When this moose was quite young he lost his mother. The Fish and Game brought him to Wendell and Debbie and asked them to raise him to a safe age and then turn him loose.They bottle fed and took care of him; after a while they put him with their cows, naming him Buddy. Last Spring when he was a year old it was time to turn him back into the wild. They opened the gate and off he went. He stayed out all summer; then in the  fall he came back to be with the cows. He probably thinks he is a cow. Everyone was happy to see him and he is quite friendly. He loves honey buns and will eat them right out of your mouth.
 

Wendell and Debbie live right up in the mountains so it came time to move the cows down.
The moose was lonely all by himself so he headed down to find another heard of cows to hang with. The neighbors called about a week later and asked Wendell to please come and get his moose. So he headed out with a honey bun, bucket of grain and the horse trailer and brought him back home.

Buddy is free to go anytime he wants but is choosing to stay put for now. Surely, come spring, he will start to feel a bit like a male moose and take off... but for now, he is happy.