On an early April canoe trip to Knife Lake on the Minnesota-Ontario border, Steve Piragis of Ely was greeted by this bull moose (identified by markings on his head indicating he had shed his antlers). Piragis and friends paddled into the canoe country April 9 after the ice had gone out far earlier than usual. (Sam Cook, Duluth News Tribune)
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