] giant garnets exposed: a field trip gone awry

[Lanny]

"Pretty unusual in Idaho!"

Hardly.

Idaho has always had a fairly healthy moose count (5,000 in the 1960s), 
now it is practically scary. There are around 20,000 in the state, and 
up around 12,000 of them are in the northern part, according to recent 
counts.

Along with the elk, moose are reportedly excellent wolf food. The wolf 
population is now around 600. Shall we talk about the grizzly bear 
count and where they are finding them now?

Still no data on the sasquatch population though.

Regards,

Lanny



On Oct 11, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Kitty & Bill Heacox wrote:

> OT comment:  Moose?  Pretty unusual in Idaho!  I used to have a doe 
> steal laundry off the clothesline, and cow elk come up to accept 
> carrots and sugar cubes, while the bulls stood in the distance and 
> barked---in Avery, Idaho as a kid.  But no moose!
>
> Aloha, Bill
>
>
>
> At 07:35 PM 10/10/2007, you wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> Well I definitely made the last up-country field trip of the season. 
>> This is one of the legendary massive garnets from Moses Butte, St. 
>> Joe Forest, Idaho.  The trip involved a bumpy ride on a narrow 
>> unmaintained road up to 6000 ft. in fog and clouds, above the snow 
>> line, whereupon we almost went off the side of the road and had a 
>> close call with a running moose.
>
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