Hugo Kitching, a videographer who last year visited Jasper, spent several weeks along with his producer and fellow cameramen searching for some subjects that could fill the starring roles in his film Moose.

Kitching said the search for his subjects was very difficult and he was not very lucky in the beginning. Reflecting his first few weeks in the park, Kitching said everyday he drove through the Maligne Road, hiked around. He talked to lots of people and one fine day the miracle happened.

He said while driving to Maligne Lake one morning, he had an encounter with a mother and calve. The mother appeared strong, tall and the baby was a miniature version of its mom.

Since that day, Kitching started to follow the duo for the next 13 months. He tracked them through Jasper’s wilderness, documenting their every move.

He also came across some other animals in his search of moose that became part of his documentary that debuts on CBC’s That Nature of Things October 15.

The film called ‘Moose: A Year in the Life of a Twig Eater’ and the stars are two moose and their calves, provides an intimate look at the first year of life for a young moose.

Kitching began tracking the moose in May 2014 under the guidance of acclaimed science and nature filmmaker Susan Fleming and the Maligne Lake warden Mike Wesbrook.

“On good days I found them walking in five or 10 minutes. On so-so days it took half a day of tracking and looking, and on the bad days, those were moments where it was weeks and weeks without seeing them again”, he said.

The footage has been made into three similar documentaries for CBC’s The Nature of Things, BBC’s Natural World and PBS Nature.