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Cosmoline · September 22, 2001, 07:09 PM

I do not buy this story. I've been charged by moose many times, most of them a whole lot bigger than a 550 lb youngster! Up here they rush at people all the time, but deadly attacks are *extremely* rare. Even physical contact is very, very rare. I only know of one deadly attack, and that was under unique circumstances.

This time of year, the bulls will sometimes charge to get you out of the way If you get out of the way, they trot off with their head held high and that's the end of it. A moose charge would virtually never justify defense of life shooting. This business of attacking a house is very hard to believe. He might have been rubbing his antlers on the wood, but that doesn't mean he's trying to break in!

Up here we call this sort of thing POACHING.

September 22, 2001, 07:09 PM	#3
Cosmoline Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2000 Posts: 1,080	GET A ROPE! I do not buy this story. I've been charged by moose many times, most of them a whole lot bigger than a 550 lb youngster! Up here they rush at people all the time, but deadly attacks are extremely rare. Even physical contact is very, very rare. I only know of one deadly attack, and that was under unique circumstances. This time of year, the bulls will sometimes charge to get you out of the way If you get out of the way, they trot off with their head held high and that's the end of it. A moose charge would virtually never justify defense of life shooting. This business of attacking a house is very hard to believe. He might have been rubbing his antlers on the wood, but that doesn't mean he's trying to break in! Up here we call this sort of thing POACHING.