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Large Mammals/Marine Mammals-Updated 2023.3.13.

The first 120 images in this gallery are a collage in random order. The rest of this gallery's Images are collated alphabetically by species. All images on this gallery are protected by US copyright laws. No images may be copied or downloaded without formal written permission from Tom Jesiolowski/Northland Arts Nature Images.
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M-2016.10.1#157. The "Hook" bull. This day was the only opportunity I ever got to shoot him. I came across him about half way out to the coast from a Kincaid Parking area on a brisk rut walk with Ryan Miller trailing him. I joined the pursuit, but somewhere in climbing the hills back to the area he was heading closer to the Kincaid ball fields I accidentally turned my auto focus off carrying my lens by the barrel. He never stopped and with the perspiration covering my eyes, I couldn't tell what happened till he slowed down. I got nothing but blurry memory's. At the end of the pursuit when he caught up with the bull that injured him previously, that was crazier then the jog he took us on. I was right in the middle of the fight that ensued. Sadly Hook lost again as you'll see in the end of this series of images. He was rolled over by the other bull and gave the submissive call. He moved almost all the way to downtown Anchorage before evening along the coastal strip.
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M-2016.10.1#157. The "Hook" bull. This day was the only opportunity I ever got to shoot him. I came across him about half way out to the coast from a Kincaid Parking area on a brisk rut walk with Ryan Miller trailing him. I joined the pursuit, but somewhere in climbing the hills back to the area he was heading closer to the Kincaid ball fields I accidentally turned my auto focus off carrying my lens by the barrel. He never stopped and with the perspiration covering my eyes, I couldn't tell what happened till he slowed down. I got nothing but blurry memory's. At the end of the pursuit when he caught up with the bull that injured him previously, that was crazier then the jog he took us on. I was right in the middle of the fight that ensued. Sadly Hook lost again as you'll see in the end of this series of images. He was rolled over by the other bull and gave the submissive call. He moved almost all the way to downtown Anchorage before evening along the coastal strip.

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  • M-2016.6.13#167. Alaska Moose. Mile nine, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#013. Not a giant, but a great heavy antlered bull. I saw this moose several hours earlier and his velvet didn't have a blemish but now here he is completely cleaned off. Ten mile area, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#088.3X. A small bull shedding his velvet. Eleven mile area in Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#165.4. Bull moose velvet, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#186.4. Bull Moose Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#259.3. Bull Moose Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#260.3. A good looking bull moose in velvet, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#334.3. A nice bull in velvet, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.23#342.6. A real nice bull moose still in velvet making his way down this drywash on a dark day in Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.8.29#318.3. I found this medium large bull still bedded just before the sun came up. Near mile eight, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.9.9#1424. A lone bull walking into the sunset. Mile eleven, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.9.18#103. A grand old bull pursues a cow as it's getting close to the estrus period. Near the twelve mile area, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.9.18#105.3. This was my favorite bull of all time what an eventful day this was. I found him beyond the closed area tending a cow in heavy timber. When she took off she brought him right past me. I could have touched them with a fishing rod. Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.9.18#188.5. This really great bull has left the seclusion of the dark taiga forest following the cow he is tending. It was my first opportunity this year to get images of him in the open. Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.9.19#214. An unusually wide antlered bull. Eight mile, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.9.19#240. Unusually wide antlers. Eight mile, Denali Park Alaska.
  • M-2016.10.1#027. This is the bull that recently ran the famous "Hook Bull" off and took over a group of cows near Kincaid Park . Little did I know that later this day I would end up right in the middle of the last real rut battle they had. The bull in this image gained the high ground and rolled the Hook bull right over in front of me. Hook ended up near downtown later this day. Anchorage Alaska.
  • M-2016.10.1#044. The moose that became the alpha bull of the Anchorage coastal forest for 2016. Anchorage Alaska.
  • M-2016.10.1#157. The "Hook" bull. This day was the only opportunity I ever got to shoot him. I came across him about half way out to the coast from a Kincaid Parking area on a brisk rut walk with Ryan Miller trailing him. I joined the pursuit, but somewhere in climbing the hills back to the area he was heading closer to the Kincaid ball fields I accidentally turned my auto focus off carrying my lens by the barrel. He never stopped and with the perspiration covering my eyes, I couldn't tell what happened till he slowed down. I got nothing but blurry memory's. At the end of the pursuit when he caught up with the bull that injured him previously, that was crazier then the jog he took us on. I was right in the middle of the fight that ensued. Sadly Hook lost again as you'll see in the end of this series of images. He was rolled over by the other bull and gave the submissive call. He moved almost all the way to downtown Anchorage before evening along the coastal strip.
  • M-2016.10.1#172. The "Hook" bull. Anchorage Alaska.
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