Moose Defence
- Thread starter MiG25
- Start date
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
Yup. Ability to have multiple shots reliably fired un succession and hard hitting.
I worked for several years in wilderness areas and ran into moose all the time but never had any issues. But I made a lot of noise to scare off animals to avoid any dangerous interactions (doesnt always work...). Any animal with young that hear something coming will get out of the area, its moose in the rut that are very dangerous as they just want to ##### stuff up.
So far the most dangerous situations with animals I have had have all been with predators. I've only ever had to use a bear banger so far. I hope it stays that way. Its all about how you act, and if you don't have the instinct to read into the situation, it may cost one of your lives.
When I filled my cow draw last year, the cow i took was with a young bull who was none to happy that i spoiled his weekend plans. Two twelve gauge rounds into the ground didn’t scare him off - i had dad watching my back with the shotgun while i was doing a hurried job of field dressing. He circled around us twice before finally walking away when another hunter showed up.
Could have been a real rodeo if i had been alone.
Could have been a real rodeo if i had been alone.
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
Undoubtedly. Everyone knows that in order to properly defend oneself against a moose attack one requires a 366 Wagner. And before someone says it, no, the rimmed version will not stand as an adequate substitute.
Bella poisened that grizz and then as a joke she headshot it with .22 shorts
I've never seen anyone making that assertion before you. Care to share some supportive documentation?
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
Rinella doesnt make too many mistakes, but he makes some here. He admits them too and has likely learned from them.
You guys need to get your facts straight, it was actually .22 Long cartridges she was using.
alberta_outdoors
Regular
- Location
- Fairview, Alberta
My mom had a bull moose charge her while hunting... for bull moose. It was thick brush so it was close when they saw each other. The moose didn’t hesitate and immediately charged. She didn’t hesitate and shot. It hit the ground 14 feet from her. Her rifle of choice, model 94 30-30. I’m not a fan of shooting “cannons” but I have to admit, if a moose charged me, my 7mm-08 would feel pretty small right then
About 15 years ago I had a large bull moose take a run at me after another member of my hunting party took a shot at him and missed. He was eight or ten yards out when I shot and coming straight at me like a freight train. Fortunately my 6.5x55 loaded with 140gr partitions knocked him down pretty quick. I remember seeing nothing but black through the scope and only had a rough idea of where exactly I was aiming.
It got the adrenaline pumping for sure! My hands were shaking when I got back to the truck.
It got the adrenaline pumping for sure! My hands were shaking when I got back to the truck.
I have been charged by moose on four separate occasions, on three of those occasions I was screwing around with a bull that I had no intention of shooting. I detailed one story back in 2013 on this thread;
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...-Crazy-Story-Pics?highlight=Moose+Crazy+Story
The one time I was was not intentionally playing with the bulls, I was just walking down a grown in logging road hunting birds when I came face to face with a bull at about 30 yards, the bull had heard me pushing through the brush and had his head lowered and was swaying from side to side, clear aggression moves, I stopped immediately and looked to either side for a retreat path, when I looked back the bull was coming at me like a freight train ploughing through the brush... I leaped sideways and got a Jack pine between us but quickly got to my knees incase I had to make a run to some other trees... but the bull just kept going straight down the trail, about 10 yards beyond me it stopped and swung its head back and forth looking for me, I realized that it had not seen me leap sideways and just held still, after a couple minutes it started down the trail and as it did, an unseen cow moved out of the bush behind me and joined the bull... as they departed the bull was making constand tending grunts, a few minutes later I heard the cow making estrous bawls. Clearly the bull thought I may have been a rival horning in on his hot cow.
These incidents were exciting, but at no time did I fear for my life, and never even considered shooting the animal... of course if I ever did truly feel threatened I would not hesitate squeezing the trigger. I have had many similar scenarios with bears as well.
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...-Crazy-Story-Pics?highlight=Moose+Crazy+Story
The one time I was was not intentionally playing with the bulls, I was just walking down a grown in logging road hunting birds when I came face to face with a bull at about 30 yards, the bull had heard me pushing through the brush and had his head lowered and was swaying from side to side, clear aggression moves, I stopped immediately and looked to either side for a retreat path, when I looked back the bull was coming at me like a freight train ploughing through the brush... I leaped sideways and got a Jack pine between us but quickly got to my knees incase I had to make a run to some other trees... but the bull just kept going straight down the trail, about 10 yards beyond me it stopped and swung its head back and forth looking for me, I realized that it had not seen me leap sideways and just held still, after a couple minutes it started down the trail and as it did, an unseen cow moved out of the bush behind me and joined the bull... as they departed the bull was making constand tending grunts, a few minutes later I heard the cow making estrous bawls. Clearly the bull thought I may have been a rival horning in on his hot cow.
These incidents were exciting, but at no time did I fear for my life, and never even considered shooting the animal... of course if I ever did truly feel threatened I would not hesitate squeezing the trigger. I have had many similar scenarios with bears as well.
verminaard
CGN Regular
- Location
- SW Bantario
My FIL had more encounters than he could count, but only had one instance where he feared for his life.
They had shot a cow who eventually dropped in a swampy point along the river. It’s about 12 inches of water there, 3 yards to the river, and 25 yards to anything bigger than reeds. Him and his buddy hung their rifles and gear on the trees at the edge and went to start working. They got to the cow and had barely started when a pissed off bull popped out of the bush beside their rifles.
It charged and the choice pretty well became... take your chances possibly getting trampled and drowning in a foot of water, or take your chances with the river.
FIL dove in and headed straight across, his buddy narrowly missed a swinging antler before diving in and tried to just go down river. It chased him along the edge until he finally crossed.
On the bright side, it was sunny, mid day and they were on the right side of the river for the cabin. On the not so bright side, they were soaking wet, it was right around zero degrees, and the cabin was still at least 1.5hrs of bushwhacking and snowmobile trails away.
Luckily there was an old trapper who had a camp just down river. They ended up hiking down to it. He was out there, so everything was already opened up and warm. You can imagine his surprise coming back to camp and finding two half naked guys inside trying to dry out and warm up.
Every year afterwards they would make sure his wood pile was well stocked for the winter.
