A young 600-pound moose was wandering in a small patch of woods near Parkwood Drive in Augusta's Ganneston Park neighborhood for a few days. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife had received a compliant on Wednesday morning of a male moose in that Augusta neighborhood.
Five vehicle-moose collisions have taken place in Franklin County over the past few days and the Franklin County Sheriff's Department is warning motorists to be careful.
Running into a full-grown moose in real life would be terrifying at worst, disconcerting at best. Running into a tiny baby moose, on the other hand, would be adorable. Who knew? Now you know. Enjoy these pictures of little moose calves.
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife estimates that Maine has 76,000 moose. The annual Maine moose permit lottery on Saturday will produce a record 4,110 permits.
On a day like this I hope this happens to YOU! You have probably already seen it but it's worth watching again!
What a lucky person to be able to film THIS in their backyard!
I had just played Beaver Brook Campgound in Monmouth. It was 10:20 pm and I called Chad to say I was on my way home. It's a 45 minute jaunt to Clinton. At night you always have to be careful. There have been many scary nights driving home from gigs. Gigs where moose and deer jumped out in front, ice and snow made it impossible to get home and some nights where you just pull over to sleep for a few