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Originally Posted by Jdoughs
You should do the 12 hr drive from Thunder Bay to Kenora at nighttime. There is a very high percentage that you will have to dodge a moose, just a deer if lucky. This is the TransCanada highway and is the main route by vehicle across the thick forest of Western Ontario. If you are on wheels, its the way you gotta go.
The chances have been weakend in the last few years since they installed "moose fences" along alot of the northern King's Highway, but i have on numerous occasions seen them stuck on this side of the fence, and they are not shy about hitting the road.
A 1200lb moose is a little diferant then a couple hundred pound deer or any bear (lower body mass, they don't end up IN your lap.
http://www.zenwaiter.com/moosephoto.htm Some photos of a moose collision, this one isnt even that bad and I've been on scene to atleast 2 worse personally. |
I have ridden my bike on highways that literally smelled like slaughterhouses from all the dead, rotting meat. I have also had friends killed and severely injured due to striking animals that darted in front of them.
And yeah, those furry little fuckers scare me when I see them prancing along the side of the highway, especially at dusk, but I will accept them as part of the risk rather than throwing up wallsand fences along every highway and interstate.