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We had a young moose visit Connecticut today.

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George-CT

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The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection spent several hours in Cromwell Sunday morning, tracking down a moose with an injured leg. The moose was spotted by residents several times Sunday in the area of Main Street near the Cromwell Concrete Factory. Officials said the moose had a cut on it's front leg, but the injury did not require treatment. DEP officials tranquilized the moose and relocated the animal to a more remote location.
 
Do you folks have many moose in your area? Are these the same type of moose that are in Canada? Kelley (Texas) :)
 
Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Fair amount of them in Massachusetts around the Quabin Reservoir . big area and a lot of it. Just north of me in tows of Union, Ct Yale Forest they see them quite a bit.... This one was over in the middle of the state in a pretty populated area. They have had them right in the city of Hartford from time to time. They might even come down via the Connecticut River. ONe of the horse people about 5 miles says they see one from time to time.... Never saw one here on our place.... I've seen them a lot in NH, VT and Maine.... They have been wiped out in all of New England states here at one time so have to assume they migrated down from Canada.. Up where my daughter works in Gramby, CT, right on the Mass border, they see them pretty often also.
Think she said the tranquilized one to get it off the runway at one time. They relocate somewhere less populated. A couple of my friends hunt them in Maine and New Brunswick every fall and usually get one....

George-CT
 
they were built by committee:wiggle:
 
New York State also, but no idea how far south they would go. I would think much further south and just to much road traffic for them to survive. Up in the Adirondacks in Upstate New York we have seen them... Where I see them most is in areas with lots of shallow ponds and wet land. Seldom in hard words like we have here. Yet, they sure do wander so who knows. We almost hit one the up in NH on the Kangamangus Highway that runs thru the mountains. We were in a 280Z at the time, Just Jane and I and a big bull moose was just standing in the road. Big rack etc. If I had hit him, it looked like all we would of done is gone under his belly and maybe hit him in the gonads...Tall sucker... I got out and grabbed the camera to get a picture of him and again, he rain in to the wet lands with lots of brush and in and instant he was gone. Hard to believe they get get those antlers thru the brush and tree's with out getting hung up...
Saw a bunch of them coming out of yellow stone down towards Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Fact, I have a picture of those, there were 4 of them scattered around a open field with heavy browse, just laying down.... LIke I was saying enough of my friends hunt them and I sure enjoy the meat. Even had moose tongue and it was good. They tenderize is someway and then cut it into small cubes....Good cooks can make things taste good it seems. At our Sportsman club those guys are always cooking up game and they sure no how to make them taste great. My cooking skills are not to good so I don't do a very good job of it.... Eatable but not great...

George-CT
 
I hear about them in other areas, I get curious. I remember seeing a YouTube video where a mama Moose was attacking a man that had just left the grocery store, think it was in Alaska. That Moose had a bad attitude and manners....hurt the man pretty bad. I have often heard that they are dangerous and it is best not to mess with them. Kelley (Texas) :)
 
They are really common here.... so much so that they tend to be a nuisance. Fence mean nothing to them...... they will walk through a fence rather than go over it..

Calm seas

Micheal
 
be more of them that we actually see in this area as there is a fair amount of woods here for them to get lost in. Further south of us or west of us, not so much cover, yet, thats where they saw this one. Cromwell is a pretty busy place, so I was surprised to see it there. Looks like a young one to me, so maybe the dogs cut it away form mom, or a car hit her.....or maybe its big enough to survive like it is....More than likely they put it up in one of the state forest..... Somehow, these animals seem to be able to adapt to man being around them. Deer and coyotes sure have. Cars seem to be their down fall.

George-CT
 
In Newfoundland [yes THAT Newfoundland] it is not uncommon to hear of a full grown male charging full blast at a fully loaded train...... there is no question as to the winner..... but that behaviour sure begs the question..... 'just how can they survive being that stupid?? :):

fair winds

Micheal
 
Here is a photo of a moose my cousin and uncle got up 40 miles from there home in Alaska, 3rd in Boone and Crockett I think he said. It was 64 1/2 inches tip to tip on the rack.
 
Generally we don't want to see them, hearing them in the close brush is usually enough to make you thinking about climbing one of those tiny little trees you see in the back ground of the pic. I do think he has some great photos of some brown bears he took at one of the upper lakes though. I will see if he can send them to me and I will post them :bouncy:
 
I sure will :) I sent him an email if he isn't up river I should hear from him in the next day or so
 
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