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"We have been staying in Warren, New Hampshire, at Moose Hillock Campground which we were told is on an excellent road for moose sightings. After two nights searching on our own with no luck, we took the Moose Sighting Tours called Pemi Tours out of Lincoln (Loon Mountain) which was excellent and saw eight moose that night! The next night we figured we would try again on our own and went out and bought a spotlight and went out on Route 118 and sure enough at 9 PM saw a baby male off in the woods (you see the eyes glowing) and then came back and almost hit the mother at 10:10 PM in the road licking the salt. She was huge! About 600 lb.! And we did not see her until we were right upon her and we were only going 10 MPH looking for them! Thank goodness we were not coming from the other direction. We saw both of them in the opening right before Mt. Moosilauke Ravine Lodge Road, which by the way is outof the boundaries of the moose crossing signs. If you don't see any there I highly recommend the Pemi Tours in Lincoln. A 97% success rate and they have seen them every night this season so far (as of July 8, 2006). Lisa."

Mooseworld: Thanks for your report and tips. That cow was probably even bigger than you imagined.

"This past week on June 7, 2006, we spotted a moose in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We were driving on Michigan highway 123, about two miles south of the town of Paradise, when we spotted the moose standing by the road. We had been vacationing in the area all week and looking for moose in all the obvious places (marshy areas, backcountry areas) with no luck. So we were very surprised to look up and see the moose standing by the highway! At first, the moose seemed startled by our car and ran back into the shrubs, so we parked along the roadside and just waited. Within a couple of minutes, the moose came back out, crossed the road, and continued eating leaves off of the trees. If a car drove by, it would stop and look for a moment, but then would go back to eating. We were so excited to have this close encounter since we had never seen a moose so closely before! Leslie."

Mooseworld: This makes our coverage of North America almost complete, East, West and now Midwest. And this spotting in "Paradise," no less!

"While driving through the Northeast part of Vermont last week [May 2006] on Route 302 Mom and went around a blind turn to see a huge male moose standing in the middle of the road. He looked at our car—like we were in his terriory—then turned his head and walked into the brush, smashing trees as he went! What a treat during our summer ride! Joyce.

Mooseworld: From the Pacific Northwest (see below) to the Atlantic Northeast, 2006 is the summer of moose. We'll report from Jackson Hole later this summer.

"Early this afternoon [May 2006] as I was finishing up teaching a voice lesson to one of my adult students, I looked out my studio window, only to see a large moose walking by. She was accompanied by another moose, both of whom sauntered by closely followed by a police car. They calmly walked past our house (in a manufactured housing development in residential Pullman, Washington) and down the path to the bus stop where my son catches the school bus. They then walked across the busy highway, and into the fields across from our housing development.

This isn't the first time, either! My older son once followed a young bull moose up our street in a car—verrrry slowly! Carolyn."

Mooseworld: We wonder if the moose was attracted by the "moosical" lesson. Thanks for the report from the Pacific Northwest.

"We saw the most moose in the northeast kingdom of Vermont where they are getting to be quite common (the Wenlock Wildlife Preserve outside of Island Pond was a morning hot spot) but we were also happily surprised to see a younger bull in the west-central area of the state just east of Brandon on Rt. 73. There were alot of other clear signs that moose are slowly inhabiting areas west and south in the state. Thanks and happy moosing. Elisa."

Mooseworld: Elisa is one of our regular correspondents as you can see in "A New England Moose Travelogue" in the Big Moose Photo Galleries section.

"We were on our way to school [in Naples, Maine] when we had to stop the car suddenly, a female moose had just finished drinking and was heading back in the woods, she stopped looked at us and walked away, we were about 15 feet from her. Kevin."

Mooseworld: All moose sightings are special whether there is one moose or several. And there are so many possibilities in Maine!

"MOMMY MOOSE GETS MAD!

My daughter, Alexa and I went for a quad ride at her uncle’s acreage. We went on a trail through the forest. We went for a long way. Alexa saw a baby moose lying on the trail. I didn’t see it until we almost ran over it. Alexa said “look out Daddy there is an animal there.” I realized was a calf moose. It had just been born because its fur was still wet and it had mucus hanging from its nose. The baby moose was cute. The eyes looked blue. He was brown with soft looking fur. Alexa wanted to pet him by I said his mommy would be mad. The baby moose wasn’t even ad big as her Uncle Jamie’s Chocolate Lab dog, Crosby. It could barely stand up. Then I saw is the cow moose. She was about 75 feet away and was charging towards us. I said to Alexa lets get out of here and we started up the trail. I was really worried the cow moose would attack us with her sharp hooves and big head. The trail ahead was very wet and muddy and we didn’t know if we could get through but the cow moose was too mad to worry about that. We went as fast as we could through the mud and water. We got through and as soon as the cow moose thought her baby was safe she quit chasing us. We drove down the trail until we came to a small creek. I didn’t think we could cross it. I looked back and thought I could still see the cow moose. I asked Alexa if it was the moose and she said yes “I can see her ears sticking up over her head”. I went back a little way so I could get a good look. The cow was still there guarding the trail and her baby. We couldn’t go back so we went to the creek again. We saw that there were some bushes in the water. I said I would try to drive across. I had Alexa walk over the bushes and up the other side so I could get a good run at the creek. I drove the quad as hard as I could through the creek. There was lots of water and mud. Just when I thought I was stuck the front wheels grabbed & I got over and up the bank. Alexa cheered and clapped her hands. We had to drive a long way around to get back to the house. Alexa told everybody the story. Her Gramma thought we were lost.

This happened in the Saddle Hills, 45 miles north of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada on May 13, 2006 at about 4:00 pm.

By Garth Hart with help from Alexa Hart (age 7)."

Mooseworld: We received this moose story on Mother's Day and it reminds us of how protective moose mothers can be. Thank you Garth and Alexa.

"This is in response to the person who asked about Success Road in New Hampshire. It is located in the city of Berlin. Most people in the town can give you directions to the site. My girlfriend, Jamie, and I have been up through Success Road many times and recently have sighted up to five moose in a single visit. They seem to be more active starting in the late afternoon. Mark."

Mooseworld: We had almost forgotten that we had asked this question! On our Sightings Page 1 we said: "What a great name for a moose sighting road—Success! Can anyone tell us exactly where this is?" and now we have the answer from Mark.

"This afternoon (May 1, 2006), as I was driving for work I saw approximately 20 cars on both sides of the road on New Ludlow Road on the South Hadley-Chicopee Massachusetts town line. Cars up ahead of me were stopping and some were pulling over, adding to the cars already parked on the side of the road. I had no idea what was happening. I stopped my car, and in less than 10 seconds a large female? moose loped across the road less than 8 feet in front of my car. I have never seen a moose in the "wild," that is, outside of a zoo, and have been waiting for a sighting for years now. I was amazed at the size, and more particularly, by the height of the animal. It seemed that her back was at least six feet off the ground and her head still quite a bit higher. I am sure glad I got the opportunity to see her, but I can now understand much better why hitting one with a car can be so catastrophic. This is one large, massive, and impressive animal. Arnie."

Mooseworld: There is nothing quite like a "moose sighting." One car spots a moose and then within minutes there's a minor traffic jam, but unlike most such tieups everyone is happy and excited.

"I currently live in Anchorage, Alaska, where moose are a common everyday sighting, such as seeing a robin is in the Midwest. Though I don't have a picture as I did not have my camera with me at the time, I do have a moose encounter to share with everyone.

I was riding my bike at Kincaid Park (a place full of moose) and as I made my way out of the park proper on the bike trail, a 4-5 month old calf was feeding in the trees along the trail. Knowing that "mom" would be close by and how protective they can be, I immediately stopped to get a good look around for "mom." Though I couldn't see her, I could hear her in the trees. Meanwhile, the calf tentatively started walking towards me. I stood still wondering if little moose knew how to stomp at this age, and the calf still came closer, moving its ears forward and backward. I put my hand out, palm down, hoping that it didn't decide to charge at the last minute. The calf got within one foot of sniffing my hand when a car came along and stopped to observe what was happening to me. This made the little moose nervous and it jumped back about five feet. The car then moved on and the calf came back. The calf got within two feet of my outstretched hand the second time when momma moose started increasing her noise from the trees and the little moose decided it was time to go into the trees.

As I write this, there is a momma moose and her last year calf laying down just outside my fenced backyard. However, the fence doesn't stop them if they want to come in the backyard. Stacey."

Mooseworld: This is a great story from what is truly "mooseworld"—Alaska. It also provides us with the opportunity to once again make sure that our users know how to view moose safely (see the notice above). People who are around moose all of the time, like Stacey, are very aware just when they can take such a risk, and they do it cautiously.

"Yesterday [November 26, 2005] I spotted a large animal in the woods. I thought it must be a large deer. It was a moose. I never had seen a moose before and he was huge, slow moving and alone. I often throw out apples and carrots and such to the deer that live in the woods in back of my house. Maybe thats why the moose appeared I don't know. He was chestnut brown in color and flat long finger like antlers.

I spoke softly to him and he looked right at me then continued to eat. He was the size of a horse. He did not seem to be afraid of me but I was respectful of staying the 15 foot distance that we had between us. He turned away and walked into the woods. I hope to photograph him if I ever get to see him again. He was seen in a wooded area located on Route 62, Princeton, Massachusetts. Carol."

Mooseworld: New England is becoming Moose Country. Be sure to read the moose sightings there and elsewhere on pages 1 and 2.