CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – A Wyoming golf course had more hazards this week than the usual sand traps, ponds and deep rough – moose.
The three young moose ambled around the first three holes, took a dip in a pond, got a drink, then rested Thursday at the Little America Hotel and Resort, according to Eric Fedell, the resort’s grounds and golf manager.
Crews rerouted golfers around the moose, which rarely are seen so far east in Wyoming. Game and Fish Department workers later tranquilized the animals and shipped them to the Snowy Range, about 100 miles west of town.
They probably came from the Pole Mountain area more than 20 miles west of Cheyenne, Game and Fish spokesman Eric Keszler said. “There is a moose population there, and it’s been growing,” he said.
Resort officials said they worried that the moose could wander onto nearby Interstate 80. “We’ve never experienced anything like that before. We have a lot rabbit and geese, but no moose,” resort spokeswoman Sue Clark said.
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