CANADIAN MAN TAKES DOWN ATTACKING MOOSE WITH .22 RIFLE

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Canadian Man Takes Down Attacking Moose With .22 Rifle

Can you knock down a moose with a .22? The answer is “yes”—but it takes about 15 bullets. Just ask Shawn Tuffnell, of Stoughton, Saskatchewan. On January 22, Shawn was going about his morning after having spent the night at his mother’s house when he heard her screams coming from outside. Angie...

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[Mountain_Life]

He pulled the 800lb moose back into the house by the nostrils? Then the moose stood around and waited for him to put 15 rounds (including reloading twice) into it's eye sockets? I think this story belongs on The Onion, not Meat Eater.

 

[Geewhiz]

LOL I'm sure there is some exaggeration there but regardless it sounds like things got pretty western.

 

[Chris in TN]

LOL I'm sure there is some exaggeration there but regardless it sounds like things got pretty western.

Yeah. I'm not saying he needed a .375H&H but in hindsight maybe at least a .22WMR would have worked better.

 

[BlackHillsShooter]

Made me laugh! That would have sucked had it gone down half as wild as the story tells it.

 

[Geewhiz]

Does anyone have FB that can copy and past the photo to this thread?

 

[BlackHillsShooter]

Yup, it's a dead moose.

 

[Larry Bartlett]

800 lbs? That's the first stretch in the story, IMO

 

[RockAndSage]

We need more "Florida Man" stories like this out of Canada, involving moose, ice hocky, and breakfast at Tim Horton's.

"Saskatchewan man suffocates on Tim's while rescuing moose from Zamboni" types of stuff...

 

[akhunter3]

Reminds me of the time I was attacked and had to fight off a wildly aggressive herd of Alaskan caribou. It was January, -40 and dark outside...and I was in the outhouse with a wicked case of glacier belly.

I won't go into too much detail, but suffice to say things got messy and one cow ended up with her head down the outhouse hole. In the end, it turned out the only cure for the glacier belly was a dozen Tim Horton's brought over the border by a buddy via dog sled..

 

[Chumsnagger]

At least that sounds more plausible!

 

[Snyd]

Well it’s dead moose but definitely not “knocked down” by a .22. They were fortunate though for sure however the situation went down.

 

[Agross]

What’s behind the moose in the pic?

 

[medvedyt]

800 lbs? That's the first stretch in the story, IMO

ah ah it is a calf i will say ...

 

[Eship]

I’ve had raccoons take close to that many rounds of 22lr. I’m not impressed. YOU ALL FROM MOOSE COUNTRY WOULDNT LAST A MINUTE AROUND THE COONS WHERE I COME FROM!