@Rawrination ...moose aren't near the size of elephants, here in Kanastan there's 3 strain of moose...most common in Northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan is the standard moose breed which can achieve a weight of 1,200+lbs, in Northern Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories there's the Yukon/Alaskan breed of moose which get a bit bigger, ie up to 1,800lbs, but the Labrador moose get to be monsters and I think the biggest on record is 2,200lbs with an 80" double-pan antler rack...anyone seeing a bull moose with a double pan rack will never forget it, I've only seen it twice in my life and they're very intimidating. I gave up on moose because I ate so much of it and there's very little nutrition in Ontario moose due to their diet of lilly pads and tree buds, but the Labrador moose have a different diet, similar to the tundra caribou, in fact I'll take caribou over any wild game with Elk being a close 2nd...but I've seen big bull moose take 4rnds of 30-06 220grn rnd nose soft point and not fall, in fact, when we finally got that moose down 2 of the bullets were lodged into the shoulder muscles just under the 1" thick hide, fucking 30-06 couldn't punch through into the lungs, it was the rnd that went in under the shoulder blade that found it's way to the lungs, but that moose went a good half mile into the thickest bush with 4rnds in it...a 220grn rnd nose from a 30-06 would take the head off a deer, it would cut a human in two. They're probably the strongest animal in the Western hemisphere. I've personally seen a big Timberwolf get destroyed by moose, 3 large bull moose trampled this thing, broke it's jaw, it's shoulder and it's entire right side of ribs were shattered and that fucker lived for another 3 months but was shot dead on a Lake Superior beach when it made a feeble attempt to attack a person, it was pathetic...I saw the original encounter near Wawa Ontario, it was February 98/99, I called the Conservation Authorities asking the protocol for injured wolves in a situation like this, I suggested that someone put the animal down to limit it's suffering and the broad says to let nature take it's course...months later it's on the news of a (lame) wolf attack. You can query it.. "wolf attack at Katherine Cove Lake Superior...I witnessed that wolf getting trampled by 3 big bull moose, it made the mistake of wandering into the winter yarding area...there was a pack of 5 Timberwolves in that location for a long time, one wolf was a good 5ft to the shoulder, I had one chase after me a bit cause I got too close to their kill but all in all Timberwolves have never bothered me, I've got 3 right here where I live....but the coyotes are the bad ones. And there you have it.
Zyklonbeekeeper 0 points 6 months ago
@Rawrination ...moose aren't near the size of elephants, here in Kanastan there's 3 strain of moose...most common in Northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan is the standard moose breed which can achieve a weight of 1,200+lbs, in Northern Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories there's the Yukon/Alaskan breed of moose which get a bit bigger, ie up to 1,800lbs, but the Labrador moose get to be monsters and I think the biggest on record is 2,200lbs with an 80" double-pan antler rack...anyone seeing a bull moose with a double pan rack will never forget it, I've only seen it twice in my life and they're very intimidating. I gave up on moose because I ate so much of it and there's very little nutrition in Ontario moose due to their diet of lilly pads and tree buds, but the Labrador moose have a different diet, similar to the tundra caribou, in fact I'll take caribou over any wild game with Elk being a close 2nd...but I've seen big bull moose take 4rnds of
30-06 220grn rnd nose soft point and not fall, in fact, when we finally got that moose down 2 of the bullets were lodged into the shoulder muscles just under the 1" thick hide, fucking 30-06 couldn't punch through into the lungs, it was the rnd that went in under the shoulder blade that found it's way to the lungs, but that moose went a good half mile into the thickest bush with 4rnds in it...a 220grn rnd nose from a 30-06 would take the head off a deer, it would cut a human in two. They're probably the strongest animal in the Western hemisphere. I've personally seen a big Timberwolf get destroyed by moose, 3 large bull moose trampled this thing, broke it's jaw, it's shoulder and it's entire right side of ribs were shattered and that fucker lived for another 3 months but was shot dead on a Lake Superior beach when it made a feeble attempt to attack a person, it was pathetic...I saw the original encounter near Wawa Ontario, it was February 98/99, I called the Conservation Authorities asking the protocol for injured wolves in a situation like this, I suggested that someone put the animal down to limit it's suffering and the broad says to let nature take it's course...months later it's on the news of a (lame) wolf attack. You can query it.. "wolf attack at Katherine Cove Lake Superior...I witnessed that wolf getting trampled by 3 big bull moose, it made the mistake of wandering into the winter yarding area...there was a pack of 5 Timberwolves in that location for a long time, one wolf was a good 5ft to the shoulder, I had one chase after me a bit cause I got too close to their kill but all in all Timberwolves have never bothered me, I've got 3 right here where I live....but the coyotes are the bad ones.
And there you have it.