A moose charged a 3-year-old in an Anchorage park. His father shot and killed it.

Sanders · 08-30-2019, 11:35 PM

No relation, that I know of.

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Matthew Sanders and his 3-year-old son, Huxley, were walking on a narrow trail on the edge of Anchorage’s Kincaid Park on Thursday when the boy turned a corner and ran into two moose in tall grass.

It was the kind of heart-pounding moment encountered by many hikers and cyclists in one of Anchorage’s biggest, most-used patches of wild land.

But things turned quickly. Sanders yelled. The boy froze. The cow moose charged.

The Anchorage father says he was able to get between his son and the moose and pull a .44 Magnum from a chest holster. By then the moose was so close “all I could see was its nostrils and hairs,” Sanders later recounted in a Facebook post.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anch...and-killed-it/

JD Miller · 08-30-2019, 11:49 PM

Its for the children

4thIDvet · 08-31-2019, 01:33 AM

Its good the dad took the little guy back in the woods to show him that everything is alright.

I guess moose are bad to the bone if yah piss em off. We had a big young one show up at a buddies farm in south Vermont and I stopped by to see him. Bud said just stay still and the moose just walked up and sniffed at me.
He gave it a carrot or something and it followed us around like a pet dog. It must have been raised around people? It stayed for the summer and headed north in the fall.

44044 · 08-31-2019, 05:10 AM

And the gun grabbers would rather

the child be dead than his father

be able to protect him...

Guns are Bad

S. Fisher · 08-31-2019, 01:50 PM

You are more likely to be trampled by a moose up here then have a bad bear encounter.

Sanders · 08-31-2019, 03:04 PM

I saw a moose in Southern Colorado in the Animas River, last weekend. My wife wanted to get out so she could take a better picture. I told her to stay in the truck in case the moose decided he didn't want his picture taken.

Travish · 08-31-2019, 03:35 PM

OMG, a gun. Sounds like hunting out of season, get him boys.

Besides, everybody knows moose are super friendly. I've watched Rocky and Bullwinkle a thousand times.

aviator · 08-31-2019, 04:51 PM

Don't piss a moose they can get aggressive.

remus · 08-31-2019, 11:46 PM

The only thing you can bank on with wild animals is that they are unpredictable. I'm glad the dad was prepared.

Bluntforce · 09-01-2019, 12:18 AM

They’re kinda like North America’s answer to hippos aren’t they? The animal no expects to mess them up and has one of the highest body counts?

Bookworm · 09-01-2019, 06:23 PM

More people die or are injured by moose than bears

Solid Snake · 09-01-2019, 09:38 PM

I'd steer clear of any animal that outweighs me by 800+ pounds. That's why I avoid Rosie O'donnell at all costs.

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4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,463	Its good the dad took the little guy back in the woods to show him that everything is alright. I guess moose are bad to the bone if yah piss em off. We had a big young one show up at a buddies farm in south Vermont and I stopped by to see him. Bud said just stay still and the moose just walked up and sniffed at me. He gave it a carrot or something and it followed us around like a pet dog. It must have been raised around people? It stayed for the summer and headed north in the fall. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

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S. Fisher Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 477	You are more likely to be trampled by a moose up here then have a bad bear encounter. __________________ A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader. Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, February 12, 1779

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Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,888	They’re kinda like North America’s answer to hippos aren’t they? The animal no expects to mess them up and has one of the highest body counts? __________________

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44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 50,974	And the gun grabbers would rather the child be dead than his father be able to protect him... Guns are Bad

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Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,530	I saw a moose in Southern Colorado in the Animas River, last weekend. My wife wanted to get out so she could take a better picture. I told her to stay in the truck in case the moose decided he didn't want his picture taken.

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Travish Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 533	OMG, a gun. Sounds like hunting out of season, get him boys. Besides, everybody knows moose are super friendly. I've watched Rocky and Bullwinkle a thousand times.

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remus Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: az Posts: 3,490	The only thing you can bank on with wild animals is that they are unpredictable. I'm glad the dad was prepared.

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Bookworm Official DDB Poet Laureat Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,482	More people die or are injured by moose than bears __________________ 3 Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.

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Solid Snake Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 2,535	I'd steer clear of any animal that outweighs me by 800+ pounds. That's why I avoid Rosie O'donnell at all costs.