Moose miscalculation

[JEC]

Couple of weeks ago my hunting buddy found this moose hanging (alive) on his (brothers) gate. She had attempted the 5’ jump but got one hind leg caught. No way to release the leg with all that weight on the pipe so he got a grinder and cut the top rail. She spent a few hours recovering and was finally able to get on with her life. The leg was not broke which would have resulted in a different end to the story. We hunted the area this past week and got a bit concerned with a bunch of ravens circling some bush … but checked, and it was not her.

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[Scotty454]

Moosecalculation*

 

[Suka]

Good on ya! Thanks for posting. I like to hope down the road your buddy will have a deepfreeze full of her tasty, tasty offspring.

 

[the spank]

Wow! Quite a story!

 

[nowarningshot]

Watch your 6, no good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Midnight Rider]

Hopefully Santa puts something extra special in your hunting buddy's stocking for going above and beyond . A job well done .

 

[jlovie]

Wow, that's crazy, thanks for posting. I saw he pic before the description and I thought for sure something would have been broken.

 

[156821]

Good on you. Glad the old girl got a second chance. Also good on the fella that hung that gate, lots of weight hanging on there.

 

[Butcherbill]

Good on your buddy for helping her out, it always feel good to help an animal in a situation like that. I cut a whitetail spotter fawn out of a paigewire fence this year, happy to help out an animal in distress any chance I can.

 

[WhelanLad]

wow, unreal!
good job!

 

[Winchester-1897]

excellent Job!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ReverendX]

That brings back memories..

Once upon a time I was shooting some guns at a gravel pit and decided to go explore the area. I found a deer that had tried to jump over a barbed wire fence but had got it's back leg stuck in between the middle and top strand of barbed wire. Basically the wire twisted and then snared the deer.

The deer was dead when I found it, and it had been picked clean by scavengers, all except the back leg that was stuck. It still had the hide with hair on it. So here was a deer skeleton, stuck in a fence, with one hairy leg.

I didn't get a photo as this was before cell phones were equipped with that technology. So you just have to take my word for it.

 

[DFarmer]

Good on your buddy.
Animals ,both wild and domestic can get themselves in bad situations. Unfortunately for wild animals, they are mostly found too late.

 

[hoytcanon]

Good job guys... terrible way for an animal to die. I found a number of deer caught up in page wire and barb wire fences over the years.

 

[Colin L]

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[08A42.0t]

Thank you to those that saved her

 

[Paul15]

That’s not a story you hear every day. Good job!

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Buddy was just telling me yesterday about watching one jump a buffalo fence. Both front legs over and slide the rest of the way. Very adaptable animals.

Grizz

 

[mbogo3]

Saw a huge WT buck clear an 7-8ft game fence and hide in a buffalo paddock for the day right next to a farm house.Never touched the wire.

 

[jjohnwm]

I've cut a deer loose from a barbed wire fence that got snagged up the same way. The top two strands of the wire had caught on each other and needed to be cut right next to the leg to let her escape without a twist of wire remaining around her leg. First cautious snip...no reaction from the deer. Emboldened, I reached out to do the other cut and she went ballistic. I was lucky to avoid a hoof to the face, and she was lucky not to get more hopelessly entangled. I had to wait about ten minutes for her to tire and relax a bit before I could make the second cut...at which point she trotted away fairly calmly without a backward glance.

I can't imagine how much more stressful this moose situation would have been, for both the moose and the man!