Moose miscalculation

jjohnwm said:
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!
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I've been kicked by a 3/4 dead deer that was hit by a car and the amount of force behind that hoof from a weakened animal while laying on its side was unbelievable. A kick from a moose could most definitely kill a man.

A ballsy move getting so close to the moose. Well done.
 
canadian hunter312 said:
I've been kicked by a 3/4 dead deer that was hit by a car and the amount of force behind that hoof from a weakened animal while laying on its side was unbelievable. A kick from a moose could most definitely kill a man.

A ballsy move getting so close to the moose. Well done.
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it definitely was a ballys move as moose are so big and could easily kill you, but I have found over the years when you are there to help or they need help, its different. I've saved a few wild animals over the years none were bigger then a fawn though (well one time there was seal pup caught in a fish net I rescued with the mom watching me that was neat). I just talk to them slowly and quietly and try and explain that I'm are there to help and its going to be ok. the coolest was a humming bird from my sunroom. you have no idea how light and dainty they are until you are holding one
 
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jjohnwm said:
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!
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Me too! Doe was hung by her hind legs on the top two strands.

Would have been better if she had been cut loose earlier.
Didn't make it.

Crows gotta eat too!

Still, felt like crap outta the deal!
 
The guy that released the bear has a bigger set than me. My kids would call him “everdeadly”.
I had a neighbor who’s bison went feral a few years back when the market collapsed. They were in and out of my cattle for feed. Found a 400 pound calf hung up in the top wires one morning. It looked like he was pretty well finished but when I free’d him he decided to take me. A mostly dead wild animal is still pretty quick it turns out!
 
Good that you could release the moose without getting attacked. I was once chased by a moose and barely got away from it without getting stomped. It was sure trying and I got away by rolling under a fence. I can still remember the fence posts bending under the stress of the moose trying to get at me. Your moose was probably too exhausted.
 
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