Snow-mobiler kills attacking MOOSE with his GLOCK!

Don't most sleds now days have reverse?? What was his big hurry to get down the trail?


I think the guy was wanting the Moose to attack, he sure was hasty to draw his weapon and begin firing! Looked like the first warning shot was a strike to the animal somewhere.

Sounds like he was carrying a Glock while snowmobiling for a reason?? Possible Snowmobile hi- jackings in the area?

This just doesn't add up!!
 
Prolly a CC. Never a bad time to have Glock on board.

I think he really expected the moose to move. There was another guy behind him on another snowmobile. I think things just got out of hand. I may be wrong, I wasnt there and I dont know the guy. Just thinking out loud.

I will add: That was pretty good stopping power for a handgun on an animal that big.
 
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I have a CCWP and I wouldn't carry while snowmobiling or a multitude of other sporting activities!

Now if I was walking down East or West Colfax at the wee hours of the night then I would.

Just sayin BTECH!
 
Don't blame the guy for packing a gun on the trail. That is probably wise, who doesn't do the same? The Glock 20 10mm is a popular choice ( I think that is what he was supposed to have in the video) and quite good for that purpose obviously. The problem is he goaded the moose until he got himself into trouble with it, then he started the fight and rode off leaving the animal disabled and suffering. Completely preventable and unnecessary I think.
 
Originally Posted By: GCIt would seem to have been easily preventable with a little patience. And then to ride around it and leave it wounded and flailing on the side of the trail is stupid. He started it, he should have finished it.

Agreed.
 
Originally Posted By: GCDon't blame the guy for packing a gun on the trail. That is probably wise, who doesn't do the same? The Glock 20 10mm is a popular choice ( I think that is what he was supposed to have in the video) and quite good for that purpose obviously. The problem is he goaded the moose until he got himself into trouble with it, then he started the fight and rode off leaving the animal disabled and suffering. Completely preventable and unnecessary I think.

Not blaming the guy for carrying!

I feel that if he wasn't carrying he would have done a lot more to avoid the situation then to enhance it.

Kinda like taking a BRAVE pill and looking for a fight.
 
The guy probably made a bad decision in thinking he could scare the moose away by shouting at it, but I also think the guy showed amazing restraint by not drawing his pistol and chambering a round until AFTER the Moose attacked him.

I, personally, think the Moose was coming back to finish the job on the guy, and the guy made the right call in defending himself.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that this couldn't have been avoided, but out on a snow trail in the middle of nowhere and this situation unfolds, Lord know what coulda, shoulda happened.

FOr those of you that think he shouldn't have shot the Moose, take a look at this and you'll see just how fast things can and do go very wrong when a Moose decides to attack a person...

 
I think the guy made a big mistake when he decided to get closer to it and closed the distance, probably to get a better camera/video recording before the first charge. He should have kept his distance. After the first charge he decided to inch a little closer too.
 
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Originally Posted By: Mr. PoppadopalisSeriously, who carries a Glock to go Snowmobiling??

I carry a Glock to do everything. Places that "do not allow firearms" are no problem as I do not allow my self to spend my money with such enterprises.

I'm sticking with my former statement though.......this could have been avoided. I had the same type of thing happen to me just last weekend; Buddy shoots Javalina......Bushman goes on recovery......Bushman and another Javalina have intense stand off.........Bushman bluffs Javalina.........nobody dies.

Yeah I know a javalina and a moose are two different levels of threats but things can get ugly when somebody feels empowered by the firearm that they are carrying.
 

Well, I don't carry a Glock, but I do carry a Kimber .45 most everywhere I go. It rarely ever leaves my holster, but it's there if I need it. A guy never knows what he might come across while out and about.
 
He should never shot it or at least at the time of the shot it wasn't a threat.... Poor judgement from start to finish...
 
Totally avoidable.

All he had to do was to go around it. He was on a snowmobile! It isn't like he couldn't have left the trail, and the machine is faster than a moose, and the moose didn't want to leave the trail. The last thing it wanted, was to flounder around in the deep snow, which is why it made a stand on the trail.

I grew up in Alaska. Moose are dangerous, and I was charged many times, and never had to shoot one, but they are stupid! MOST humans are smarter than a moose. You never crowd a moose in the winter, their energy level is low, and they don't have the reserves to run off all the time, and they have even less patience.

Now, on skis, or snowshoes.... that's a different story. You stay a hundred yards away,(or more) and just give them time, and go WAY the h*** around them.

He pushed it, apparently didn't know much about moose. Too bad. I sensed a little attitude, as well.
 
I bought my Glock to carry while on the ATV or hiking or any other outdoor activity. I rarely go without it, and those times without are because I'm carrying a bigger stick. I believe he aggravated the situation by revving the engine and inching forwards. Once attacked for his actions, it was clear where it was heading. I've found myself between a sow bear and her cub before while out hunting coyotes. We all left whole. I kept my mouth shut and the safety off and sat my butt still. He should have done the same. He also rode close enough when going around her to put one last shot in her head instead of racing to the field while she was flopping around.
 
He showed poor judgement by getting that close to the moose. But poor judgement is not illegal. Also, poor judgement getting yourself into a situation one minute does not prohibit you from defending yourself a minute later when you "feel" you are in imminent danger. Kinda like Zimmerman in a way, a good shoot but poor judgement that got him into the situation.

The guy "should" have stopped way earlier, and "should" have given the moose plenty of room. He "should" have waited it out and given the moose time to move off on it's own. But he did nothing illegal at this point. For all we know he runs into moose on the trail all the time and in the past they have always run off as he approached. and this was the first time one stood it's ground. The rider did not appear to be harrassing the moose, or chasing it, or anything like that.

Once the moose charged and attacked him, he can certainly shoot to defend himself. His poor judgement seconds earlier does NOT somehow make it a bad shoot AFTER he has been attacked. The moose charged once, retreated and then charged a second time and attacked (certainly a potentially lethal attack). The moose retreated and then turned around on the path. It is certainly reasonable to believe the moose would charge and attack again. Absolutely a good shoot in self defense.

Was the first shot a warning shot? Hard to tell for sure but it sure looks to me like he fired high over the moose and then yelled, "Hey!" before he continued firing. An apparent attempt to avoid using lethal force. +1 for the snowmobiler.

GoPro type mounted cameras are a little bit decieving when it comes to perspective and showing distance. I bet that was way closer that it looks in the video. Also you can see the rider's shadow on the snow and he is standing up on the snowmobile, probably to make himself appear more intimidating to the moose so it will leave, but that means the camera is 6+ feet off the ground. The video perspective does not show how extremely large moose are compared to a human.

Poor judgement lead up to an avoidable standoff with a large wild animal, but it was good (legal) shoot.
 
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