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11-30-2019, 11:39 AM
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Calf moose tangled in fence.
My hunting partner Rene and I had an interesting day hunting on Wednesday.
A fellow flagged us down for some help with a calf moose who had gotten tangled in a fence. He needed something to cut the fence. While I was looking for tools he was able to borrow a pair of bolt cutters from a passing service truck. After cutting a couple of the wires and getting the calf untangled, he wouldn’t move (too worn out). We rolled him free of the fence and then rolled him over twice more until he ended up laying upright on his stomach and then he quite quickly got up and made his way into the bush. We were surprised at how quickly he recovered because he was completely beat and didn’t even try to pull away when we were touching him and pulling his legs. Hopefully he will make out okay. At least he wasn’t stuck in the fence until the wolves found him.
Poor pics off my old phone but I had left my camera in the truck.
A once in a lifetime opportunity to assist a young moose.
Phil
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11-30-2019, 11:42 AM
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Well done.Quite an adventure and a great outcome
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11-30-2019, 11:48 AM
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Karma points...... in the bank.
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11-30-2019, 11:49 AM
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Good job, ended well as it doesn’t always.
Found a dead calf moose on a fence line 4-5 years ago.
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11-30-2019, 12:19 PM
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Great nice to see , he can go I living in the bush
Good people are still around
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11-30-2019, 12:43 PM
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Good on you for helping that fella out. Great to hear yet no suprising that you would help the little Moose-a saurus out,
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11-30-2019, 12:49 PM
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I untangled an elk calf from a fence once when I was alone...was a little worried I was going to get booted but it behaved.
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11-30-2019, 12:54 PM
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Good on you for helping out that calf. Hopefully some good karma comes your way and if nothing else you have a cool story and have garnered the respect of a lot of your fellow outdoorsmen.
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11-30-2019, 01:09 PM
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nice thread , good job 
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11-30-2019, 01:25 PM
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Feel good thread of the day!! Well done guys!!!
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11-30-2019, 02:32 PM
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We had a cow moose in similar circumstances just down the road once. Cops shot her because it just wasn't safe to approach or release her. Barb wire fences are killers.
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11-30-2019, 02:38 PM
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Now there be a Moose that can really celebrate Thanksgiving. Good on you guys for helping him out and thanks for posting the story. Wonder how many non-hunters would have done the same.
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11-30-2019, 02:44 PM
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I think moose go into some sort of paralysis when in shock. I recall those horrific old videos of live moose calmly looking over their shoulders at wolves eating their hindquarters. They just don't seem to fight to the bitter end. Maybe it's mother nature's way of reducing damage to predators when the prey is done for.
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11-30-2019, 04:32 PM
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Good job
Thanks for putting this up. Fences can be real killers for game and reading a rescue story like this provides a feel good moment. Nicely done.
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11-30-2019, 06:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zuludog
Good on you for helping out that calf. Hopefully some good karma comes your way and if nothing else you have a cool story and have garnered the respect of a lot of your fellow outdoorsmen.
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Well said and well done Phil.
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11-30-2019, 10:03 PM
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A happy day for a few creatures. 
Quote:
Originally Posted by thumper
I think moose go into some sort of paralysis when in shock. I recall those horrific old videos of live moose calmly looking over their shoulders at wolves eating their hindquarters. They just don't seem to fight to the bitter end. Maybe it's mother nature's way of reducing damage to predators when the prey is done for.
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It's called catatonia.
I guarantee Mother Nature did not create this condition for the sake of predators.
Although I wouldn't be surprised is Parks Canada thinks this way when it advises people to play dead. 
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11-30-2019, 11:45 PM
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I love stories like this. Well done, he surely would have been coyote food.
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12-01-2019, 05:37 AM
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Good job guys...A buddy n I had a very similar encounter many years back out riding trykes near Ministik, but it was a WT doe stuck. Forunately he had a pair of linemans pliers in his tool kit. She ran off no worse for wear.
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12-01-2019, 09:09 AM
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Near Hythe year ago
A calf moose had died in a fence over night and a grizzly pulled him out and took him away the next day.No this was not catch and release.
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12-01-2019, 09:25 AM
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Calf moose
Nice job guys great way to end a season with a great story.
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12-01-2019, 10:50 AM
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This is a great story.
Just glad it wasn’t the LPS who found this moose. 
BW
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12-01-2019, 11:25 AM
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Karma points...... in the bank.
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X2 nicely done. Would have been a horrible way to die.
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12-01-2019, 08:10 PM
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Nicely done. Good karma for sure.
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12-01-2019, 08:11 PM
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Feel good thread of the day!! Well done guys!!!
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12-01-2019, 08:22 PM
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Great job
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12-02-2019, 05:37 AM
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Good on u. A old forum member and i did the exact same thing to a bull elk in wmu936 about 10 years ago
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12-02-2019, 08:00 AM
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As a kid
I freed a WT caught by the hind leg by the second strand of barbed wire flipped over the top strand.Freshly caught and no damage to the deer.
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12-02-2019, 08:22 PM
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Good deed
Excellant,job.For sure he is going to die there otherwise.I seen horses torn to pieces in barb wire not a pretty site.
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