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CLOSE MOOSE ENCOUNTERby `1arcticfox

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

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Thank you kindly in advance for any comments/favs – they mean a great deal to me.

However, due to carpal tunnel I am very limited in my ability to respond to comments or favs.

MOOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE CLOSE KIND Dec, 2009!

This is the second of two photos I took. The 1st one is here: [link] Cannon Powershot S-20 IS.

This was not taken with a telephoto!
I did not approach the moose to take her photo – you never do that to a wild animal!

I was out taking scenic photos in and about the woods and the moose apparently had been hidden in the woods by all the snow on the trees when I walked through the path onto the small University parking lot. I turned to the rt. to take photos and with the camera still up to my eye, turned around to the left and there she was! It was such a surprise! I never heard a sound with all the heavy snow and frost completely sound-proofing the woods and with my back turned!

It only took me about 2 seconds to figure out I could not outrun her and would probably spook her into charging if I moved suddenly….so I completely froze, barely breathing. Then it only took her about 2 more seconds to reach me! She passed within 18 inches of my nose (I could have patted her on the nose) and if you look at the photo you’ll see she was so close that I couldn’t get all of her rt. hoof in the pic! (and I was not paying attention to focusing the camera!)

The only thing I moved was the forefinger on my rt. hand to snap the 2 photos. I’m surprised I had the presence of mind to do that! I’ll admit it was quite unnerving….I’m sure you could hear my heart pounding a block away and I was more than relieved when she kept walking on by!! Though I’ve seen and had many moose in my yards over the years, it was my first close wild moose encounter in 44 years here.

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~Actionjack52 Feb 12, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

What an awesome encounter Anita! I bet you felt like your heart was about to beat right of your chest. Although I've never seen a moose I always liked the opening scene on "Northern Exposure" with the moose just walking the streets of town. I'd love to see something like that!

`1arcticfox Feb 13, 2011

It was awesome and scary at the same time and yes, the heart was beating faster! We have moose everywhere including walking down main streets at times.....they're always around. At night one really needs to pay attention, because if they walk in front of a car people can be and have been seriously injused when they hit a moose. My friend hit one and broke her neck and was hospitalized for 4 months. I think about it when I drive at night and have had 2 near encounters with them walking into the road in front of me! Just last night I was driving home very late on a road in "moose territory" and I really kept my eyes peeled! However, nearly to a person we all marvel at them here and love seeing them.

~Actionjack52 Feb 13, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

OMG! I can only imagine the severity of hitting something that big! I mean, hitting a deer is bad enough! Still beautiful animals though.

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~al2eken Jan 3, 2011

Hi! I've had three moose interactions that remind me a little of this. The first time, I was biking the trail from Westchester east to near the university when a moose was in the middle of the trail. I stopped, got on the away side of my bike, and after a few minutes tried walking by. Oops. The moose charged me, stopped at less than two feet, and we had a stare-off for what seemed two or three years, but was probably only up to a minute. Then the moose swung one long ear back around towards me, and quite obviously was listening to MY heartbeat. Eventually I figure it decided I was about to die and wandered off feeling pity for me. The second time I was cycling full speed around Goose Lake just before midnight on my way to work, and at one of the "s" curves a moose had it's back end in the bike trail. I think my shoulder brushed it's rump as I shot by. My heartbeat went up, but we both were gone so fast neither of us could react in time. It was late August when it gets darker. The third time I was photographing a moose and her twins. They moved around me until I was surrounded, then the cow charged me, again, stopping right in front of my face. Again, as you noted, standing put is about the only option you have. There is no such thing as out-distancing a moose on the run. Now we live in Washington, but most of our kids and grandkids are still up there.

~deserted-heart Jan 1, 2011

so cute
in the other photo the nose looked like a trunk
and i was thinking about what kind of possible animal it could be

~deserted-heart Jan 1, 2011

so cute
in the other photo the nose looked like a trunk
and i was thinking about what kind of possible animal it could be

`1arcticfox Jan 1, 2011

Thanks! I can see how you thought that!

=Natsum-i Dec 30, 2010 Hobbyist

Awesome... I live in Africa and I am used too seeing game on the road and so on but we don't have anything like mooses... antelope or buck-wise. Eland are big but not THAT big. Big game for us would be Rhinos, Buffaloes and Elephants...

`1arcticfox Dec 31, 2010

Thanks you! So nice to "meet" someone from Africa! I think Rhinos and Elephants and Buffaloes would scare me more than Moose - but then I'm not sure of their "wild behavior", except for programs I've seen on TV! Happy New Year to you!

=Natsum-i Jan 2, 2011 Hobbyist

Cool... Happy new year to you too..

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