Mama Moose on Moultonborough Neck

Grant · 07-21-2019, 06:48 AM

I was recently returning from a dog walk on the Neck, on the western side, just a bit south of Tecumseh, when a moose calf ran across the path, followed closely by the (big) mama. So I took the (very excited) dog back to the cabin, and went out to see if I could get another glimpse. Turns out they had circled around and were back behind me on the road. I got this photo from a distance...them waiting where the road meets the woods...

Hillcountry · 07-21-2019, 07:06 AM

Always nice to see moose! My wife has never seen one in the wild and I keep hoping to point one out along a roadside nearby...they have been elusive except for my game cameras...they do pose for the cams occaisionaly

mneck1814 · 07-21-2019, 12:35 PM

The calf ran across the Neck Road in front of me on Friday night. It crossed from the Fire Station parking lot to Tecumseh so they must be hanging around that area.

Grant · 07-21-2019, 12:57 PM

Yep -- that would be the same area. Hopefully Mama was nearby. That's a busy road with lots of speeding vehicles this time of year, and I'd hate to see them (or any drivers) in a collision.

Be alert, folks!

ApS · 07-22-2019, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

Always nice to see moose! My wife has never seen one in the wild and I keep hoping to point one out along a roadside nearby...they have been elusive except for my game cameras...they do pose for the cams occasionally

Elsewhere, lawn sprinklers are causing "sprinkler-hopping" by neighborhood moose escaping a heat wave:

https://youtu.be/yIzYWBMCckM

07-21-2019, 06:48 AM	#1
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 376 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	Mama Moose on Moultonborough Neck I was recently returning from a dog walk on the Neck, on the western side, just a bit south of Tecumseh, when a moose calf ran across the path, followed closely by the (big) mama. So I took the (very excited) dog back to the cabin, and went out to see if I could get another glimpse. Turns out they had circled around and were back behind me on the road. I got this photo from a distance...them waiting where the road meets the woods... Attached Images __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

07-21-2019, 12:57 PM	#4
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 376 Thanked 230 Times in 124 Posts	Yep -- that would be the same area. Hopefully Mama was nearby. That's a busy road with lots of speeding vehicles this time of year, and I'd hate to see them (or any drivers) in a collision. Be alert, folks! __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

07-21-2019, 07:06 AM	#2
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	Always nice to see moose! My wife has never seen one in the wild and I keep hoping to point one out along a roadside nearby...they have been elusive except for my game cameras...they do pose for the cams occaisionaly

07-21-2019, 12:35 PM	#3
mneck1814 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hartford, VT/Moultonborough Posts: 95 Thanks: 25 Thanked 60 Times in 22 Posts	The calf ran across the Neck Road in front of me on Friday night. It crossed from the Fire Station parking lot to Tecumseh so they must be hanging around that area.