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New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« on: May 10, 2010, 08:03:39 PM »
New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose

New Durham Police Department
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Monday, May 10, 2010

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On May 9, 2010 at approximately 9:42 pm New Durham Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 11 near Quaker Rd. Police arrived and found that motor vehicle had struck a moose and the force of the impact sent the moose through the windshield and into the passenger seat of the vehicle.

The driver of the vehicle, Constance Bickford, 56, of New Durham NH received minor injuries and was driven to the hospital. The moose was killed from the force of the impact, and the vehicle was totaled.



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7 miles from the house.  Happens more than you think around here.  And you thought YOU had road hazards.

Oh, and one more reason not to pick up hitchhikers.
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2010, 08:21:58 PM »
More/better pics from New Durham FD, if anyone's interested...

http://ndfd.org/albums/2010-05-09-Car_vs_Moose/
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2010, 08:35:51 PM »
bad news: Your car is totalled

good news: You now have 700 lbs of meat to take home.

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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2010, 08:42:10 PM »
bad news: Your car is totalled

good news: You now have 700 lbs of meat to take home.

If it was a bull (in this case, it wasn't) moose, you'd have more than that.  That one is a cow, and they average about 700-800 lbs., fully grown. 
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2010, 09:57:43 PM »
If it was a bull (in this case, it wasn't) moose, you'd have more than that.  That one is a cow, and they average about 700-800 lbs., fully grown. 
Is that before its "cleaned"?

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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2010, 06:39:37 AM »
Is that before its "cleaned"?

Yeah.  Bull moose can get to over 1400-1500 lbs.
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2010, 06:43:36 AM »
"Hey Rocky. Watch me pull a VW Rabbit out of my ass."



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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2010, 07:00:24 AM »
Mmmmmm....moose chili or moose stew on a cold winter's day.  Nothing quite like it.
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2010, 07:08:29 AM »
"Hey Rocky. Watch me pull a VW Rabbit out of my ass."


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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2010, 03:26:02 PM »
New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose

New Durham Police Department
Press Release
Monday, May 10, 2010

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On May 9, 2010 at approximately 9:42 pm New Durham Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 11 near Quaker Rd. Police arrived and found that motor vehicle had struck a moose and the force of the impact sent the moose through the windshield and into the passenger seat of the vehicle.

The driver of the vehicle, Constance Bickford, 56, of New Durham NH received minor injuries and was driven to the hospital. The moose was killed from the force of the impact, and the vehicle was totaled.



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7 miles from the house.  Happens more than you think around here.  And you thought YOU had road hazards.

Oh, and one more reason not to pick up hitchhikers.
Wow, minor injuries only. Deer, Elk, Moose in the roads around here also..


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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2010, 07:59:17 AM »
Here's my favorite line from the follow-up story in Foster's:

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New Durham police were not sure Monday afternoon what became of the moose carcass.

I bet I know.  Mmmmmm...pre-tenderized moose steaks.
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2010, 12:30:35 PM »
Here's my favorite line from the follow-up story in Foster's:

I bet I know.  Mmmmmm...pre-tenderized moose steaks.

I had a moose steak from a cow moose, that had been taken by a guy in the deer camp I belong to, a few years ago.  He had shot it on the last day of his hunt up in Newfoundland.  It was good.
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2010, 01:37:29 PM »
I can't imagine it would be all that--after all, they're pretty lean and gamey after the winter, and likely was calving.  But hey, worth a shot, right?
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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2010, 03:40:13 PM »
I can't imagine it would be all that--after all, they're pretty lean and gamey after the winter, and likely was calving.  But hey, worth a shot, right?

Up to 30 some odd years ago we in the boonies of the North East seldom saw much wild life except for those pesky squeals.  Today as we continue to move into their territory we see not just in the boonies but in the middle of town bears, moose, deer raccoons, you name it.

My son who lives a few blocks from down town Newmarket noticed his cat looking out the window and every hair on her body was straight up in the air.  He looked out the window to see a Bear licking the grease of the BBQ grill that had not been cleaned .

He spent a week in the hospital when he had a deer in broad daylight run out in front of him when he was on a motorcycle.

That highway that goes north with the signs that keep count of the number of accidents due to Moose gives me the creeps.

It is freaking dangerous to be outside the house when the Bull moose go into rut. These half ton giants will chase a female moose right into your house or garage if you leave the door open.  They will try to mate with trucks and cars or try to attack their reflection in a window.

All these dangerous animals have lost a good part of their fear of people.   

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Re: New Durham woman survives Route 11 crash with moose
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2010, 12:22:17 PM »
No, we're expanding into THEIR territory, which is why the encounters seem (but actually aren't really) to be more numerous.

Then there's this:

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I saw the moose (what was left of it) on the way to work this morning.  Another cow moose.  Even those "little cow moose" are pretty damned big.
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