The Kennebec Explorer 2015 Visitor's Guide to Maine's Kennebec Valley | Page 6

In search of the Maine
MOOSE
The only question:
who’s watching who?
Here in Maine’s Kennebec Valley we love the moose so much
that we named it our official animal ambassador. These majestic
animals spend so much time welcoming visitors while grazing
in the many marshy roadside places that it was time to
elevate their status. Best Viewing Times & Spots
As you ride up towards the Jackman area, you enter prime
moose country. Anywhere along Route 201 — from The Forks
to the Canadian border and on Route 15 to Rockwood they
can often be seen along logging roads, diving for dinner in wet
boggy areas, hanging out in gravel pits and clomping down
hiking or snowmobile trails — moose, moose and more moose
are what you are apt to spot on any given day. Because of their massive size, moose find it easier to move about
in open areas, making it fairly easy to spot one if you are fortunate
enough to be in the right place at the right time. The best moose
viewing experience has to be seeing one in its own element —
out in the woods, while you are hiking, snowmobiling or ATVing.
Give them a wide berth, and don’t forget your camera!
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The best times to spot moose are at dawn and dusk from
mid-May through July. In the fall, during the rut, is a good time
to spot a bull with a fully formed rack. Seeing a moose then is
a real treat because they’ll soon shed their antlers.