Be careful with a rutting moose

[maverick2]

Here is a thought, I know that if that had been me, no one on the planet would have ever seen that video. !!! How about you.?

That thought entered my mind as well. Had that been me, that video would never see the light of day.

 

[Elkman]

OT3, It appears that he short-bolted, ejected but did not load a new round.

I believe that is exactly what he did. I only watched it once, and then let my wife watch it. She got quite kick (pun intended) out of it. !!!

 

[Vince]

Rutting anything, be it moose, elk, deer, or man, is not to be trifled with and one should proceed with utmost caution if intent on doing said ill advised trifling.

 

[ScreaminEagle]

He was careless and obviously did not know how to do this without endangering himself. I am just glad not to be hunting with these city boys! He needs a PH mostly as a babysitter!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[tddeangelo]

Maybe it's my lack of experience with such hunts, but I've always enjoyed Rinella's program, and his views on hunting. Yeah, he put himself in a bad situation, although listening to him describe it, he's pretty self-depricating...i.e. he's not blaming anyone or anything but himself for what happened. And he showed it and discussed it. That footage could easily be deleted (it's not on tape, after all) and never would have seen the light of day.

Compared to the penned whitetail shooting that occurs on many outdoor programs these days, I like MeatEater way above and beyond many of the other televised "hunting" programs available.

Honestly, how many of us, were we to be filmed in our hunting adventures, would not have some "D'oh!" moments we'd prefer not be immortalized in video? Speaking for myself, I can think of a time when I thought it was perfectly fine to climb a metal ladderstand coated in a 1/4" of ice...and that included the platform and seat. Or, when I sat a stand without a safety harness and the gusting wind changed direction and almost ejected me forward out of the stand. Both galactic stupidity at work, yet I did them anyway. And were I to see such things on a hunting show about whitetails, I'd be ready and willing to say, "what a moron! He should have..." Yet, there I was, doing just what I'd shake my head to see others do.

I don't know...again, I've not hunted those critters, so I can't speak from experience, but I find Rinella to be one of the few on TV who's show I enjoy watching, and I don't feel like I just watched a 30 minute commercial for Mathews, Rage, some bait product for deer, or some such thing. He aired a show on mt lion hunting where he never even saw a cat, yet it was an interesting show, and one I enjoyed, as he talked about how important it is to enjoy the pursuit not just the kill/results.

 

[Oldtrader3]

The moose hunt show was the only one of his (Rinella's) shows that I have watched fully. It is not fair of me to fully judge him based on that one show, despite his making one of the most egregious errors of hunting large game. These guy's do it to themselves after all. They are on Tee Vee because they have the ego gratification need and whatever it takes to do that stuff. Personally, I would want any part of that entire scene.

My only problem with him is his incessant talking, instead of hunting. However, that is a common fault of those shows. If he is not competent to hunt big game and does not know how, he should not do it on the tube, on camera.

 

[tddeangelo]

Watch a few more MeatEater shows, Charlie. I think the guy is a genuine hunter at heart, unlike some of the other crud one can find being passed off as "hunting" on tv.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I will take your word on that, Tom.

 

[HOGWILD338-378]

He picked a poor shot I thought and the 7MM should have been enough to drop that critter I would think but up close as he was I would have been pulling the trigger instead of talking? I would have also waited for his friend to back him up but it is what it is and I do watch some of his stuff since I am boycotting A&E but no big deal I have moved on but ii hear Willie's Diner is so so and needs some tweaking but I had rather sit Dow at The Preachers table to some frog legs and fried crapie with hush puppies and a purple onion and a mason jar of ice tea and some white tail steaks with some 40 weight gravy!! Droolingggggggggg :grin:

 

[gerry]

A 7mm RM is plenty for moose and I don't mind that shot he took either as long as it was properly placed, I would have taken it. I don't know what bullet he used but a cheap lightly built slug won't be good at close range like that, use a well built bullet and it is going to dig deep.

 

[DrMike]

A 7mm RM is plenty for moose and I don't mind that shot he took either as long as it was properly placed, I would have taken it. I don't know what bullet he used but a cheap lightly built slug won't be good at close range like that, use a well built bullet and it is going to dig deep.

+1

I've drifted more than a few moose with my 7RM and a 175 TBBC, a 160 FS or a 160 TSX. All managed to die quite quickly.

 

[maverick2]

This is bad... I seem to keep coming back to this thread. Watched the video, and then watched a couple more moose hunting videos, and now I've got the moose hunting itch again. Unfortunately for those of us in Idaho, we're only allowed to draw 1 bull moose in our lifetime. I punched my tag 7 yrs ago, so any additional moose hunting is going to cost a little more $ this time around... (Filling that tag was the most fun hunting I've ever had -- over the course of my season, spotted a ton of different bulls, stalked a number of them to shooting range, and then waited until I found the right one. Would love to do that again...)

 

[DrMike]

It can be a ton of fun :grin: , until you have a ton of moose to pack out :shock: .

 

[maverick2]

It can be a ton of fun :grin: , until you have a ton of moose to pack out :shock: .

There is that part of it... I was by myself when I shot mine, but enlisted the help of a buddy to pack it out. Just field dressing it by myself was a chore!

 

[super-7]

I've lost track of how many cow moose I have shot or been in on the kill with friends and family. Well over 20 , mine and dads have all been with a 7mm rem mag. Most others were with 30-06, or 300 mags. And one with a 243( Brady 's) . Had 1 tracking job in that time which I've discussed here before, and that was my fault in a poor shot placement. I hope to draw a bull tag this fall, and use stick and string in calling season. That's the plan anyways.

 

[sask boy]

I have been hunting Moose for over 40 years and have never had an experience like that. But I know a guy who shot a 2 or 3 year old bull and started walking up on it after he went down. The Moose charged him and flattened him, his partner anchored the bull as it was turning around. Rod is a big guy 6'3" or so and a very experienced hunter & has shot numerous Moose over the years. When his partner woke Rod up he had to get a dozen stitches over his eye.
Rod has always shot big stuff I believe he was using his 375 H & H that particular hunt. But unfortunately we all let our guard down, this is how accidents happen.
Now I stated a Moose never got me but I had a Whitetail come very close where he tore a button off my Reds :shock:. Never have taken a chance since!!

Blessings,
Dan

 

[Oldtrader3]

I think that I am morphing into Elmer Keith in my old age? Most moose are shot at fairly close range because of the brushy, hilly terrain that they inhabit, at least in Canada in the willow muskeg. My own experience with being chased a couple of times while working in the Canada bush by Moose in rut, leads me to believe they can be dangerous at least at that time of year. I was carrying only an axe at the time.

I think my choice of rifles would be more .338 Mag, 250 gr and less 7mm Mag from being as bucolic and somewhat detached as moose seem to be, even when wounded.