{"id":25444,"date":"2015-06-10T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=25444"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:27:28","slug":"moose-cow-in-the-targhee-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/06\/10\/moose-cow-in-the-targhee-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Moose Cow in the Targhee National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MooseMoose cow in the Targhee National Forest – Nikon D7100, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Being in the right place at the right time can be awesome like last year being in the Targhee National Forest when a cow Moose and calf walked down a hill. As soon as I spotted and pointed them out I was taking images of them.<\/p>\n

The Moose were close, so close that the cow filled my frame and I didn’t have time to remove my teleconverter so in a few images parts of her legs were clipped but I still had enough pixels to crop and have a few portrait shots of the cow with her sleek, shiny summer coat.<\/p>\n

Both the cow and the calf were gorgeous.<\/p>\n

I’m heading up to Idaho and Montana today and maybe I will spot this Moose or her calf while I am there. Who knows?<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Moose photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being in the right place at the right time can be awesome like last year being in the Targhee National Forest when a cow Moose and calf walked down a hill. 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