aka: European Elk, Dinner The Moose is one of the largest land animals in North America (and the dumbest after sheep and humans). They are very big, very dangerous, and very ill tempered. During mating season horny bull moose have been known to charge trains - usually fatal for the moose. A rutting moose will attempt to procreate with anything of its basic size (see pic 3). Sadly, moose are not renowned for their beauty, even moose calves are homely enough to crack a mirror. They do, almost, make up for it in grace. High Dex but they used App & Cha as dump stats. They are mostly forest dwelling and range widely over most of the continent. Kill one moose and you have enough meat to last a very long time. Photo 2 is included to give the scale of how damn big they actually are. Its a world record but I imagine that size was more common in the Shattered Frontier than today. I knew a guy who killed a moose in Alaska and had its head mounted by a taxidermist. It was so big the neck was on the floor and the antlers reached the ceiling. You can tell it's a moose, other than by size, by their antlers. Unlike deer and elk they are almost a solid mass until just before the points. |