LOCALadk Magazine
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Summer 2020 LOCALadk Magazine 19 LOCALadk I have been ver y fortunate to experience many moose encoun- ters while on canoe trips in Northern Ontario. I have seen moose feeding, and have had them swim alongside as I paddled. I have encountered them at takeouts and along portage trails— even in my campsites. Until this encounter, however, I had never had the chance to see any Adirondack moose. So I was thrilled to find a note in the lean-to log that on the previous morning one had been spotted on the lake on which I was camped for the night. The next morning, I headed out and almost immediately saw ver y fresh tracks in the mud as I passed a small swampy area. With the trail now swinging back to the lake I decided to take a chance and bushwhack down to the shore. I traveled no more than 10 or 15 yards into the woods before I nearly walked right into a moose. Fearing that she would turn and run I quickly snapped a couple of pictures, but something was not right. In the past, in a situation such as this, I would end up with at best a blurr y photo of a moose's rear end as it ran into the deep woods. This time the moose just stood and looked at me, it was then that I noticed that its front left leg was held high, and she was not putting any weight on that leg. It was broke. I had been close enough to reach out and touch the moose, but refrained from doing so. I quickly took a couple more photos, before backing away. - Brian Burns It was a beautiful September morning at Stillwa- ter Reser voir and I was working in my garage, as usual. From my window I saw a first-ever visitor. I snuck inside for a camera and then walked back out to make an introduction. As I was not that interest- ing, my visitor decided to lumber over to the park- ing lot. He lingered a few minutes, checking out his surroundings. Then it was a goodbye and off to the woods, back to his Adirondack domain. - Jeremy Graves, Stillwater Reser voir I was kayaking with a friend on the Bog River in Piercefield on the last weekend in September. I saw the moose on the riverbank just about the same time as he saw my companion and me. The moose retreated back about 100 yards and lingered a few minutes, giving us a chance to take some photos. Getting a chance to see a moose (and a bull no less) in the wild is quite an experience. - Bill Hill