The moose is loose!
 

Hi Folks!

I just had to relay this story.

The power plant at which I work has just started up from it's annual shutdown which meant 13 to 16 hour days. That is what I was doing on Rt-25 north the other day.

At about 0515 I saw a cow moose and stopped to let her cross from the Ossipee Mt side towards the Bearcamp. Following behind her was a calf, about 5 feet tall at the shoulders.

Mom crossed and jumped over the fence ( the roadside kind made of six inch square mesh on galvanized posts). The calf tried but didn't make it. It caught the fence at it's hips and it's right rear leg went through two of the mesh holes. The critter landed on it's back on the other side of the fence with it's leg stuck and pointing straight up.

I pulled my truck over and got some wire cutters from the back and headed down to see what I could do. When I got there it was kicking and bucking and the leg was getting more tangled. This was one stuck moose!

Keeping an eye on "MOM", who was about 25 yards away, I spoke softly to the calf and rubbed it's leg gently and it calmed down and looked at me with a big brown eye and made bleats like a sheep.

After a couple of minutes of cutting fence wire I was able to slide the leg out of it's entrapment and free the little one.

It just stood there and looked at me, ran off for about ten yards, looked back and then ambled over to Mom. The two of them then strutted off into the Bearcamp swamp.

I know that this doesn't relate directly to the Lake but the rescue made my day and I hope that this story makes yours.

Misty Blue

Great job!!
 

Misty Blue,

Well done!

Your story made my day.

R2B

Wow! great story. You must feel swell after that experience. I'm getting moosebumps just thinking about it.lol:laugh:

Great job!! I applaud you efforts!!!

Wonderful story, MistyBlue! Thanks for sharing it!!! :D

Awesome!!!:D

It's certainly a "feel good" story. Good work;)

Now if you just had your digital camera with you....:)

Great job. It's amazing how a usually hostile parent animal can sense a human not doing any harm to the offspring in trouble, and not charge the human. Nice feel good news.

Great Story
 

What a great story to hear............I am so glad for people like you out there to help the helpless creatures!!

Wow!!!
 

Good for you Misty. That's an amazing story. You've not only done your good deed for the day, but perhaps the whole year.

Very impressive!

Nice Job Misty Blue, bet they were happy getting out of man's contraptions

Three Cheers for Misty!
 

This really is an amazing story Misty Blue!
That calf was very fortunate it was you who came driving along, wire cutters and all. And thankfully mommy moose accepted your assistance.
You are a very special friend to all who reside in the Lakes Region.
Thank you!
RG

Misty....you're a STAR.....good job

well done indeed!
 

Nice job, I bet a lot of people would have just driven off and not even called fish and game.

Can we refer to you as the "Moose Whisperer"?:rolleye2:

moose
 

What an amazing story. It brings tears to my eyes every time I think about what you did. What a nice, kind, resourceful person you are :)

There is a place in Heaven for folks like you.

It is hard to avoid wondering "What were you thinking?"

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"Mother moose may be the most dangerous land mammal in North America shy of the grizzly bear. They certainly will defend their young from all comers. Should you ever get in a situation where a mother moose perceives you to be a threat: WATCH OUT!"

It was arguably foolhardy of you to approach the animals in that situation, unless you have a breadth of experience with and around moose.

A happy ending, but it could have ended badly.:eek: