Of Wyoming’s most elusive trophy big-game animals, one prize continues to stand impervious to hunters despite taking several bullets throughout the years.

Jackson’s Grumpy Moose statue is a local icon that has stood the test of time since it was first put out to pasture in 1994. Marty Peet installed the ferrous cement moose with her late husband Charles in an area called Bryan Flat along Moose-Wilson Road.

While the plot of land it sits on has since been turned over to new owners, it still bears the name Grumpy Moose Ranch, a well-deserved homage to the resilience of its resident moose.

Peet told Cowboy State Daily she and her husband were originally in search of a creative way to mark their land that would make it easier to give directions to friends and visitors.

“It was very difficu

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