Race starts in March.......
Moose breed in the fall rut....
Calves are born in May thru June after a 230 day gestation....
The lore I was told in Alaska is that Moose are about the most dangerous animal to hit with a car.
With extremely long legs and a massive body...most wind up coming thru the windshield or crushing the roof.
When cars hit them they wipe the legs out.
From:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f01/web1/ouellette.htmlDr. John Sutton, a surgeon at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH, is interested with moose-related accidents. He found that "23 people were hospitalized at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Maine Medical Center and Eastern Maine Medical Center over 4 1/2 years for injuries suffered in moose-vehicle accidents, and two of them died of head injuries. Seventy percent of those who were not killed suffered head or facial injuries, and 26 percent had severe spine injuries" (5). That is an incredible amount of damage, and the risk of hitting a moose should not be taken lightly. Signs appear throughout New England (4) warning drivers of moose near the road, and bumper stickers that bear the same slogan ("Brake for Moose; It Could Save Your Life") can be seen on vehicles of all types. In Alaska there is a different type of warning poster (3) serving the same purpose.
One key factor that makes hitting moose a bad idea is their weight and height. A moose weighs roughly half as much as an average-sized car, and their belly lines up with the top of a windshield. So when a moose is struck head on, all that weight is suddenly thrown right on top of the driver and front seat passenger because the moose's legs have been cut out from under it. This usually crushes the top of the vehicle and kills the moose (5) . Due to where the moose's weight comes down, it is then not surprising to know that injuries are more severe than if a deer was struck, and that head and neck injuries are more common with moose accidents than deer accidents(9) .
Can't verify this as I've never hit one.
