Moose in the Grand Tetons 2025

I went on a “Bull Moose Workshop” through Backcountry Journeys (BCJ) November 15-19, 2025.  BCJ offers about 100 different photography trips and generally has 6 or 7 clients per guide.  For this trip we stayed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and went out each morning before dawn, came back for a nice brunch, and went back out until nightfall.  temperatures were mostly in the upper thirties.

Tiffany was a great guide – very sharp and knowledgeable on camera equipment, composition, wildlife, safety, and all the back roads.  All the “guests” – Andy, Gary, Beth, Carey, Eric, and me – were at about the same level and got along great.

We went in mid-November when the rutting season has just ended and the moose are in the open areas of grasses and sage.  And their huge antlers won’t fall off for a couple more weeks.  Perfect timing!

My photography club asks members to submit only five photos per month to show their work. The five blow are the ones I like best from the Moose Workshop trip. Now I need to pick one to enlarge for my wall. An additional 40 photos representing the entire trip follow these 5. Enjoy!

It was a fun trip. Besides the moose, we saw antelope, a couple long-horn sheep, a lone bison, and distant beavers. We hiked through the grasses, sage, and bush to about 25 yards to the moose - if they moved any closer we would back off. We also went to several scenic landscape areas and took pictures off the iconic barn with the Tetons in the background. Enjoy!