Mother Moose Fights With Wolves

[caryc]

Here is a video that's not for the feint of heart. It shows how a pack of wolves fights and wears down their victim. I would not want to be alone and be their target.

http://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/ar...-with-moose-and-her-calf#sthash.lOIZFF1T.dpbs

 

[Huhwhat?]

Depends on what guns I'm carrying. As you start dropping them, the remaining pack would be less likely to continue the fight.

 

[caryc]

Depends on what guns I'm carrying. As you start dropping them, the remaining pack would be less likely to continue the fight.

I wasn't thinking about being armed. Ok, I'm not stupid. In wolf country I wouldn't be there unarmed. I was just thinking about some unknown situation. Not much you could do but climb a tree if you were lucky enough to be around one.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Sooooooooooooooooo Why didn't the Guy taking the video take out the Wolves??? Was he just out for a stroll in the bush and no gun.

 

[caryc]

Sooooooooooooooooo Why didn't the Guy taking the video take out the Wolves??? Was he just out for a stroll in the bush and no gun.

Well...wolves gotta' eat too. As they say nature is cruel. Maybe he just didn't want to interfere. As for myself, I think I would have at least fired to try to scare them away. Let them go catch a rabbit.

It did kind of sound like he was enjoying the show a little bit too much.

 

[Fox Mike]

Sooooooooooooooooo Why didn't the Guy taking the video take out the Wolves??? Was he just out for a stroll in the bush and no gun.

Could be he was doing what the people on Animal Planet do and that is filming the animals in their natural habitat and doing what they do to survive. How many lion videos have been shown where the gnu is the target? He was more than likely way away and probably had a lens that would show the footprints on the moon.

 

[Bucks Owin]

A mama moose with calf is far more dangerous than a pack of wolves to a hunter... :wink:

So is a rutting bull...

 

[contender]

Those of us who spend time in the outdoors understand that this is what happens in nature. In this video, it's obvious there are more than the guy filming it & a child. I can hear the shutter clicking on a different camera. Plus,, in the early part of it, you can see that the wolves are on a road, and you can see part of a vehicle in the frame. I'd say it was a tour of some type. Next,,, one of the wolves is wearing a tracking collar. I recognize them as they are the same as the ones we've used locally on our elk.
Still, there are harsh facts about wolves that many do not understand. In many places out west the space they have, vs the game, vs cattlemen, is not in balance. And the wolves enjoy protections so we are losing game & livestock to the simple fact of too many wolves.
Should they be eliminated?
No.
Should they be controlled?
Yes.

I wonder how big Disney or PETA would be if they broadcast this type of story as a prime movie or fundraiser?

 

[don44]

Those of us who spend time in the outdoors understand that this is what happens in nature. In this video, it's obvious there are more than the guy filming it & a child. I can hear the shutter clicking on a different camera. Plus,, in the early part of it, you can see that the wolves are on a road, and you can see part of a vehicle in the frame. I'd say it was a tour of some type. Next,,, one of the wolves is wearing a tracking collar. I recognize them as they are the same as the ones we've used locally on our elk.
Still, there are harsh facts about wolves that many do not understand. In many places out west the space they have, vs the game, vs cattlemen, is not in balance. And the wolves enjoy protections so we are losing game & livestock to the simple fact of too many wolves.
Should they be eliminated?
No.
Should they be controlled?
Yes.

I wonder how big Disney or PETA would be if they broadcast this type of story as a prime movie or fundraiser?

+10

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Looks a lot like Denali Park. I watched a grizzly track a cow and new calf one time down by Haines. Once you see how thorough these animals are it is amazing any of the calves survive. Most of the wolf huggers have never seen wolves start eating a calf long before they die. Even worse a friend of mine is a pilot and watched a pack kill every big horn sheep in a large valley. They had a great time. Didn't even bother to eat any of the sheep. They just get into a killing frenzy and anything that moves or runs gets killed. Oh Carey, you shoot the Alpha male and all the rest get real nervous and won't stay for a fight.

 

[caryc]

Looks a lot like Denali Park. I watched a grizzly track a cow and new calf one time down by Haines. Once you see how thorough these animals are it is amazing any of the calves survive. Most of the wolf huggers have never seen wolves start eating a calf long before they die. Even worse a friend of mine is a pilot and watched a heard kill every big horn sheep in a large valley. They had a great time. Didn't even bother to eat any of the sheep. They just get into a killing frenzy and anything that moves or runs gets killed. Oh Carey, you shoot the Alpha male and all the rest get real nervous and won't stay for a fight.

Yeah, I remember that video where some wolves had downed a deer. I guess they did something to it where it's back legs no longer worked. But it was very much alive with it's head up and the wolves were just eating off the back end. I couldn't have stayed their filming that. I would of had to at least put a slug in the deer to finish it off.

There are lots of animals that kill their pray before chowing down on it. But, not the wolf, they just start ripping hunks off the downed animal.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

A wolf pack will bring down a large animal Deer, Elk Moose by tearing at it's butt or stomach softest part. When they finally get the intestines to fall/come out the animal is done. Real nice animal and will kill for the fun of it.