Moose shot POINT BLANK & runs away!

Several mistakes.

Even trying neck shot on a moose moving as quickly as he was, failing to hit bone with that shot, and no follow up shot (by far the worst error).

The whole thing strikes me as arrogant, plain and simple, and that's what arrogant gets you.
 
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Sorry, but that is a very sad excuse for a hunter.

He missed the shot placement badly. He did not finish the animal that was right at his feet. A wounded animal escaped that should have been finished easily and quickly. If you can't kill a moose that gives you a first shot like that one, you are not much of a hunter. There are no excuses.
 
Bottom line, if he was too close to take a follow up shot, then he was too close to take the first shot. Nobody forced him to pull the trigger the first time, but it was his responsibility after he did.
 
Alot of guys on here quick to crucify this fella..Until you are in a situation like this you will never understand...Been there twice..Moose once, and a big bear @ 3'...Your train of thought goes out the window very quick..

Shot this one @ 8-10' away when it busted through thick balsams heading for a love sick cow bellowing near by...Talk about a bag of nerves after I got the only shot I could take as is crossed a very narrow walking trail into another wall of balsam...You can see where the bullet hit bellow the ear..Thought I was aiming/pointing at the shoulder!

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Your right we are quick to give an opinion, especially when the incident is clearly on video. The word crucify is a bit hash as no one on CGN does that sort of thing...!! Many of us well experienced moose hunters have been there and done the close encounters thing with moose. Your story of aiming for the shoulder and hitting him in the side of the head proves what many of us have been commenting on here. Way to much scope magnification for the up close distances.

An ideal moose scope for general conditions where both long and very short distances can occur is a 1x5 variable, or if your eye's are still up to it open sites. That type of scope doesn't look very impressive, but is exceedingly usefull and practical. I notice in your accompaning picture your rifle is wearing something in the 2.5 x 8 to 3 x 9 range. At 8 to 10' as stated and the scope set on 2.5 to 3 your site picture would have been a solid wall of brown fur. Congradualtions on getting the moose. This time the hunting gods were with you and all turned out well in your favour and not the moose's. Don't ever think for one milisecond that it could have worked out just as easily in the moose's favour. Bottom line on this one is you got lucky.

Many, many of us folks on this site have spent many decades accumulating a tremendous amount of practical experience in the bush hunting. We/I don't profess to know it all. On the contrary every time I set foot in the bush I try to learn someting new, and do usually. Bottom line is we can be grumpy, opinionated, and you can't bull feather us, we tend to call it the way we see it. We earned the privilege.
 
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I notice in your accompaning picture your rifle is wearing something in the 2.5 x 8 to 3 x 9 range. .
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Actually its a 1.5-6x42 4A Tasco Titan...Back then I had a dirty habit of closing one eye when shooting ''that could have'' played a bit of a role in what went down faster than I could think...
 
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i doubt half of thses guys posting here have been after moose or close to a moose

id just ditch the scope idea all together because in thick brush where moose like to be range is reach out and touch them by hand to 150 yards if that in a clearing

they are one of canada's dangrous game when you got a big bull plowing through the brush coming at you not good it gets your hart pumping of corse all of this is irrelevant if youe in a stand like most hunters now for me northern ontario means spot and stalk
 
I recounted an event on here several years ago which was dismissed as BS. My dad put all 5, 180 grain, .308, Silvertips from a model 100 into a running moose, all ahead of the diaphragm. Tracked for 5 hours and had to give up. Found it 2 days later thanks to the ravens, not 100 yards from where he pulled the trigger. It was probably a poor decision to follow it, but it did not slow down after being hit.

I'll add this little tidbit just to spice things up a bit: whether or not the biologists agree, it is widely accepted amongst Quebec outdoors-men that there are 2 subspecies of moose in these parts. One has the palmated antlers that all hunters dream of, and the other has a set of forks (4-points, or 2x2, if you prefer). This second type is referred to as an "Elan" and is thought to make up in vigor and stamina what it lacks in the trophy department.
 
captonion said:
Never said it was a good thing....Been there?
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I do not hunt with partners who can't keep their heads together when faced with a shot. I have quite a few stories gathered over the years that have a similar theme to that video, and I do not hunt with the main characters in any of those stories any more. It is true that "buck fever" in all its many forms is a serious problem for some people, especially those who are quite young or who really don't have much experience, but if your buck fever causes your train of thought to "go out the window very quick", you have a problem I would find serious and dangerous to not only the animals you hunt, but also to those with whom you hunt.

I do not regard the idea that you get excited to the point you can't think properly while you are waving a loaded gun around, and that you will pull the trigger of that gun without a train of thought on the tracks (to preserve the metaphor) as trivial. It is a serious problem you should fix, not a minor issue to be shrugged off as just one of those things all hunters must tolerate in themselves and other hunters.

If I was that hunter's partner, we would have a long talk about the incident. Another one where he "blew it" that badly, and I wouldn't hunt with him again.
 
The word crucify is a bit hash as no one on CGN does that sort of thing...!!
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YEA RIGHT!!!...hehe.

Interesting video and thanx for sharing.

Combination of errors have resulted with this high hump poor shot....including the hunter which kinda looks like George Busch.

That moose was running full tilt for one simple reason...it was being chased hard by a dog (s). Common scenario.

And how many times here have I seen guys get "crucified" because they admit to "running shots". I don't care what country you are from, and/or your hunting customs. If you don't have a "good shot"...don't shoot. Simple.
 
captonion said:
Wow...Any wonder you hunt alone Preachy McPreacherson!!!
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OOOoooo ...... witty! And really addresses the issue too. All that Wit and Rhetoric study has done you a lot of good. Name calling and blind assumptions are your best shot???

At this point I have several very trusted hunting partners with whom I feel very safe, and in whom I have complete trust. Doesn't mean they don't occasionally make a bad shot, but I know they are aware of what they are doing when they shoot a gun. The fact that you may not know anyone who doesn't lose his mind when excited, doesn't mean there aren't lots of people who don't.

So, what do you think of the "buck fever" issue, and how do you overcome it so you can keep your train of thought on the tracks and avoid disasters like the one in the video?

Or is name calling going to be "it" for this discussion?
 
AbLonewolf said:
YEA RIGHT!!!...hehe.

Interesting video and thanx for sharing.

Combination of errors have resulted with this high hump poor shot....including the hunter which kinda looks like George Busch.

That moose was running full tilt for one simple reason...it was being chased hard by a dog (s). Common scenario.

And how many times here have I seen guys get "crucified" because they admit to "running shots". I don't care what country you are from, and/or your hunting customs. If you don't have a "good shot"...don't shoot. Simple.
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You bring up an interesting point on running shots and European Game rules.
I think it is Sweden and correct me if I am wrong one has to prove marksmanship when applying for and qualify for.
Yes, one has to qualify to be allowed to hunt...wait for it....Moose.
Something about a running Moose at a known distance and you must get several bullets in the vital zone in order to gain the privilege of hunting a Moose.
There are a lot of assumptions here, like the moose was pushed hard...yes there was a dog on its heels, but was it frothing at the mouth from being tormented to exhaustion?
I didnt see that, but will suggest that some go and look the guys other videos up and see how they do it over there.
Tight Groups and stay thirsty my Amigos.
Rob
 
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