Monday 5 October 1999 - "We were just about to go for a short walk at 6 p.m., when I happened to look down the field to the entrance of "the glades". There were two bull moose [one pretty obviously a youngster with little more than spikes for antlers, and a larger bull with a medium-sized rack] who were "fighting". They would face each other and wrestle, antler to antler. Much of it was in place, but occasionally one would run at the other from a short distance. The smaller bull ran a little ways away after several aggressive moves by the larger animal. It was an "active" battle - the antler crashing sounds were great - but didn't seem to be acrimonius. After a couple jousts, they'd walk side by side up the field, eating a little off downed birches. Then one [usually the larger] would nudge the other, and they would "horn wrestle" for awhile. They eventually worked their way up the field in back of the cellar hole, where they browsed side by side on willows and birches. The larger browsed his way north again, and finally wandered off into "the glades". The smaller one spent a lot of time browsing up near our spring, eventually went south into the woods at about 6:30 p.m. I took almost a full roll of film, but it was already pretty dark, so I'll be lucky if I get one or two good pics."
NOTE: I suppose I should explain the title of this page, "Danger de Nuit." If you've ever driven across eastern Canada, you will know about the road signs that are placed every mile or so on certain highways. They show a very mean looking moose, and the warning that it is very dangerous to drive at night because of moose on the highways. Maine and the northern New England states have signs with similar sentiment, but not in French. I'll write more about this "night danger," later.