Minnesota Mystery: What’s Killing the Moose?

NY Times ^ | MARCH 5, 2014 | By BRENT McDONALD

[Pollster1]

It’s also in Alaska, but that won’t stop the left from blaming her for dead moose in Minnesota.

[Red Badger]

I had a dream about a moose a couple of weeks ago................

http://spirit-animals.com/moose/

[Jim from C-Town]

Climate Change of course!/s

If they needed a cooler climate, why wouldn’t they head north to Canada. There is plenty of cold weather just North on Mini-so-cold. Their own rhetoric shows their stupidity!

[EQAndyBuzz]

I’m going with fracking and global warming for 400, Alex.

[bk1000]

Its all that cheese and sister biting I’ll bet.

[GreenHornet]

What’s Killing the Moose?

The lack of affordable health care, and a reluctance to raise the minimum wage.

[Red Badger]

Biting sister with brain worms, maybe..................

[Jim from C-Town]

Here In Northeast Ohio we have had less than a handful of days with high temperatures above 32 deg since Thanksgiving. That is highly unusual for us. Also the Great Lakes are almost completely frozen over, not the least bit ‘normal’. .

[Red Badger]

LOL!.............

[Doogle]

[Red Badger]

OMG! SHE KILLED RUDOLPH!...................

[Diana in Wisconsin]

My nomination:

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“The lack of affordable health care, and a reluctance to raise the minimum wage. “

LOL!

[Red Badger]

As mean and vicious a honey badger is, I don’t think they are going to take down a moose................

[Sideshow Bob]

Minnesota Mystery: What’s Killing the Moose?

Uhh, Boris Badanoff and Natasha?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

He don’t care. *SMIRK*

[BlueMondaySkipper]

I suspect wolves. How has the wolf population done over the same period of Moose decline?

This

Here is Wisconsin the wolf population is way higher than the DNR claims. They are out there and they have to eat. I too would like to see the numbers comparing moose and wolf numbers over the period in question.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Maybe my sister decided to bite back...

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

But that would also necessarily imply a drop in the squirrel population.

[WMarshal]

"I suspect wolves. How has the wolf population done over the same period of Moose decline?"

If Minnesota is having a very cold winter with deep, drifting snow the the wolves will dine well on moose. On crusted wind-blown snow a wolf can glide over the snow while the moose has to plow through it. Wolves always dine best in winter.