I have fired one of these more than a few times... Not something that you would spend a whole afternoon with on the range without a few shot bags. Ouch!
Here in Minneapolis you can shoot an unarmed white woman as long as you are a Muslim cop. I don’t think I could get away with shooting a moose even though one bit my sister.
Chauncy was charged with the illegal take of a moose. The crime is a high misdemeanor with a penalty of up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $10,000. ...I suspect Chancy's legal fees were a couple of thousand dollars. He did not spend time in jail.
I like Washington State's system. If you are prosecuted in a self-defense case, and are found not guilty, the state will reinburse you.
That would be a good law in all of the states.
You won’t believe what a m00se did to mi sister.
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...
You expect this kind of malicious prosecution in California, not Wyoming.
At the risk of being accused of lack of moral compass I would probably have put the moose in the freezer, dug a hole and buried the rest and planted a few blueberry bushes on top. :-)
What motive would this guy have had to shot the moose, other than self-defense? It was a young moose in velvet, so I doubt it would be harvested for a trophy. He called in the kill, so it appears that he was making no attempts to harvest the meat illegally. Unless the shooter had a history of recklessly killing animals just to kill, it appears that his story is more plausible than any story concocted by the prosecutors in the case.
As to the original question, anything .270 and above is probably adequate for self-defense against a moose, with calibers in the mid-.30s being more preferable for purely self-defense. Obviously in this case, a .284 (7mm) was adequate to deter the attack without even hitting the central nervous system. I'd have no qualms about hunting Shiras moose (with a low likelihood of a charge) with a 7mm.
Once while fishing with my small kids I found myself within a few yards of a big bull moose in velvet. He just appeared all the sudden. He was docile and we were able to get out things and leave. He was very impressive that close but I was really glad it was not during the rut.
I lived in Pinedale and Big Piney.
There were moose standing on the streets in both towns.
One chased me in the park.
Feet dont fail me now
I lived in Pinedale and Big Piney.
There were moose standing on the streets in both towns.
One chased me in the park.
Feet dont fail me now