MOOSE
Moose Talk:



The moose has sounds for four basic emotions.
Anger: a loud guttural r-r-r-a-a-a-h, or a snort (Both sexes use the calls to warn off other moose.) This call is rarely heard in the wild by humans, so Dr. Crichton din't catch it on tape.
Love: A lovesick cow moansto attract males. When in pursuit of females a bull grunts and by opens and closes his mouth (it sounds like clapping with wet hands.
Call 1: Cow Moose Moan with Bull Grunting.
Call 2: Cow Moose Moan Alone.
Call 3: Bull Moose Grunt.
Call 4: Cow Moan and Bull Opening/Closing his Mouth.

Fear: When scared, a calf makes a distress call (like a deer's bleat).
Loneliness: A lonely moose will use a seeking call that sounds like a whine.

Call 5: Calf bleating with Cow Whining

These sounds were from Outdoor Life's November '99 Gamefile - Canada Moose.
These moose calls were collected by Dr. Vince Crichton in the Canadian wilderness and are on his CD-ROM, "Moose Music."

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Mike Martin blowing a moose-call:

The Mi'kmaq Portraits Collection
Colchester County, N.S. (1979)
Photograph: Alex Wilson
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mikmaq/mp0958.htm

Mike Martin, born in Newfoundland in 1908, demonstrates the art of calling a moose (1979), using a 'trumpet' of rolled-up birchbark. Audience, left to right: R. H. Whitehead, Harold F. McGee, Jr., and Bernie Francis. Mike Martin died at Halifax, 19 November 1990.
Call: Funnels are still used to make moose calls and sound much like this call