What a Surprise Friday Afternoon

Phantom · 01-19-2015, 03:19 PM

So -- here I was, driving up to the condo on Friday afternoon --

Cruising along the last stretch of the Rte 3 By-Pass Road & the oncoming cars start flashing their lights at me !

Being a courteous driver, I wave and thank them for (what I believed) the alert to the upcoming radar trap at the bottom of the hill by the airport and immediately start decelerating from my (let's just leave it as BRISK) speed. Come around the last turn before the steep downhill section and see these two rascals on the side of the road !!

Boy am I glad they flashed lights at me --- these were BIG !!

Maria · 01-21-2015, 08:50 AM

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!!! You were so lucky to see this! We have been vacationing in Gilford for over 25 years and have never come across Moose! Great pictures!

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Originally Posted by Phantom

So -- here I was, driving up to the condo on Friday afternoon --

Cruising along the last stretch of the Rte 3 By-Pass Road & the oncoming cars start flashing their lights at me !

Being a courteous driver, I wave and thank them for (what I believed) the alert to the upcoming radar trap at the bottom of the hill by the airport and immediately start decelerating from my (let's just leave it as BRISK) speed. Come around the last turn before the steep downhill section and see these two rascals on the side of the road !!

Boy am I glad they flashed lights at me --- these were BIG !!

Cindido · 01-21-2015, 05:09 PM

I'm envious of your encounter with the Moose! I'd love to see them but I'm concerned they were so close to the busy road. Thankfully they seemed to have turned and headed away. Awesome photos & thanks for sharing! Still hoping to see a moose one day..........

Greene's Basin Girl · 01-22-2015, 01:57 AM

I usually see a moose every October while driving on Rt. 25 in Tamworth. I have also seen them swim in Green's Basin. They are beautifully massive!!!

lobstadanca · 02-11-2015, 10:23 PM

We had a bear run in front of our car once on Route 153, but we've never seen a moose in the many, many years we've been in NH. My mom did have a collision with one on Route 25 in Tamworth at about 10:00 PM one night. It ran out of the woods straight into the side of her car. Fortunately she was OK, but it was not so lucky.

tis · 02-12-2015, 08:03 AM

My better half hit a moose, or it hit him years ago also in Tamworth. There used to be a restaurant on Rt. 16 that had the name Moose in it and it happened right there. That area must have a lot of them.

upthesaukee · 02-12-2015, 08:52 AM

Signs don't say Moose Crossing...they say Hundreds of Collisions!!! In my limited travel up to and from No. Conway in the evening hours, I have seen 2-3 moose vs. auto accidents. Scary. Of course, that road has woods coming up close to the road shoulders in many areas. A moose steps out of the woods onto the road and there is just not much time to see them and react.

When I was stationed up in Alaska, near Fairbanks, the safety briefing when I first got there included a suggestion that at night, use your high beams as much as possible, because moose are so tall, low beams don't pick up the moose body until it is too late. Not a bad idea around here, not just for moose, but also for deer.

AC2717 · 02-12-2015, 10:21 AM

but the sign means they only cross there at the sign

upthesaukee · 02-12-2015, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by AC2717

but the sign means they only cross there at the sign

...holds to the supposition that the moose or deer can read, and know to cross where the sign is located.

SIKSUKR · 02-12-2015, 01:14 PM

Donna the deer lady

01-19-2015, 03:19 PM	#1
Phantom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin, Ma / Gilford Posts: 1,931 Thanks: 445 Thanked 604 Times in 340 Posts	What a Surprise Friday Afternoon So -- here I was, driving up to the condo on Friday afternoon -- Cruising along the last stretch of the Rte 3 By-Pass Road & the oncoming cars start flashing their lights at me ! Being a courteous driver, I wave and thank them for (what I believed) the alert to the upcoming radar trap at the bottom of the hill by the airport and immediately start decelerating from my (let's just leave it as BRISK) speed. Come around the last turn before the steep downhill section and see these two rascals on the side of the road !! Boy am I glad they flashed lights at me --- these were BIG !! Attached Images __________________ *A bad day on the Big Lake (although I've never had one) - Still beats a day at the office!!*

01-21-2015, 05:09 PM	#3
Cindido Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 157 Thanks: 222 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Moose I'm envious of your encounter with the Moose! I'd love to see them but I'm concerned they were so close to the busy road. Thankfully they seemed to have turned and headed away. Awesome photos & thanks for sharing! Still hoping to see a moose one day..........

02-11-2015, 10:23 PM	#5
lobstadanca Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Smith Point West Alton Posts: 70 Thanks: 77 Thanked 44 Times in 10 Posts	Maybe some day We had a bear run in front of our car once on Route 153, but we've never seen a moose in the many, many years we've been in NH. My mom did have a collision with one on Route 25 in Tamworth at about 10:00 PM one night. It ran out of the woods straight into the side of her car. Fortunately she was OK, but it was not so lucky.

02-12-2015, 08:52 AM	#7
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,547 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,398 Thanked 1,918 Times in 1,061 Posts	Rte 16 Ossipee to Conway... Signs don't say Moose Crossing...they say Hundreds of Collisions!!! In my limited travel up to and from No. Conway in the evening hours, I have seen 2-3 moose vs. auto accidents. Scary. Of course, that road has woods coming up close to the road shoulders in many areas. A moose steps out of the woods onto the road and there is just not much time to see them and react. When I was stationed up in Alaska, near Fairbanks, the safety briefing when I first got there included a suggestion that at night, use your high beams as much as possible, because moose are so tall, low beams don't pick up the moose body until it is too late. Not a bad idea around here, not just for moose, but also for deer. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

02-12-2015, 10:21 AM	#8
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,521 Thanks: 747 Thanked 344 Times in 257 Posts	but the sign means they only cross there at the sign __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

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Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	I usually see a moose every October while driving on Rt. 25 in Tamworth. I have also seen them swim in Green's Basin. They are beautifully massive!!!

02-12-2015, 08:03 AM	#6
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,408 Thanks: 719 Thanked 1,380 Times in 956 Posts	My better half hit a moose, or it hit him years ago also in Tamworth. There used to be a restaurant on Rt. 16 that had the name Moose in it and it happened right there. That area must have a lot of them.

02-12-2015, 01:14 PM	#10
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Donna the deer lady __________________ SIKSUKR