Moose Mugging

"I've never mugged a moose, but I guess they're pretty wimpy once they're on the ground," Justin Dolling, Master Moose Mugger

I learned this week of a specialized moose sport called moose stalking.

In this difficult and highly specialized sport, the moose wrangler stalks and captures moose with a net. His team-mate, the moose mugger, then sprints into action to try to tie the animals’ legs, blindfold them and stick cotton in the giant moose ears.

"I equate this to alien abduction. It's got to be that traumatic" Dean Riggs, area wildlife manager with the Colorado Wildlife Division.

Reached for comment, one particular moose (seen below), indicated “I resent being called “wimpy”.