The Goosed Moose

The Goosed Moose

Picture Essay by Photojournalist Milt Inman

The true adventure of a large cow moose attacked by Canada geese, with pictures to prove it.

This all takes place In early fall on a long narrow channel of water, pond lilies and grass at the lower end of Hicks Pond in Greenwood City, Maine.

The bank along the shoreline is about 50 feet of grass, bushes, then forest to the top of Patch Mountain.

My wife Eleanor and I were having our mid-morning tea when a large cow moose came out of the woods and proceeded into the water and commenced eating a green salad of lilies and grass.

Now the moose has a startled look for a few seconds........

.......then back to eating again.

The geese get closer and the moose gets more nervous.

The geese get even closer and the moose trots out to the shore near the bushes and waits......

....and the geese go right on down the pond about 100 feet below where the cow is standing and watching. Now the moose says all is clear. I can go back to feeding out in the pond again.

The geese turn and see the moose out in the pond feeding once more.

Now the geese start for the moose once again....

.....but this time they get right in her face honking and rushing at the cow moose.

She has had enough of this......

.....and trots off and disappears into the woods with out looking back even once.

We did not see the Big “Chicken” Cow Moose again for three days.

That's what I call a “Goosed Moose”. Milt