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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I do not get lost. I just take the scenic route a few times. Which is really fun when you take the back roads in the deep forest when European elk AKA moose are around. Of course, I have looked south into big Canada land . . . quote:
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe I do not get lost. I just take the scenic route a few times. Which is really fun when you take the back roads in the deep forest when European elk AKA moose are around. Of course, I have looked south into big Canada land . . . It is usually quite fun seeing an elk, or moose if you so prefer. I've encountered them quite a few times during the years. Although now it has been a while since last time. It has been scary a few times when I've been in a car, but the incident had actually passed before it got scary. And once out in the wild, and that time I hadn't time to get scared either. I was walking across a clearcut area (not nearly as fine as the picture below shows) when a moose came running straight at me from behind. I didn't see it until my friend called out in alarm and I turned around and the moose was perhaps 10 yards from me. It looked startled at my friend and continued straight at me and I couldn't really move to the side, except perhaps making a dive. But I suppose that I made some startling sound because the elk, now 5 yards away, turned the head and looked at me. Stopped, looked and stood still for an eternity. Or perhaps 5 to 10 seconds. Then it turned 90 degrees to the side and ran on. During moose rutting season the males get quite mad with their hormones and charge most anything - dogs, people, cars, trucks and sometimes a train. The train usually wins, but need to visits the dent and fender shop. Northern communities frequently warn their children to move away ASAP if they see a moose.
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