A Giant Moose Is Killing Wolves and Grizzly Bears in the Yukon — And It’s Getting Worse

They found two dead wolves in the Yukon snow. No bite marks. No claw wounds. Just hoofprints walking calmly away. This winter, rangers along the Dezadeash River Valley have been finding predators killed in the same way: ribs crushed from the outside, no signs of scavenging on the bodies, and always the same set of massive tracks leading back into the trees. The locals call him **the Old Destroyer**. Biologists call him something they still cannot fully explain. He is a bull moose so large that his measurements had to be checked three times before anyone believed them: more than two meters tall at the shoulder, with antlers stretching over two meters across and a silhouette taller than a full-size pickup truck. But his size is not what made him a legend. It is what he does with it. This moose does not run from wolves. He hunts them. He has driven an entire wolf pack into retreat. He has thrown a 300-kilogram grizzly into a pine tree. And this winter—the worst the region has faced in a decade—the number of predator deaths matching his tracks continues to rise. In this video, we explore the story of the Yukon’s most feared herbivore: — The scars covering his hide — The two documented incidents that made him untouchable — The hormonal theory that may explain his behavior — The folk story told by local ranchers — The 2023 drone footage that finally revealed why he fights Was he broken? Or was he the most aware creature in the entire valley? If you love wild stories from the edge of the map, subscribe and turn notifications on — new stories every week. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ MUSIC CREDITS “Horizons” by Scott Buckley Released under the CC BY 4.0 license [www.scottbuckley.com.au](http://www.scottbuckley.com.au)