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Moose Confrontation -- Adventuring Armed
Rusty Shovel:
Watch this video
http://www.weather.com/video/moose-attacks-snowmobiler-47427
It shows a moose attack on a snowmobiler in New Hampshire. At the VERY end of the story, the announcer mentions that the man's wife was able to frighten off the moose by shooting her handgun into the air.
I collided with a bull moose last summer while exploring the fire/logging roads in northern Maine on my WR250R. I was able to keep the bike upright and managed to escape while the elephant-sized animal chased me a short distance down the trail.
If I hadn't kept upright, I would have been in a standoff much like this gentleman faced (only, my moose was a bull ::)).
Which leads me to ask two questions:
1. What do think about traveling armed during backcountry excursions? and
2. If the noise the the only useful feature for wildlife deterrence, why don't we all carry blanks? Or starter pistols even?
Guymcfly:
It's interesting for me to read stuff like this...
In oz, you can't carry a firearm in the manor you can in the U.S.
We also don't have moose here...I did, however, hit a Kangaroo a few years back while giving it some noise on my 300 two stroke.
The 'roo hopped away looking pretty fine. I ended up in hospital with a punctured lung, ruptured spleen, multiple **** ribs and concussion. The bike went straight to the junk yard.
Interesting fact for you American brothers...'kangaroo' is Aboriginal for 'don't understand', and budgerigar is Aboriginal for 'good to eat'. Truly.
Rusty Shovel:
--- Quote from: Guymcfly on June 05, 2014, 07:08:47 am ---I ended up in hospital with a punctured lung, ruptured spleen, multiple **** ribs and concussion. The bike went straight to the junk yard.
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That blows. I might take pot shots at kangaroos if I were you. I was lucky to escape that moose without a scrape, but when you're going fast enough, anything large enough to cause a crash is deadly.
--- Quote --- Interesting fact for you American brothers...'kangaroo' is Aboriginal for 'don't understand', and budgerigar is Aboriginal for 'good to eat'. Truly.
--- End quote ---
I didn't know what a 'buderigar' is in any language! :-\ I looked it up; in America we call 'em parakeets.
Tmblwd:
I stopped in a logging clearing in northern New Hampshire right between a big mama moose and her bleeting calf,
The look in the mothers eyes gave me the chills down my spine,I couldn't hit 1st fast enough to get outta there.
Those moose sound like a freight train when they come crashing through the trees. No hand gun is going to stop these beast.
Rusty Shovel:
--- Quote from: Tmblwd on June 05, 2014, 04:54:52 pm ---No hand gun is going to stop these beast.
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Not an enraged mother, that's for sure. I had to work in Montana once, and was issued "bear spray." We were told it was effective against bears and moose, but were specifically warned NOT to spray moose calves or bear cubs; if we did, we were told that no amount of pepper spray (and very few calibers) would stop an attack from angry mama.
But an uncommitted moose/bear can be frightened off with a warning shot. It sure saved that dude in the video.
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