There really are moose in Maine! (Belfast, Bucksport: house, camps, live in)

[ADSLubec]

After years of driving and vacationing in Maine I finally saw a moose.

We were driving to our house in Lubec on the Airline (Rt. 9) and just around midnight I spotted the huge beast on the side of the road just west of Wesley. I yelled moose, preceded by an expletive, but my wife was asleep and missed it and my daughter didn't have her glasses on and only saw a large blur.

I can see why they get involved in car accidents so much. Unlike deer with their bright white tails the moose was hard to see from a distance even with the headlights.

Alan

[Maine Writer]

Their eyes don't glow like most wildlife either. You saw one on a dark night. It's a lot easier to see them when the moon is bright, especially in winter when the snow reflects. Good to see you here, btw!

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by Maine Writer

Their eyes don't glow like most wildlife either. You saw one on a dark night.

Ah, but they do. It is just that they are so tall, the light doesn't reflect back at your level in most passenger vehicles. Get a taller 4X4 and you will see them reflect back at you. Another thing is that they just don't really give a great big fig about vehicles and don't bother looking at you that much.

[Maine Writer]

I'm afraid I couldn't get into a taller truck. It's a climb now! We just came home from Bucksport and didn't see a thing in the fog.

[Bydand]

I know I'll never forget my first moose sighting after moving to Maine. Just outside of Fort Kent a great big (At the time is seemed so, now I know it was a smaller one ) Moose stepped out of the bushes and right in front of my car. I hit the breaks and remember looking UP at it's rear-end walking casually down my lane and thinking I needed a bigger vehicle. Even after seeing thousands over the many years I spent up in The County it still amazes me how something so big, sometimes with a rack that is 5'+ wide, can just disappear into the brush on the side of the road within a few yards of stepping off.

ADSlubec, I am so glad you finally saw one. They are something else to see, and something you will remember.

[scentifolia]

What a blessing no one was hurt! I chuckled at Bydand's great big fig and they don't look at you much. It's true, they don't seem to care.
I've seen moose many times on the midcoast in the 14 years I've been here, and also up near Rangeley. Had a cow moose thundering in front of my car as I left a campsite in Oquossuc. Away from the car, thank goodness. And every 3 years or so one walks through my garden. I live in town too, in Belfast! A huge young bull with a beautiful rack hung out here for a few days. My poodle chased him, what a strange sight! I'm glad he didn't catch him. His hoof sheared off a few garden plants, sharp as a knife. He would have given the poodle a trim no one had ever seen before at a dog show!
A former ranger at Baxter told me people do stupid things when they see a moose. A cow was lying on the side of the trail, and a man stopped to look at her. Other people came by, and then he patted her! She had enough then and suddenly put out her foot, knocked him down, caved in the man's chest, got up and walked away. She didn't kick, she just 'gently' shoved him.

[Siobjuan]

I think it's because of the way Moose move and the fact that they really don't seem to care that people are around that people are fooled into thinking they are tame- like deer at a petting zoo.

They forget that these enormous and very powerful creatures are wild, and, well, how to put this gently, some people are just stupid!. (petting a Moose.....sigh....)

[fxtrader]

My first encounter with a moose was when I was 10. I was riding my mini bike and heard something making noise behind me. When I looked back a moose was chasing me. The trail ran into a field that had a road running along side it, so I rode down the road with the moose still chasing me. This must have went on for 1/4 of a mile or so. There were two or three cars that pulled over to watch the spectacle.

[Siobjuan]

Originally Posted by fxtrader

My first encounter with a moose was when I was 10. I was riding my mini bike and heard something making noise behind me. When I looked back a moose was chasing me. The trail ran into a field that had a road running along side it, so I rode down the road with the moose still chasing me. This must have went on for 1/4 of a mile or so. There were two or three cars that pulled over to watch the spectacle.

THERE'S A YOUTUBE VIDEO I WOULD HAVE LOVED!!!!

[RMoore007]

When visiting last November, I asked my sister to go for a ride and find me a moose to shoot. She guaranteed me a picture.

We took a ride up to Kokadjo.











That made my day after lunch at Kelly's Landing and shoping around Greenville.