Unlike most other calves in the deer family, they don't have spots. The calves remain with their mother for a year, but she drives them away the following spring, making room for her new offspring to arrive. In the continental United States, moose are found only in the northern Rocky Mountains, the northern tier of states bordering the Great Lakes, and northern New England. Hundreds of thousand of moose, however, populate Canada and Alaska. Moose swim well and run easily even through snow, and they also possess formidable weapons in their legs and hooves.
Few predators can successfully challenge a healthy, adult moose.
Wolves and bears do prey on the calves and the aged and weak. Here you can read several true stories and a few fiction ones that were written by Alaskan students about their encounters with moose.