Snowmobiler kills aggressive moose...YouTube generation cries

[jimmym40a2]

Should of backed up and went around. It was not necessary.

[zulu01]

The moose paid for the shooters impatience and stupidity.

[68Charger]

He's lucky it was a moose and not a bear. A bear would not have backed off the first attack to give him time to chamber a round. I can't tell at what point he noticed the moose. You can not put most snowmobiles in reverse, most don't have it. In all my days on sleds when you are timber bashing if you step off the running board of the sled in back country you will sink six feet in loose snow. Bottom line no way to retreat and I would not wait for a second attack, bang over.

Don't underestimate moose- while this wasn't a large one, more people are killed in Canadia by Moose than by bear.... they can be very dangerous.

That being said, having been that close (before the charge) to moose in Alaska before (and much bigger), I think he could have done many other things to avoid killing the moose. I agree with others that he was impatient... I wouldn't charge him with a crime, but I just don't think it was the best judgement.

[XC700116]

He's lucky it was a moose and not a bear. A bear would not have backed off the first attack to give him time to chamber a round. I can't tell at what point he noticed the moose. You can not put most snowmobiles in reverse, most don't have it. In all my days on sleds when you are timber bashing if you step off the running board of the sled in back country you will sink six feet in loose snow. Bottom line no way to retreat and I would not wait for a second attack, bang over.

Actually Yes you can, nearly EVERY new model sled has reverse, and I KNOW FOR A FACT that 09-2011 Ski-doo he was riding has reverse. He was on a packed trail, the Moose was on that trail for a reason (it's easier walking). Ect.

Just sayin.

[sniper7]

Not having one chambered was a poor choice.

hopefully he called DOW and let them know what happened and didn't just leave it.

other than that, good shoot

[sniper7]

I don't think I would have put myself in that position with the moose. I was also under the impression that the guy was just impatient. I wasn't there, so who knows.

Anyway, good thing the moose wasn't this aggressive.

Holy crap, you have to watch this, then the ones after it. They put a go pro on the sheep! Fucking hilarious!!!!

[rondog]

Really? Nobody else got that?

Yeah, we got it. It's a frightening, disgusting thought, and I personally won't let it enter my head. Gives me the willies.

[Big E3]

What, all the new sleds have reverse, now I know I'm old, I'm just not familiar with the new sleds. I've owned four different ones over the years and we had access to Yamaha demos back in the day, pre 2000. Reverse was an option that nobody I rode with wanted due to the extra weight, reverse required a transmission. Reverse was something that was always on rental sleds though, I was told tourists expect to back up. My comment about a bear was just that I don't think a bear would give up until you were dead and never would have backed off like the moose did. Therefore, you would not have a chance to chamber a round with a bear, I know a moose is just as deadly.

[Gunner]

Holy crap, you have to watch this, then the ones after it. They put a go pro on the sheep! Fucking hilarious!!!!

Oh man those are great!


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[XC700116]

What, all the new sleds have reverse, now I know I'm old, I'm just not familiar with the new sleds. I've owned four different ones over the years and we had access to Yamaha demos back in the day, pre 2000. Reverse was an option that nobody I rode with wanted due to the extra weight, reverse required a transmission. Reverse was something that was always on rental sleds though, I was told tourists expect to back up. My comment about a bear was just that I don't think a bear would give up until you were dead and never would have backed off like the moose did. Therefore, you would not have a chance to chamber a round with a bear, I know a moose is just as deadly.

Yeap, its now done with no weight penalty or mechanical complexity. You hit a button and it kills the ignition and fires again at a drasticly advanced timing right before it stops running. This literally fires the motor backwards and it starts running in reverse rotation. Obviously this is only done on 2strokes but that still encompasses roughly 85% of current sales. The 4 stokes still need a "gearbox" to accomplish it.