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Outside/In

The Moose Whisperer

Outside/In

NHPR

Natural Sciences, Documentary, Society & Culture, Nature, Science

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2015

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In 2015 about 2,700 of the 50,000 people who applied will receive a moose hunting permit. If you're one of the lucky ones who has waited 20 years for this moment, you're going to want an expert on your team. You're going to want a moose whisperer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

The bull is coming in and getting closer and getting closer.

0:05.0

He knows I've been calling like bull. He knows I've been calling like a cow, so he knows his two out there,

0:09.0

and he's ready to go. He's testosterone is as high as it's ever going to be in his life and he's wound right up.

0:18.8

Like that. This is Brad Varnie.

0:24.0

There's a lot I could tell you about Brad,

0:26.0

but the most important thing you need to know

0:28.0

is Brad is a Moose Whisperer.

0:31.0

And his skills are in demand.

0:33.6

He can speak their language.

0:34.8

He can disguise himself as a Moose

0:36.8

and he engages them in romantic three ways

0:39.9

in order to lure them out of the woods

0:41.8

back to his place.

0:44.0

But what happens when you're in the middle of a love triangle

0:46.5

with two 1,000-plus-pound wild animals?

0:51.3

We're gonna find out. From New Hampshire Public Radio, this is

0:54.8

outside in, a show about the natural world, and in Turner, Maine.

1:13.0

I'll let her take it from here.

1:14.7

In New England, Moose Hunting is a big deal.

1:17.4

And if you're lucky, you're one of the 2,700 people

1:20.6

who received a Moose Permit this year in Maine, out of the 50,000 people who applied.

1:25.9

But you only have six days to find and shoot a moose.

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