Moose in the yard

[kuhio98]

At about 11:00 this morning, a young moose wandered into the yard to snoop around and take a siesta. Thought I share some photos. Sorry if they are too dark. The sun hadn't come up when he decided to take a nap. Pepper is monitoring the situation from the upstairs window and Halo is watching from downstairs.

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[cookieluver7]

Thats wild!:eek: Thanks for sharing! :D

[RICHARD]

Moose in the yard?

Bats in the belfrey?

Ants in my pants or

Bees in my bonnet???

Can I get back to you on that???

[Kater]

What a cute moose!
It looks like your yard in fenced...any idea how he got in?
I love that last picture, just chillin' in the snow, literally. :cool:

[kuhio98]

Originally posted by Kater
It looks like your yard in fenced...any idea how he got in?
I love that last picture, just chillin' in the snow, literally. :cool:

I was too slow to get a photo of it, but he just lifted his front hooves and jumped over without any problem! The side fence is 6 feet, but the back fence is about 5 feet. He came over the back fence. He walked the higher fence for a while like he was looking for a way over, but he didn't even attempt it. He's still there chewing his cud. Been almost 2 hours now. :D

[CountryWolf07]

Wow! How cool..

[moosmom]

That is SO cool!!!

[Uabassoon]

I want to move to Alaska and have a moose in my backyard! Thank you so much for sharing those pictures!

[kimlovescats]

How very COOL!!! :eek:

[GraciesMommy]

How long did he stay?

[kuhio98]

Mr. Moose jumped the fence again (after leaving behind some "nuggets" for us to use as fertilizer) :rolleyes: He left a little after 3:00 p.m. when the school bus came by and scared him. He wandered off into the 40-acre swamp behind our yard and was last seen chewing on a birch branch. :D

[Kfamr]

That is soooooooo cool!
He's so cute. Never see anything like that in gross over-populated Florida!

[QueenScoopalot]

I've always wanted to see a moose! There's tons of them in Maine, but I've yet to see one...*sigh* someday! Great pictures, thanks for sharing them with us! :) :) :)

[KYS]

That is so cool.
I never met anybody that had a pet moose. ;)

[anna_66]

WOW! Isn't that awesome!

[Corinna]

He looks to be a yearling. Have you seen may around? We had several run through the parking lot at work, tourist are out trying to get close to film it . You never get near a moose we had to call the rangers to keep the people back. As we were opening last year we had a cow and 2calves watching us through the front windows. Can't wait to see if they are back this year.

[Paul]

   Wow, that's amazing!

      Paul

   http://www.petoftheday.com/online/bbs/moose2.jpg

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Wow, these are spectacular pics!! I've seen moose before, but only in a zoo...:( . I am jalous!!

[mei]

That's wonderful!!
How luckly that you have a moose in your backyard.
I have seen moose only on TV <discover>

[delidog]

Too Cool!!!!
John,my Fiance grew up in Maine where this happens all the time!!!
It does look like your yard is fenced for him!! ;)

Great Pics!!!!

Hope he had a good nap!!! :)

[cloverfdx]

Wow ian't he gorgeous :D. And another thing it was still dark at 11am :confused: ? That is amazing. Thankyou for sharing him with us.

[Karen]

Like QueenScoopalot, I have always wanted to see a moose, but never have, despite driving rounds with Moose Crossing signs many many times. I am so jealous!

[Lady's Human]

My most memorable encounter with a moose was while driving a HMMWV (hummvee). I was going through the woods on a training exercise near Calais, ME (the army uses that area for training a lot, AKA Deep woods, ME), and came around a corner to find a moose staring at me like she was asking me "Hey, I own this place, what are you doing here?". I didn't know a Hummvee could stop that quickly. We sat there staring at each other for a minute, and then she went back into the woods, and disappeared like a ghost. she can't have gone more than 10-20 feet into the woods and you couldn't see her.