''Moosehead' - Saint John NB, Canada '14

[Paul Abbott]

I have just come back from a trip to maritime Canada, visiting my father and family. This is one from Saint John NB, and it's a statue of a moose, given to the people of Saint John by the Moosehead Brewery...
I've always preferred the micro brewer, Picaroons though...

'Moosehead' - Saint John NB, Canada '14 - Paul Abbott
RICOH GR w/ GW3 21mm​

 

[Asher Kelman]

I have just come back from a trip to maritime Canada, visiting my father and family. This is one from Saint John NB, and it's a statue of a moose, given to the people of Saint John by the Moosehead Brewery...
I've always preferred the micro brewer, Picaroons though...

'Moosehead' - Saint John NB, Canada '14 - Paul Abbott
RICOH GR w/ GW3 21mm​

I presume, Paul, my friend, that the moose is a statue, although in some places, this is entirely possible to be a live intruder. Glad to see the Ricoh and 21mm combination is still your good servant!

Asher

 

[Paul Abbott]

Yeah, it's a full size moose statue, Asher. It made me think about how moose (unwittingly), and beer can kill on Canada's highways...they're strange bedfellows in this respect.
Anyway, i'm loving the 21mm, Asher.

 

[James Lemon]

A unique perspective Paul! I like the back drop of the moose being in the big city.

 

[Paul Abbott]

Right on, James.
I got to thinking, where else is it possible to find a juxtaposition between a moose and the big city?!

I know you know this but there are lots of fatalities between moose and cars on the highway in the Maritimes. They tend to roam at night and cross said highway if they can, and that's when the proverbial hits the fan. If they weren't so tall I think a lot of people would survive a crash with a moose. But because they're tall they're legs get carved out from beneath them by the cars front end and then of course the body crashes through the windscreen...an airbag it ain't!
Also, even police have had they're fair share of fatalities on the highway from Saint John to Fredericton.
Anyway, I was happy to see two female moose up against the fence by the side of the highway coming back from Saint john, I couldn't believe it! I have always wanted to see them in the wild, I wish I'd got to see a male with those huge antlers though...

 

[James Lemon]

Right on, James.
I got to thinking, where else is it possible to find a juxtaposition between a moose and the big city?!

I know you know this but there are lots of fatalities between moose and cars on the highway in the Maritimes. They tend to roam at night and cross said highway if they can, and that's when the proverbial hits the fan. If they weren't so tall I think a lot of people would survive a crash with a moose. But because they're tall they're legs get carved out from beneath them by the cars front end and then of course the body crashes through the windscreen...an airbag it ain't!
Also, even police have had they're fair share of fatalities on the highway from Saint John to Fredericton.
Anyway, I was happy to see two female moose up against the fence by the side of the highway coming back from Saint john, I couldn't believe it! I have always wanted to see them in the wild, I wish I'd got to see a male with those huge antlers though...

Hi Paul

Yeah I really like the composition of this! Just so you know about proper moose talk lingo they are referred to as a cow for the female and a bull for the male. Anyway they are very large animals and almost black in color makes them very difficult to see at night time. Animals of this nature like dear and such forage for food at night and sleep during the day. I try to avoid travelling after dusk. I have seen these animals up close in the wild and on the highway. I have also heard of stories of moose getting trapped on the railroad tracks in the winter with high snow banks on each side and the moose can not escape so they will not run from the train but turn around and charge the train head on.Oh yeah they turn gray when they get old too. Many other moose in parts of the province of Alberta are infested with ticks and die terrible deaths.