Moose shot POINT BLANK & runs away!

Common mistake on moose, shooting too high and hitting the hump above the shoulder. It may knock the animal down temporarily, or it may not, it will leave you a blood trail to follow to no avail, the odd drop every 10-20 feet, it just ends up in frustration and guilt with an injured animal somewhere. My bet is he didn't find that animal, dog or no dog tracking, that animal ran to the next area code. Might have died, may have recovered, depending on the caliber, location of the hit and overall health of the animal.

The shooter probably would have faired better with iron sights on that one, when he pulled the trigger all he seen was brown in that scope, thats if he had his eye even open when he pulled the trigger........buck fever.
 
Yes Finnish or something along those lines. Quite a popular way to hunt Moose over there. So he probably had a Sako or Tikka.......if he had just been using a Winchester Model 71 loaded with some 200 grain silvertips, well his troubles would have been over!! It's like being hit with Thor's Hammer instead of a Tack Hammer..........:p;)
 
VZ-fan said:
Common mistake on moose, shooting too high and hitting the hump above the shoulder. It may knock the animal down temporarily, or it may not, it will leave you a blood trail to follow to no avail, the odd drop every 10-20 feet, it just ends up in frustration and guilt with an injured animal somewhere. My bet is he didn't find that animal, dog or no dog tracking, that animal ran to the next area code. Might have died, may have recovered, depending on the caliber, location of the hit and overall health of the animal.

The shooter probably would have faired better with iron sights on that one, when he pulled the trigger all he seen was brown in that scope, thats if he had his eye even open when he pulled the trigger........buck fever.
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My thoughts exactly!
 
After a couple of run-throughs on full screen, it looks to me like he hit the little bull mid neck, missing
the neck vertebrae. Not the first one I've seen tumble at close range like that. And yes, he certainly had the time
for a "finisher" (or two) , but .....

Buddy did the exact same thing from about 75 yards a few years ago, Knocked a cow right off it's
pins ... and it didn't move. He walked over to it and thought about doing the field dressing, but instead, walked
over to the next stand to where the cow tag was, about 100 yards in the opposite direction. By the time
the two of them got back ... cow gone ! Very little blood, which stopped completely after about 50 yards.
3 of us followed her tracks for 2-1/2 hours and a couple of mileswithout getting a look at her. No further signs of blood, and not
a stumble or slide mark anywhere. No reports from anyone in the area coming across her, or a carcass during
deer season two weeks later in a fairly heavily hunted area.
 
Few problems, first was the shot was way high on the neck. Second after the animal was down, the movement from the shooter, dog, and camera man caused the moose to get to its feet right away. Third, no follow up shot(s). Fourth, the dog is going to chase that thing one hell of a ways now.
 
Rick911 said:
This guy needs to learn to aim/shoot. And more than 1 round per 5 min.
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Shooting on a bench with sandbags is rather different than shooting kneeling, 20 feet from a running moose through magnifying optics, which is by itself a complete different story than commenting how a bad shot you are, in the coziness of a Canadian living room, in front of a screen.

Said another way, being a Navy Seal in Call of Duty does not make you a Navy Seal in real life (though, many would think they are).
 
I have been hunting moose and elk since I was 7 I'm now 43
And it took 25 years of hunting to learn break the front shoulder it will shrapnel into the heart
And then keep shooting drop that animal .
Since I follow this they all go down .
If an elk or moose was grazing the day or the night before the stomach will be full and push the heart and lung way up in the chest cavity . Meaning a heart and lung shot placed correct could and does turn into a gut shot .
And they walk away .
 
I'd agree with Rick on this one.....sure real life is harder than a static paper target, but wouldn't you use your head a little bit?? If I'm running optics while hunting, they're turned down in case of a close shot. I also wouldn't let an animal get close enough to trample me. I am also not a Navy Seal.
 
Tikkam65 said:
I have been hunting moose and elk since I was 7 I'm now 43
And it took 25 years of hunting to learn break the front shoulder it will shrapnel into the heart
And then keep shooting drop that animal .
Since I follow this they all go down .
If an elk or moose was grazing the day or the night before the stomach will be full and push the heart and lung way up in the chest cavity . Meaning a heart and lung shot placed correct could and does turn into a gut shot .
And they walk away .
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I've never had a moose take more than a few steps after a lung shot and I've shot about 30. I've never shoulder shot one either.
 
To my observations it was hit very high on the neck about 8"or so behind the head. He blew a small cloud of hair off in the process which can be seen in the air. His scope appears to be a variable probably of the 3 x9 variety which was probably set at 6. Even if it was set at 3 his field of view at that close distance would not not show any recongnizable moose parts just a mass of brown hair. So his shot was an aimed hailmary at a blur of hair in his scope.
The moose in my opinion was wound up on adrenalin from being chased by a dog, surprised to see a hunter when coming up over the knowel, and temporarily confused and dazed from being shot.

Between the dog and hunter being so close to him, the trama of being shot and the amount of adrenalin flowing through his veins he was up and outa there pronto as soon as his vision cleared and he got his bearings. My opinion is unless that moose runs square into another hunter who manages to hit him with a proper shot that dog is going to be chasing that moose a lonnnngggg lonnnngggg time. That moose did not appear to be mortally wounded and he will probably recover just fine and will be alot wiser when he has fully recuperated.

One can only hope the hunter in the film also has learned from this fiascoe, and got a scope with the proper magnification for the terrian in which he is hunting, and learns not to hesitate to take as many follow up shots as necessary to get the job done.
 
what the hell ...... the guy had time to empty the magazine , reload and empty it again , making sure the animal didn't suffer any longer than it had too .

instead he stands around like a dumbass staring a a wounded moose while his dogs run around .

the moose could have just as easily taken a dislike to him a decided to rip him open head to toe .
 
That looked like it hit the shoulder to me...........bullet might have made a wierd bounce off of the bone if it was a lighter load?
 
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