# I want to see a wild moose! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393 "2014-07-30T03:23:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/41 "2014-07-30T22:19:05Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > You can see them basically on demand on that remote stretch of road but fill up your car before you go. There are no real stores or gas stations for many miles and that adds up for a round-trip. It’s 36 miles between Lincoln and Conway. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/42 "2014-07-30T22:42:34Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > In Newfoundland, if you drive the length of the island at night, there is a pretty good chance that you’ll hit one and total your car. There is just one road across Newfoundland, and it averages more than one moose kill per night. I’ve seen several there, and also very narrowly missed hitting one in Quebec. But that was over tens of thousands of miles of driving, so there is no high probability you will see one anywhere. Yes, I’ve driven that road a number of times. Pretty much once you’re off the Avalon peninsula, the island is lousy with moose. Also in Gros Morne, where I’ve encountered moose while on foot and while camping. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/43 "2014-07-31T03:23:10Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Yet I’ve lived in NH for nearly 25 years and have never seen a moose outside of captivity. There’s only 10,000 in the state, it’s not like we’re tripping over them. Stick to the tours and don’t expect to see them otherwise. Seriously, go out to the moose wallows along Rt 16 at dusk and you will see a moose more often than not. They’re pretty easy to find. ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/44 "2014-07-31T03:28:33Z")
I took a three day canoeing trip in Algonquin Park a few years ago. We were canoeing in a waterway connecting two lakes and there was a female moose and her baby at the water’s edge having a drink of water. We all glided by very quietly. It was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/45 "2014-07-31T03:58:15Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > But why did the moose cross the road? Why, to get to the lodge meeting, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/46 "2014-07-31T04:18:17Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Wherever you go, go in the spring when moose are attracted to road salt in the vegetation in ditches after a salt deficient winter. Once you are there, cruise about a dawn and at dusk, for that’s when they tend to be out. > > … > > If you can get to Toronto or Ottawa, then head for the Highway 60 corridor in Algonquin Park, where there are a lot of moose. I suppose it might be possible to not see a moose at sundown during the spring, but I’d be surprised., for there really are a lot of them. The visitor centre overlooks a wetland that moose tend to like. Every few years we drive through Algonquin in the spring (late April / early May). Every time we have seen moose, when they come to the highway for the road salt. Often we see 10 or more in a weekend. A couple of years ago we almost didn’t see any, but finally found one the day we were leaving. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/47 "2014-07-31T12:23:37Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > lions. > > though the population has declined. Maine has more. Where in Minnesota can I see a lion?!?! > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër? > See the løveli lakes > The wøndërful telephøne system > And mäni interesting furry animals > Including the majestik møøse I’m getting Monty Python flashbacks, was this in the Holy Grail? In the beginning part when people are getting sacked? ---
**Author:** ![highrollinwooded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71c47a/32.png) [@highrollinwooded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/highrollinwooded)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/48 "2014-07-31T13:19:22Z")
> **[Wolves and moose on Isle Royale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_and_moose_on_Isle_Royale)** > > The single predator-single prey relationship between wolves and moose on Isle Royale in Lake Superior is unique, and has been the subject of detailed study for over 50 years. Isle Royale, the principal island of Isle Royale National Park in Michigan in the United States, is an isolated island with little migration of animals into and out of the island, and as a national park, human interaction and impact on the two species is also limited. Both the wolves and the moose first became established ... ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/49 "2014-07-31T13:46:17Z")
[The Bull Moose.](http://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/bull-moose) ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/50 "2014-07-31T16:51:34Z")
Wow, Isle Royale sounds fascinating! Has anyone been there? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/51 "2014-07-31T17:32:09Z")
> [@highrollinwooded](#): > > [Wolves and moose on Isle Royale - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_and_moose_on_Isle_Royale) One of the wolves made it across the ice to the mainland this winter, where some bubba shot it with a pellet gun. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/52 "2014-07-31T18:15:09Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > Wow, Isle Royale sounds fascinating! Has anyone been there? I have not been there. It’s about a dozen miles across the water from me, so while it is nice to look at in the distance, it is too far for me to paddle over (the water is near freezing even in the summer). Topographically, Isle Royale is the same as the mainland shore from Grand Portage to past Thunder Bay. My neighbours sail over there occasionally, and find it nice but rather civilized and highly used, but that’s because they are into wilderness where they rarely come across people rather than managed parks where people are the norm. They (and other friends who have been there) have all said they enjoyed the hiking, and that there are some lovely views. [http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/trips/best-trails/isle-royale-hike-map/](http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/trips/best-trails/isle-royale-hike-map/) Most folks sleep on their own boats or in their own tents on shore at prepared sites, however, if you are not into this, there is a lodge on the island. Note that if you are there in the spring (the best time to see moose), camping might not be as enjoyable as later in the season, for spring be [blackfly season](http://youtu.be/qjLBXb1kgMo). All in all, it sounds like a lovely place to visit. You can get there by ferry from Grand Portage, and there is limited ferry service also from Houghton and Copper Harbour. Please note, however, that the Minnesota moose decline has taken place on Isle Royale too, and since there are no roads there, there is no salt to attract the moose to roadside vegetation, so don’t expect to get an autograph from Bullwinkle. (Come to think of it, a moose used to hang out at a wetland at the end of my street, but I have not come across it for three years. I don’t know if that is part of the moose decline or not.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/53 "2014-07-31T18:20:57Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I will second that but make it even more specific. New Hampshire can surely produce moose for you in general but the Kancamagus Highway is your most sure-fire bet. Bingo. This is the only place I’ve seen them, but saw quite a few just in one trip. Obligatory link to [Granite State of Mind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GYLM1SB3aA) “It’s the Kancamagus, not the Kancamangus” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/54 "2014-07-31T19:00:43Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m getting Monty Python flashbacks, was this in the Holy Grail? In the beginning part when people are getting sacked? Yes, in the section of the opening credits generally known as the “møøse credits.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/55 "2014-07-31T22:17:32Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > It was my understanding that the worst thing you can do is get between a mom moose and her calf. Moose have a reason to be cranky nearly year round. Bulls are in rut in the fall, cows are calving in the spring, and both are starving in the winter. They’re mean-tempered and will charge, and will stomp you to death if pissed off enough. It’s best to give them a wide berth. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/56 "2014-08-01T00:14:53Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > Wow, Isle Royale sounds fascinating! Has anyone been there? Yes. It is amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Fishtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ed655f/32.png) [@Fishtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fishtar)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/57 "2014-08-01T01:07:24Z")
If you don’t catch one in Minnesota and don’t want to trek to Alaska… As stated previously, Jackson Hole is a good bet. But there are quite a few in Colorado too. Some on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park, and more around Chambers Lake, and even more around North Park. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/58 "2014-08-01T01:39:23Z")
> [@Fishtar](#): > > If you don’t catch one in Minnesota and don’t want to trek to Alaska… As stated previously, Jackson Hole is a good bet. I was skiing in the Jackson Hole ski resort when a huge moose just sauntered across the ski slope. And not one of the high-up dinky pistes either – very close to the bottom where all the beginners were. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/59 "2014-08-06T13:44:47Z")
I recommend Yellowstone. Moosen aren’t nearly as common there as they are some places, but even if you don’t see a moose… Well, you’re seeing Yellowstone. Yellowstone is the top of the list of must-see places in North America. It’s arguably all three of the top three places. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/60 "2014-08-06T17:40:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I recommend Yellowstone. Moosen aren’t nearly as common there as they are some places, but even if you don’t see a moose… Well, you’re seeing Yellowstone. Yellowstone is the top of the list of must-see places in North America. It’s arguably all three of the top three places. Pretty sure Denali and Yosemite should be in there someplace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393.md?page=4)