For most of the year, the moose just sort of grunts and is pretty quiet. When mating season comes around (September – October), they have a very eerie call. This is especially true if you are sleeping in a tent and hear this sound in the dead of the night.
While camping a few years back at Round Pound (T7 R14 WELS), we pitched a tent at the wilderness campsite at the end of the lake. There are lots of Round Ponds in Maine—this one is just south of Allagash Lake. Wilderness up there means just that. No campground attendants, no lights, no traffic—just us camping in the middle of the woods. During the night, we had moose walking within 25 feet of our tent. We also heard the eerie sound of a moose looking for a mate. Needless, to say it was difficult to sleep that night.
This is the sound that a moose makes. It is not a pretty sound! This sound can be heard for miles. Click HERE to hear what it sounds like and then just imagine being in a tent in the middle of the night and hearing this strange noise. A night like this is not for the faint of heart but this is one of the greatest memories of camping that I have.
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That IS an eerie sound… kind of like a humpback whale, but on land. And to think, that sound carried all the way from Canada! (cuz everyone knows there aren’t really moose in Maine!!) LOL
Ha-Ha, Manju. Perhaps when you don’t live waaaaay across the ocean anymore, we will try to show you a moose. Can we help it if they are scared of you??