Charging Moose!

That guy is f**ckin LUCKY!! They should have showed the dead moose at the end of the video though so people know it actually died.
 
That's Dwight Schuh (sp)...editor for Bowhunter magazine.
In the show he said he was lucky he was so clumsy and tripped. If he hadn't tripped, the moose would have got him!!

pretty sure I'd have at least wet myself!
 
Read some of the comments posted by the moose are cute why shoot them crowd. If I wasn't going deer hunting in the morning I'd start up the bbq and have a moose steak.
 
mercer said:
:eek: Are all bow hunters this crazy? I bet he tinkled a bit!:)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHu8KNRZ0bg
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I shot my 47 inch Bull @ 6 yards this year.

I have had 5 Moose in last 6 hunting seasons at less than 15 yards...getting 2 out of the 6. The first bow kill was at 8 yards(40inch bull). ALL while hunting on the ground.

Never once have I been charged. In my experience, when the Moose sees you move it usually becomes quite scared.

I have seen this video before and know it is quite possible for a Moose to charge you but they haven't scared me yet. It is a very daunting experience to call in a rutted up Bull...but that is what makes it FUN!

I will tell you what DOES scare me....


4 years ago I was calling in the rut in Archery.(hunting alone, 45 minutes from camp by quad and 2 hours from Town in middle of nowhere)

On the morning hunt I heard a distant call back...but Bull never came in.

That evening I went out and cut his track where he crossed the trail coming torwards morning call sight. Approx. 1/2 mile away. I set up in a little 100 yard opening with a quad trail going through it. Sure enough after a few Cow calls I could hear him back in the bush about 300 yards away. I thought I would have a slam dunk.


BUT...It took me another 2 hours of calling before he finally came in. He came in with about 10 minutes of legal light left(which is 20 minutes after sunset). As he was coming in I had to move from my position to try and get a shot. As I was crossing the opening when he came out of the bush and was running straight towards me @ 20 yards. I froze. Drew my bow. As I drew he wheeled away 90 degrees and STOPPED @ 15 yards. I almost released but he moved at last second. He went about 20 yards and put some small trees between me and him. All the time he is watching me. I moved to get a better shot and he took off in the bush.

I waited the last 5 minutes to let things quiet down and just as I started back to my Quad which was just down the trail about 75 yards South of the opening. It was getting pretty dark and 3 Timberwolves howled from 3 different sides of the clearing.:eek: They had moved in and surrounded the opening on 3 sides. The only thing I could do was b-line it for the quad...so I ran and luckily got it started and revved the pi** out of it. I quickly got my bow put away and got the heck out of dodge.:runaway:

It has never happened to me since then but I was VERY scared when that happened.

I am always cautious now when I bow hunt and try to avoid areas with Timberwolf sign.
 
If I was that guy I would most likely have shat my pants. I agree with hillbillyreefer, some of the comments are from out to lunch flakes.
 
yukon moose are tougher than any moose south of the 60th parallel.

a wounded moose charged a bow hunter from the same camp this year as the one in the video. maybe its genetics.
 
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