The moose is loose!

Misty Blue · 05-14-2006, 03:30 PM

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

05-14-2006, 03:30 PM	#1
Misty Blue Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 658 Thanks: 121 Thanked 283 Times in 98 Posts	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