Snowmobiler shoots Moose with a glock

[DuffMan]

did that happen in Florida?

[Coach]

How did you guess?

[DuffMan]

the way the snowmobiler stood his ground or snow, or whatever.

[Jordan!]

I guess i've been in the US too long, but watching that. I was scared for the guy when it charged at him. As he fired his shots it looked like it was taking another run at him.

It's not like he was hiding and snuck up on the Moose, the thing literally attacked him taking 2 runs and was beginning a third.

If I had a gun on me, with no help or nowhere to run to at that moment. I probably would've done the same thing out of fear and adrenaline.

Get off your high moose CP.

Is it sad? Absolutely! He should have taken a shot and put the moose down. It looked like it was still struggling. That's my issue with the video. He cowardly rode away. I'd even go further and say why not use the meat??

If this was in Canada he'll get in big trouble.. are hand guns legal at all?

[Burninator]

Did you miss the part(s) where he kept driving closer to it?

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Did you miss the part(s) where he kept driving closer to it?

Well, he did say he has been in the US too long.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Usually moose are a lot more aggressive than that even. Lots of warning signs before the initial charge and the guy goes closer.

What an idiot. Even if he didn't break any laws he should still be shot, pissed on and dragged behind his own sled.

I've driven golf balls over Moose during rutting season and while they've taken the step forward, they've never outright charged.

Yeah it was stupid on my part.

[WCan_Kid]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

If I had a gun on me, with no help or nowhere to run to at that moment.

Nowhere to run? There's a clean shot through the trees just to the right in the first frame of the video, if they couldn't make it through that gap they should probably take up knitting instead of sledding.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

I guess i've been in the US too long, but watching that. I was scared for the guy when it charged at him. As he fired his shots it looked like it was taking another run at him.

It's not like he was hiding and snuck up on the Moose, the thing literally attacked him taking 2 runs and was beginning a third.

If I had a gun on me, with no help or nowhere to run to at that moment. I probably would've done the same thing out of fear and adrenaline.

Get off your high moose CP.

Is it sad? Absolutely! He should have taken a shot and put the moose down. It looked like it was still struggling. That's my issue with the video. He cowardly rode away. I'd even go further and say why not use the meat??

If this was in Canada he'll get in big trouble.. are hand guns legal at all?

Pretty much my thoughts too. I make no claims to know much about snowmobiling, moose, or being out in the woods. What I do know is if a Moose jumped at me like that, adrenaline takes over and if I have a gun, it's going down.

Yeah, the guy in the video shouldn't have approached it like that. His fault for starting the situation, I'm not arguing that. But after that, how he responded is pretty much how I would have as well. Except I don't carry a handgun around.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

I guess i've been in the US too long, but watching that. I was scared for the guy when it charged at him. As he fired his shots it looked like it was taking another run at him.

It's not like he was hiding and snuck up on the Moose, the thing literally attacked him taking 2 runs and was beginning a third.

If I had a gun on me, with no help or nowhere to run to at that moment. I probably would've done the same thing out of fear and adrenaline.

Get off your high moose CP.

Is it sad? Absolutely! He should have taken a shot and put the moose down. It looked like it was still struggling. That's my issue with the video. He cowardly rode away. I'd even go further and say why not use the meat??

If this was in Canada he'll get in big trouble.. are hand guns legal at all?

He didn't have to keep going toward the moose. He's allegedly the human with supposed higher function. He only had to wait it out a little bit, and it would have gone off on its own. He affected that entire situation by going toward the moose, and in essence, challenging it. D'uh, it charged him. He's an #######.

[djsFlames]

Just wait for the moose to move on. At the distance they were at the beginning of the vid, the moose probably didn't care for them. But then he had to go on getting it's attention and attracting it over. What a moron. I get why he felt he needed to shoot once it got too close, but he brought it all on himself by acting like an idiot. Just get off your mobiles and watch it from a safe distance, you get to see some wildlife and you don't get yourself into danger. You're in ITS habitat after all.

[CaptainCrunch]

When the Moose did the fake charge and bailed he pushed forward towards the Moose, As a agressive prey animal, it will always do that fake charge and bail back to try to get the Predator to decide that he's not worth the effort and leave.

But we had a Predator that had a gun who then did basically a step towards with his snow mobile, at that point of course the Moose is going to charge.

As human beings in the woods its our responsibility to be respectful of how nature reacts. He's not dealing with a 40 year old woman in a honda plugging traffic and is going to move. The Moose was being threatened not once but twice with the initial approach then moving forward again after the moose basically retreated.

this idiot basically did everything wrong, then he pulled a hand gun and shot and wounded it and then he left it there and probably didn't inform wild life.

This idiot did everything wrong, and he broke a few laws while he was at it. In Darwin's world the Moose should have killed him because he's a jacka$$.

Again, with this guys behaviour and the way that he kept approaching the Moose even though he had clear paths off to the side long before he approached the moose, and the fact that he was wearing a go pro and a gun, I'm tempted to think that he saw that moose and decided that he was going to find a way to shoot it.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

I guess i've been in the US too long, but watching that. I was scared for the guy when it charged at him. As he fired his shots it looked like it was taking another run at him.

It's not like he was hiding and snuck up on the Moose, the thing literally attacked him taking 2 runs and was beginning a third.

If I had a gun on me, with no help or nowhere to run to at that moment. I probably would've done the same thing out of fear and adrenaline.

Get off your high moose CP.

Is it sad? Absolutely! He should have taken a shot and put the moose down. It looked like it was still struggling. That's my issue with the video. He cowardly rode away. I'd even go further and say why not use the meat??

If this was in Canada he'll get in big trouble.. are hand guns legal at all?

After the first attack, he could have turned around, if the unit has reverse he could have reversed, but what did he decide to do.......what......move forward.

Some else posted on here, why didn't he just sit and watch the moose?

[JJolg]

Can't get the video to play on my phone but it is absolutely possible to get a carry permit in Canada. Again I can't tell if this is in the forest or in town since it won't load but plenty of trappers will have a permit or those working forestry

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

After the first attack, he could have turned around, if the unit has reverse he could have reversed, but what did he decide to do.......what......move forward.

Some else posted on here, why didn't he just sit and watch the moose?

He wanted a close up of the moose knuckle.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

He wanted a close up of the moose knuckle.

I thought:

Moose Knuckle = male

Camel Toe = female

[troutman]

I checked, and there are a few bands called Mooseknuckle:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-M...29224513799967

http://www.mooseknucklebrothers.com/

http://mooseknucklepunx.bandcamp.com/

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I thought:

Moose Knuckle = male

Camel Toe = female

Whatever floats his boat, I don't judge.

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by JJolg

Can't get the video to play on my phone but it is absolutely possible to get a carry permit in Canada. Again I can't tell if this is in the forest or in town since it won't load but plenty of trappers will have a permit or those working forestry

Of course it's possible but unlikely.

No way this guy works in either of those proffessions otherwise I'm sure the outcome would have been quite different. IE The moose is still alive today. No way a trapper or Forestry officer in their right mind is going to open up on Moose with a handgun.

I'm still shocked he managed to put it down with one. Being a young moose sure helped out and the Glock has to be chambered in .45.

[JeanLucPicard]

Moose didn't even notice him when he was farther away. He could have waited 5 more minutes for the moose to get out of the way. Unjustified use of weapon - hopefully they make an example of this pos.

edit: Did he post that video himself??