Since I’m on a theme of intimidation apparently, here’s another image that follows suit. This was on my last day looking for bull moose for the autumn, most likely and I found three bulls along with a cow and calf in this patch of willows. The light was pretty amazing too. To my eye, while not huge, these two bulls were pretty evenly matched. Yet, the closer bull was easily intimidated away by the second one over and over. There wasn’t any real aggression going on, but if the first bull started to move too close to the cow, the second bull slowly walked his direction until me moved back away. It wasn’t until I saw the photos later that I realized how much bigger the second bull was in sheer size. But I also noticed both of his antlers had been broken in half. He’s apparently had some battles during this breeding season and his antlers would have been twice this size at one point. Upon seeing my photos I realized just why the first bull was so easily intimidated.