# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/61 "2014-08-06T17:48:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Pretty sure Denali and Yosemite should be in there someplace. No moose in [Yosemite.](http://www.yosemitepark.com/yosemite-wildlife.aspx) ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/62 "2014-08-06T17:52:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > No moose in [Yosemite.](http://www.yosemitepark.com/yosemite-wildlife.aspx) Yeah, I was responding to his last two sentences. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/63 "2014-08-06T18:50:52Z")
I’ve never been to Denali, but Yosemite can’t hold a candle to Yellowstone. Glacier is still a contender, though, even without the, you know, glaciers. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/64 "2014-08-07T18:05:41Z")
Skyline Trail, Cape Bretton, Nova Scotia. Its a bit out of your way but we saw three on this relatively short trail. The first was just slowly browsing through the woods. Others had stopped in front of us so we knew something was there. This bull was HUGE! I knew they were big but, until you see one up close, you have no idea. I would say were were within 25’ of him. He couldn’t have been less concerned with our presence. He crossed the trail in front of us, walked into the woods about 50’ and plopped down for a rest. We continued along the trail for a little more and came upon a cow and her calf. The calf was the size of a medium horse, mom was much bigger. They were equally nonplussed. Those moose are impressive animals. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/65 "2014-08-08T15:39:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > there is a Shell station in Upsala, Ontario Sorry for hijacking the thread briefly, but my jaw dropped at a reference to Upsala on the SDMB. I lived in Upsala for a few years before moving down the road to Ignace. Back then Upsala’s population was 500. Moving to Ignace’s then 2500 was like moving to Metropolis (I was very young). Growing up in Northern Ontario we were no stranger to the moose. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/66 "2014-08-09T03:18:05Z")
I just got back from a two week camping trip to the Bighorn mountains in north-central Wyoming. We saw at least a dozen moose, a couple wandering right by our campsite. > **[Big Horn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest Wyoming information...](http://www.bighornmountains.com/)** > > vacation and tourism information source for Wyoming's beautiful Bighorn Mountains and Bighorn National Forest. We also develop affordable web sites for Wyoming's businesses and organizations > **[Bighorn National Forest - Home](https://www.fs.usda.gov/bighorn)** > > Bighorn National Forest - Home ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/67 "2014-08-09T04:38:31Z")
Have I mentiøned that a møøse bit my sister ønce? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/68 "2014-08-09T09:27:27Z")
> [@Nature\_s\_Call](#): > > Sorry for hijacking the thread briefly, but my jaw dropped at a reference to Upsala on the SDMB. I lived in Upsala for a few years before moving down the road to Ignace. Back then Upsala’s population was 500. Moving to Ignace’s then 2500 was like moving to Metropolis (I was very young). > > Growing up in Northern Ontario we were no stranger to the moose. You didn’t happen to live on a commune up that way, did you? ---
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/69 "2014-08-09T14:06:48Z")
When people ask where you are going on vacation, please tell me you will reply: “On a wild moose chase.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/70 "2014-08-09T15:46:26Z")
[Go to one of thir conventions!](http://www.mooseintl.org/public/default.asp) After a couple of highballs, they’ll get fairly wild. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/71 "2014-08-11T04:51:42Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Also saw a couple driving through Maine and Nova Scotia one summer trip. Were they in a Fiat? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/72 "2014-08-13T08:56:59Z")
I live in central BC. [This](http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/assets_c/2012/10/530moose-thumb-530x270-234836.jpg) is at the university. They’re all over the place up here! [Here’s](http://www.250news.com/blog/view/17759/1/new+signs+hope+to+reduce+collisions+with+wildlife) a sign warning unwary drivers, complete with crumpled hood. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/73 "2014-08-13T10:50:29Z")
> [@Shamozzle](#): > > I live in central BC. [This](http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/assets_c/2012/10/530moose-thumb-530x270-234836.jpg) is at the university. Having the highest enrollment of undergraduate moose is one of the reasons UNBC is Canada [green university](http://www.unbc.ca/green). Some universities don’t have any undergraduate moose enrolled. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/74 "2014-08-13T16:45:00Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > [Go to one of thir conventions!](http://www.mooseintl.org/public/default.asp) > After a couple of highballs, they’ll get fairly wild. Haha, this gave me a good laugh. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/75 "2014-08-13T16:57:18Z")
> [@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. Very much dependent upon where you go and when you go there. I’ve been within 20 ft of two moose on land while hunting (One as I came around a stand of brush, and another who walked right past me while I was standing on a large stump), and within 30 ft of one in the water while swimming (I came around a corner of a pond on this one, and there it was). North of Berlin, I rarely go without seeing (or nearly hitting) one as I drive Rt 16 to the Maine border north of Errol. The closest pass had a full bull moose’s nostrils about 3 ft from my drivers side window as I whizzed past at 65 mph. :eek: NH resident for 15 years, I’ve probably seen 30-40, without looking hard for them. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/76 "2014-08-13T19:38:22Z")
> [@butler1850](#): > > NH resident for 15 years, I’ve probably seen 30-40, without looking hard for them. I lived in Nashua for 15 years, and have been in MA pretty much the rest of my life. I’ve seen more moose in NH and ME than I can count but I spend a lot of time hiking, biking, and skiing up there. Moose encounters on the trail or along side the road are common enough as to not often come up in conversation. Bear sightings, on the other hand, are less common and more newsworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Keweenaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Keweenaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keweenaw)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/77 "2014-08-13T20:38:48Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > Wow, Isle Royale sounds fascinating! Has anyone been there? Yes. You’ll have a good chance of seeing a moose there if you visit and are willing to do some hiking. I’ve seen a few in the UP while driving, but its very rare. I think there are something like 500 in the UP mainland, but over a 1000 on Isle Royale. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/78 "2014-08-13T21:06:21Z")
> [@Keweenaw](#): > > Yes. You’ll have a good chance of seeing a moose there if you visit and are willing to do some hiking. > > I’ve seen a few in the UP while driving, but its very rare. I think there are something like 500 in the UP mainland, but over a 1000 on Isle Royale. The very early stages of planning a trip next June have begun! Isle Royale, here we come! Thanks again, all, keep telling me about moose! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/79 "2014-08-15T20:59:41Z")
> [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](#): > > I just got back from a two week camping trip to the Bighorn mountains in north-central Wyoming. We saw at least a dozen moose, a couple wandering right by our campsite. > > [http://www.bighornmountains.com/](http://www.bighornmountains.com/) > > [http://www.fs.usda.gov/bighorn](http://www.fs.usda.gov/bighorn) I was going to post the Bighorns as well. I live in northeast Wyoming, and the family and I often take weekend trips to go see the majestik møøse in the Bighorns, and have never been disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393/80 "2014-08-17T02:29:46Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Where in Minnesota can I see a lion?!?! I was wondering the same thing. However, we did have a cougar moving through the Minnesota River Valley a couple of years back. Mostly, it’s bobcats, a few lynx, and some hybrid cats and most of those are at the northern end of the state. A few years back, I did see a moose at the edge of Hwy 61, north of Duluth but it was in March when the moose are more likely to wander around for food. Otherwise, they tend to be hard to spot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-wild-moose/694393.md?page=5)