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Inland Northwest bucket list: moose chase

This bull moose let hikers know he didn't want them getting any closer to a cow moose he was courting (dark spot in the background) in the Dishman Hills on Sept. 26. Laura Visco snapped this photo as she backed away, "and I wasn't using telephoto," she said. The bull and cow later ran at the group forcing them to take refuge in rock cliffs and going off-trail to get out of the area. (Photo by Laura Visco) (Photo Visco / The Spokesman Review)
This bull moose let hikers know he didn't want them getting any closer to a cow moose he was courting (dark spot in the background) in the Dishman Hills on Sept. 26. Laura Visco snapped this photo as she backed away, "and I wasn't using telephoto," she said. The bull and cow later ran at the group forcing them to take refuge in rock cliffs and going off-trail to get out of the area. (Photo by Laura Visco) (Photo Visco / The Spokesman Review)

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- I was minding my own business running through the woods near my South Side house this morning at 5:30 a.m. with my dog when the yearling bull moose started chasing us.

Your bucket list isn't complete unless you've had that thrilling experience.

Lesson: Never be far from a big ponderosa pine in moose country.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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