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Moose Facts: Moose have a life expectancy of 8 to 25 years. The average is about 15-18. Use caution when driving in Moose Country. Moose are hard to see and do not show up well at night. Because of their tremendous size an encounter with a moose on the road can be fatal
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offering fun trips at affordable prices! About Us I am an experienced driver, having driven a rural mail route as a sub for over 7 years, which was perfect training for driving the tours... I had to drive for about five hours, often very slowly down the side of the road, stopping about 500 times, while always staying alert for oncoming traffic, especially ones that could potentially hit my vehicle from the back! We opened Mooseland Tours & Gifts on Main Street in Norway, ME, in the spring of 2001. Then next spring we began doing moose tours, but after four short years, illnesses in our family during the 2005 season forced us to close our store and suspend tours temporarily. Sadly, Leon's dad passed away in late October, and we were giving my mom 'round the clock care. When mom was admitted to a nursing home in January 2009, we were able to resume doing the moose tours that spring. Using the van, most of our
tours are "private" trips allowing a lot
more
freedom for individual choices and/or needs. While smoking is
not allowed in our vehicle, I can accommodate smokers by stopping at
any of several scenic rest areas.
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About Us We're excited to be back and experienced a great variety of wildlife sightings during our 2009 season! Come, join us on one of our Maine moose tour adventures! A perfect end to our 2005 Season! Our fourth season with the moose tours ended on a high note! We looked everywhere (unsuccessfully) for moose. It was an evening tour and it was getting dark as we headed homeward. Laughter still filled the car as we rode and talked about the evening's adventures. Even though we hadn't found a moose we had a wonderful time. Suddenly something came up over the bank to our right and ran into the road ahead of us. It was a bear! Instead of running straight across, he hesitated and then ran away from us right down the middle of the road! I put the lights on high beam so we could see him better and just eased along behind him. He looked back over his shoulder nervously from time to time to see if we were still there. Finally he took the plunge and went down over the embankment to our left. We were screaming! "A BEAR!!" Not one of us felt we would be able to get a picture under the headlights, but we were content with having seen him and for so long! All of us agreed that the bear was probably about 250lbs. Not huge as bears go, average probably, but big enough to impress us! During the evening we spotted tracks, some fresh and some not so fresh, but at one favorite spot we
saw one of the
biggest tracks I've seen in a while. I knew it HAD to be the
big
bull, the one the locals call "The Big Guy". On the
way
home, I told the girls with me that I was going back in the
morning to look again for the moose that left those enormous
tracks. After all, the bear sighting notwithstanding, we
hadn't
seen a moose, so technically I had skunked them. I reminded
them it would be free and they decided to join me early the next
morning.I picked them up at their motel the next morning about 4:30. We wanted to get into moose country EARLY! Driving along, chatting about the previous evening and expectations for this morning's trip, I spotted very fresh tracks beside the road. The moose must have just walked out of them! Pulling
off the road and hunting for my moose call, opening windows,
shutting the car off... all took just seconds. I listened a
moment, looked around and then tried the moose call out the open
window. Sort of like our telephone ring back in the crank
telephone days. Two long, three short... and in the
rear
view mirror I saw a young bull run into the road behind us and right
across into the woods on the other side. I blurted out "There's one
behind us", but the girls didn't get turned around fast enough to see
him.
Pictured here is one of the
Bluebird buses I'm
looking for...After a couple cars passed, I waited and then tried again. Two long, three or four short... and I wish I had this on video. It's hard to describe. A big cow moose came running out so fast... and she stopped short when she hit the road and saw us... she almost tipped over. Right behind her, coming full tilt was her calf, who also stopped so short, it teetered and almost fell over. The girls saw these two! The two moose looked at us with a baffled expression, and when I called again softly, they took a couple steps closer to us and stopped again. They just knew something wasn't right! When I tried the call one more time, they decided that was it, turned and trotted off into the woods across the road. We sat there just long enough for me to hear them in the woods. They came up almost across the street from us to get a closer look, but we no longer could see them, so we moved along. We never did see "The Big Guy" but on our return journey one of the girls called out, "There's one up ahead!" as a good size bull crossed the road and began running in the opposite direction, away from us. I tried to ease up closer to him but he was edgy and took to the woods. We did get a couple more glimpses of him as we were leaving, heading for home. It was a good morning. Good company, moose, beautiful country, nice weather, fun, laughter, successful moose calling. What more could you want? We are still hoping to eventually purchase a "beloved" Bluebird bus for the tours as it will afford easier access, more visibility, windows that open, front and back air conditioning, and overhead space for your jackets and extra gear! We feel the little Bluebird bus will be ideal because it is small and comfortable, but can accommodate family groups of 9-12 that want to all go out together. We've found there aren't enough used Bluebirds available to go around, so we are still looking! Please keep us in mind if you know someone who is about to sell or trade in a small bus. In the meantime we have purchased a white Chevy van much like the old one, that allows us to take 7 passengers, with plenty of space for extra equipment, jackets, coolers, picnic baskets, etc. 
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