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Fall Foliage Planning, Contest and Moose!
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Your take away by knowing these numbers?
If you WANT to see moose, the best time is just before dawn when they are out foraging or at dusk when they come back out into the open. They aren't afraid, just shy? Also you will spot many more moose in May and June due to the salt runoff from the roads into the ditches near the roads where all the salt from winter is washed to. The consistent advice is to slow down at these times (dawn & dusk) in rural areas like the North East kingdom or northern NH or coastal mid central Maine where the numbers of hits are greater.
The biggest thing is be aware! So enjoy your trip and be safe!
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I hope to hear from you throughout the summer and if you have any questions please feel free to ask them here in the comments section or over in the foliage forum and I and the other forum regulars will do their best to answer them
Reader Comments
Comment from butch lombardi on September 5, 2009
Moose collisions are very real and dangerous. My sister spent 14 years as the director of emergency nursing at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover. All you have to do is talk to the ER staff and you'll get a real sense of how dangerous colliding with a moose can be. If you hit a deer the front of your vehicle takes the brunt of the impact. If you look at the above picture of the moose and the Pathfinder, the moose is taller than the SUV. Bearing in mind that a full grown bull can weigh 1600 lbs and that's like hitting another car. Also, because they're so tall when you hit them your vehicle takes out the legs. The body (close to 1000lbs) clears the hood and takes out the passenger compartment. I've spent time in NH, VT, and ME. Over the course of that time I've found 2 road kill moose, one in the road and the other off to the side. So be aware they are out there and they do get hit, often with death to the animal and injuries to the occupants of the vehicle.
Comment from Jeff Folger on September 8, 2009
And the big thing to remember that these are wild animals! please treat them with the respect they deserve. The fall is their rutting season (mating) and they are unpredictable at best. If you do get a chance to see one then please try to stay in the car. I have a picture of a bunch of photographer who got out of their cars and tried to figure where that bull would come through the woods and they picked a spot in hopes of getting that wow! shot... Well no one got hurt but if you piss off a 1600+lb moose who thinks you're poaching in his territory... It won't come out well ....
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