Maine has a lot Moose, how many do you ask? Try between 60,000 and 90,000. That is a lot of moose running around the dense woods of Eastern New England. In fact, if that many moose were running around the state I live in(Utah), they would have to issue a state of emergency. Yes, there are moose in Utah in fact, we have a few thousand but nothing at all like the state of Maine.
This incredible number of “twig eaters” was counted by biologists by use of a helicopter. In some areas these scientist counted as many as 5-6 moose per mile square mile. That is a whole hell of a lot of moose for those keeping count. This huge of number moose insures that quite a few hunters and sportsmen will be able to bag themselves a big bull this fall during the hunt.
I am a moose-aholic I love everything about them and my hope that in one way or another I can manage a business trip or family vacation to Maine so that I can fully engulf myself in moose. I don’t know if they have many conferences in Maine that cater to my specific profession but you never know. Regardless I hope that sometime in my lifetime I can make a pilgrimage to Maine to baptize myself in moose.
Look I have to admit I much like the women in this video have always wanted to walk up to a moose and pet it like it were my dog, however I also know that moose are not big fans of petting. For this reason the women in this video is pretty lucky that Bullwinkle didn’t decide to return the favor and pet this women back. One only has to YouTube “moose attack” to find out how moose tend to treat humans who care to give them a pet or get a little too close for comfort.
Congrats to this woman because for brief 5 minutes she is the next YouTube sensation.
Texting while you drive in not only stupid and dangerous but illegal in the state of Wyoming as well as other states as well.
How stupid and dangerous are you when you text and drive? So it stupid that it appears that recently in the Jackson Hole Area many moose have been hit by distracted drivers who were preoccupied with their cell phones. What I think is scary is that this a growing trend that will continue to plague not only moose and drivers but unfortunately will eventually lead to the lose of a human life.
When it comes to answering that funny text or swerving to hit a moose in the road I will take my chances with the swerve.
There are so many jobs out there where I ask myself “How can I sign-up for that job”. This clip is from is a very cool show in Norway that highlights the countries amazing array of wildlife. In this particular episode they are out tranquilizing elk (moose). The highlight if that is what you want to call it, is when the researcher checks the moose to see if she is pregnant. The other highlight is when they tranquilize a female wolf.
