Posted on 01/11/2016 11:52:34 AM PST by BenLurkin
GREENVILLE — It's like a rodeo, Maine-style.
A three-man field crew flies in a helicopter above the woods near Moosehead Lake, the pilot getting as close to the treetops as he can. Once a moose is spotted, the crew's "muggers" leap from the helicopter and wrestle the animal to the ground. They belt the moose's legs, take blood and fecal samples and place a radio collar on it.
"In about 10 minutes we can get a moose sorted,"
(Excerpt) Read more at pressherald.com ...
Oh, here we go...
So now we’ll finally understand why mooses bite sisters?
Wonder what station the Moose listen to ?
Careful of the radio collar weirdos.
They coulda just called my sister.
Moose Muggers not allowed to recruit sisters.
Moose mugging sounds like a high risk job....very high risk. I sure wouldnt want to do it!
I really want to see the video of two guys wrestling a moose down. I call BS unless there is massive amount of ketamine used. Moose injure more people in Alaska than bears do.
Radio-collar study vital in understanding mooselim habits
· by BenLurkindere · 6 replies
.pressitherald.com ^ | 01/10/2016 | Diedre Phlegming
GREENVILLE — It’s like a rodeo, Maine-style. A three-man field crew flies in a helicopter above the woods near Mooselimhead Lake, the pilot getting as close to the treetops as he can. Once a mooselim is spotted, the crew’s “muggers” leap from the helicopter and wrestle the animal to the ground. They belt the mooselim’s legs, take blood and fecal samples and place a radio collar on it. “In about 10 minutes we can get a mooselim sorted out.’
there fixed it
They’ve been putting radio-transmitter collars on moose for at least 50 years.
Steell looking vor radio collar on Squirrel.
Warning!!
Stay away from Moosehead Lake...
;-)
I vote for one for Hillary.
They won’t detect much movement at night, because the animals will be moosely dreaming.
Oh this is gonna be good.
Hoo-wuh!
Bell. A big bell.
Yep, and you know the bears must get a kick out of that spectacle. Especially the fecal sample part.
They use a net launched from a special gun, so they do not simple “wrestle” the moose down.
“The IF&W biologists work with pilots from the Maine Forest Service to locate cow moose in Northern Maine and once spotted, the “muggers†come in on helicopters and use cartridge-launched nets to isolate the moose.”
Read More: A Wildlife Rodeo of Sorts in Northern Maine | http://q1065.fm/a-wildlife-rodeo-of-sorts-in-northern-maine/?trackback=tsmclip
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