Ya right, sure he did.

Moose are mean critters - I'm glad everyone was alright. Definitely something to talk about for years to come...

Sorry if I sound like a skeptic but one guy swimming 300 yd with a 1200 lb moose in water that must have been ice cold is a bit much. The rest sounds very likely. Congratulations and thank you for your service. And like Ralph said what kind of pip sqweak was he shooting? I shot an Alaskan bull in the neck an got a 1 shot bang flop with a 350 rem. mag.

wow sounds like a really close call wouldnt want to be in that situation

How does that Johnny Cash song go?

I here that train a coming; it’s coming thru the brush!

Well it ought to be a song for this!!

It ain't dead til you put it on your plate and stab it with a fork!

I've been hunting deer for 45 years and some have gone down w/one shot, others multiple. The ones that ran, if possible went to water. I shot a 680 pound (dressed weight) bull moose in Maine in 2005 and he went 50 yards after one 40-yard shot through the breadbasket with a 220 Grain '06 bullet in him. If you shoot one in the neck and are lucky enough to hit the spine, they'll "drop on the spot" and not move again. If you're not so lucky, anything is possible, including a charge. Overall, I like the story (maybe the swim was 300 feet, not yards?)

...I still would like to know what caliber this guy was using on Moose!!?

Good story, and it's like I like to say to the Antis' "I just like enjoying my time in the outdoors, and only carry a high powered rifle for protection from the animals" LOL.

Yeah, Same thing happened to me once, yeah,...Once.

Great campfire story true or not. i enjoyed the reading.

I love those old campfire and bar-room stories. True or not, makes for good listing. I recall my first Fox hunt with a lot of older gents setting around a campfire with a l/2 gallon of shine at hand. Now and then one would say listen, thats old Blue etc. in fron of the pack. I never like to hunt anything I could not see, but those old guys (my age now) really had a great time in thoe days long ago forgotten.Sa todays hunters have the time to spare to go to a hunt camp and enjoy the guys. To me, thats l/2 the hunt. Just wish had some guys to go with now. Was in a Bar in North Montana a few yrs back,and wasa few older guys there telling tall tales. Being new to the area, I just listened and had a great night with those guys. Doubt if they arose very early the next day. Being disabled and almos deaf, I play with this Puter and read a lot.Can;t understand TV, Have really read some great hunt stories by the past experts. Love the oldies better than this electronic age of being spoiled to the comfots of a Holiday Inn. Shoot-um-straight and often.

To Shane: Anything I print on this Blog is from experience and the stories I mention are facts, not fiction. Todays outdorsmen really miss a golden opportunity by not going on a hunt and sitting around the campfire at night listing to the stories of others. To prove they are true makes little difference to me, the story line is interesting regardless. I do miss that faze of my now hunting, as being disabled,I am unable to hunt and camp out in the wilds as I did many years ago. But the memories are there and I miss many of the old timers of yesterday. If you never been on a hunt and camped out,by all means do so at least once while you able to do so. My memories and photos of yester year are priceless and to this day, enjoy looking at those photos and re-living the past. Just pray I can continue a few more years.But,at 73 + few remain.Shoot-um-straight and often. Doing is actual believing. Killing game is only l/2 of the experience. I do enjoy taking game that I think is a trophy in my book, but not heart-broken if I eat that tag.

Shane: If I had my adult life to re-lieve, I would own property in the Rockies and operate a hunting, guide service. But that's 20-20 now. There is no place on earth more plesant than being in Deer/Elk Camp with a good bunch of guys and telling storis of their own or one's they heard. Some of those old-times ( like me) can make a hunt more enjoyable, even if you eat your tag. My guide in Montana is working a hunt for me again where we camp out at 8-9K feet for a few days. My being disabled/handicapped not sure it will work for me, but I got to give it a try again. Back packing by horse is out of the question, as I;ve had both hips replaced( plus I have a Ileostomy bag) and my Dr. will not permit me to ride a horse. But, we can drive to the area he plans to camp and haul all our gear. I;m able to walk a few paces and sit and wait for game to come my way (hopefully). His grandpa was planning to do this 4yrs ago,but he had a heart attack and left us. So hopefully my guide and my Son and a good friend in Missoula,Mt,Plan on trying this camp out hunt in 2010. If i am unable to stay out, will go to a Motel about 10 miles away and drive back and forth. I want to be around when my Son gets his Elk and i want that Cougar my wife saw last year plus a nice Mulie. Good Hunting. Shoot-um-straight and often. One last bit of info. A rifle bullet only reaches a height of 2 l/2" above the line of sight, or heigth of the axis. So a Zero of 200 yds + l" is a safe zero for Western hunting and here at home. I just hold a tad lower here than out west. But with the new Ammo available, they fly flatter and straightr with the Polymer tips than the soft points in my guns.Well maintained,clean firearms is a must for good accuracy, plus much pratice. Have you ever used a Buff lead bullet in a 375? if so, what results did you get on Elk size game. I love the Scirocco's in my 06 in l80 grs, will shoot thru a Deer or Elk broadside and leave a good blood trail if needed. But I prefer a one shot kill as unable to track, I do shoot a lot of game directly looking at me in the neck/chest area. Last fall I killed a 9 pt W-tail at 170 yds with B/p I aimed at the white patch on his neck, he hit the grund instantly. I was using 120 gr.pellets and POwerbelt 225 gr. sabots. Never found the bullet when dressed out. So assumed when completely thru. Ok have fun shooting.

i had a squirelle come back to life once. not as good of a story as this though or quite as terrifying.

I also agree with Robert; He wrote some great books. I'm, a small guy ,l28 lbs soaking wet and large caliber, hard kicking guns i cannot use. I use Rem. 700's in 06 with lead added to the Walnut stock, making total wt near 9 l/2 lbs, 4 rounds and dcoped . With the Limbsave pad, i can handle that caliber using l80 gr Scirocco bullets. I also use a rem 700 in 25-06 for w-tail and just bought a Marlin XL7 in 270, syn stock to use at home on my 4 wheeler. i can handle the wt on it at 8 l/2 lbs. I added lead to the syn stock.Back to rounds in the magazine. I never use 5 rounds, as i want to feed the chamber from the magazine. A old habit from my 742 Rem Auto days. If you don;t place the shells in proper you got a jam and by feeding the chambr from the magazine, if a problem you gonna know prior to hunting in AM before light.If i can;t kill my Animal with 4 rounds, i need to pratice or stay home. On my top feeding hunting fiearms i only remove the one in the chamber at days in and then i re-insert that round in the gun for tomorrow unless i have to clean the gun at night. I always place a piece of Elec. tape over the Muzzle of all my guns, to keep the bbl clean an if gets wet during teh day, i clean the acion with gun scrubber to get the water out and let dry or use a hair dryer. Why spend thousands on a hunt and have a 2.00 bullet foul up your shot. I also buy the best ammo available that my guns shoot well. Not the Wally-World specials.I wll repeat a true story I told long ago. Ws at Elk amp and tis due cam in with a 3-5oo gun gase. Outfitter ask what gun he had. He informed him he had a Weatherby 300 with a Leupold scope. Outfiter ask him how it shot, gy saidI never shot the gun, the slesman said was bore sighted at 100 yds.????? Outitter walked into his tent, came back with a well used 06 and told him to use that gun on his hunt.Needless to say, he did kill a Cow Elk. Statedhis new gun was going back to sales office. Another Camp a older gentleman can in with a old 06 with grip tapped several rounds with Elec. tape.But, the crack ran all way to butt end. Next Am, old man was gone erly, about 45 min later, BAM, shotly the old man came in all bloody on his hands and ask to borrow a pack mule to get his 6 x 6 out. So 2 differernt examples with totally different guns and hunters. When i buy a new gun ( and i only use new guns i bought for my personal huntng), i scope with Nikons and Leupold steel Dual Dove tails mounts, pratice till I'm l" high at 200 yds and run a couple boxes of shells thru prior to my rocky Mtn trips This I have repeated many times, but does not hurt o remind new guys of my success. in Past l5 ys, only hve had to shoot a animal twice, not sure the 2nd was needed then, but unable to track, so wanted to make sure.And, I;m one of the few hunters who likes neck shots. i will take a frontal shot any time it presens itself. ehind the front shoulder i ok and I do take tat shot or a little moer on the front leg and break him down prior to the bullet getting to the vitals. The Sciroccos laas year i killed a huge w-tail at 270 yds, shot entered the right fore leg midway, broke it, went completely thru broke his left and his vitals wasa glob,der jumped a 4ft fence and ran 60 yds before piling up. How he jumped teh fence i will never knw s both front legs were dangling when we got to him and blood coming out both holes, nose, mouth.???? That will power in deer to live is unbelievable.Ok, enough of my mouthing. Shoot-um-stright and very often. By all means go to a Hunting Camp if you never been. No education available that you will get there.

Who sucks Mooseman??????? Look in the mirrow, maybe he's there????? My puter has a Delete button on it, does yours?

Ralph the Rifleman:
I enjoy the aticles posted on this Blog. Like you, I do wish the guys would list the Caliber gun used and type of Ammo. A lot is to be learned from others, or at least I have. All mfgers of firearms an Ammo will lead you to believe their's is the only product worth buying. Not so. Trial and error by actual plain old guys like us are the real TESTERS. I try to list what Caliber and Ammo I use in hunting, but by now I suppose most know that the 06 is my caliber I trust and use on larger game and the 25-06 on deer size and under game. Many of us older guys can;t tolerate the kick of the larger calibers . The 06 using Scirocco's in l80 gr bullet will handle anything I plan to hunt in NA. Just hope and Pray I can return to the Rockis with my Son for a Elk/Mulie hunt to the Rockies while I'm around to enjoy. Just wish I had been beside my wife last year in Montana when she saw the Cougar at 20 yds creeping behind 2 small Does. I doubt he would ahve complete his stalk. However,as said lots lately, we/they need to allow some Wolves and Cougars be taken out of the herds. I do think it's time to allow some Wolves tags to be issued in the areas where it's a know fact they are thinning the game in many areas. The area I hunt in MT has many Wolves, and the game over the past 5 years I've been hunting there the # of game has declined by a large %. The Land Owner and my Guide have instructed me to kill any Cougar or Wolf I may see. But, when the game becomes scarce, the creatures move on to areas with more game. All hunters need to read the latest issue of Petersens HUNTING. Did not plan on writing a essay, but kinda got caried away. Shoot-um-straigh and often. Good hunting.

Ralph the Rifleman:
I just received a e-mail from Montana.The Wolf yes and Cougar??? has been de-listed as a endageroed animal. Tags will be sold (100) for Montana for Wolves, Cougas????. They estimae that Montana has l300 Wolves, Wisc, MN , Kanas has 4.000. So appears I'm not the only one griping about them out west. I for got Idaho also will resume hunting wolves his fall # not available. Now, will begin saving my $$$ for 2010, so I can go back to MT and maybe get a shot. Did you read where Caig Boddington;s daughter, Britany shot a tracker in Africa who was attacked by an Leopord. She thought( so story goes) that she was shooting at the Leopard. Man was badly mauled by the Leopard, and she shot him in his hips. He's yet alive and Brittany has begun to established a fund from us hunters to pay his Medical expenses????????She shot him, not we/us, where is her liability ins.???? Appears Caig failed to inform her to make sure of her target???? lessons need to be taught, right? I think my Home-owners ins. coves such, I will suely check in AM. Also, it has allways be instilled in most of us hunters mind, to always make sure of your target and what is behind it, etc. I just wanted you an the othee readers that I had not been blowing smoke about the Wolves and Cougars out West. I don;t know how to forward the news link, as it was attached to some other news Items from DC. If figure it out will forward. Shoot-um-straight and often. Hey, if you were bying a Derringer , what would you buy???& Caliber, plus on the cheaper side. Hey, got a E-mail from Rem. the Dble s x s 06 from EAA they acquired, is yet available, I ordered one.They yet are imported from Italy. When arrives may be some time. Hope so by Sept.. 2010 Be good, graet hunting. Shoot-um-sraight and ofen. Hope Moose Man likes this, he did not like my other items, his loss, not mine.

GS-
I haven't heard about the Boddington mishap, but I'll do some web searching for it.As for issue of permits, GREAT! I hope you get out and shoot some fur and bring us some photos to marvel at!
I think I would get the .410/.45 Derringer. I think the pistol/shotgun combo is a flexible, and potent, duo.

Jay your a jerk. just because you cant swim 300 yards doesnt mean this guy couldnt, and remember the moose was probably floating so he could have pulled it. hes not a pussey like you

Well Ralph some people like Jay just dont accept their weeknesses. And he needs to respect our veterans.

Agree Ralph. We al have our opinions and we should respect each of his. As you stated, we got to make peach with ourselves prior to makin peace with others. i try to respect each of his opinion until I learn otherwise. Non of us perfect ( at least i'm not). I also believe most thing happen for a purpose,as i was seuupose to ahve died 20 ys ago, but ws left here for some reason. Before i leave this world,i surely want to learn why. I just try to make the best of my inabiltes and go on each day. I'v very fortunate to have hunted as much out west and here at home in past l8 yrs, and hopefully many left.Few un-rich guys gtth oppotunity to go west as many times as i have and been successful each time but once.Meet many people from Florida to Alaska, and we try to stay abreast of each other often. Learned lots and see lots. Been places i never dreamed I would ever see. I;ve seen all the states but 2, hopefully I can yet. So again, things happen for a reason, maybe thats why I was left in this world 20 yrs ago. Gonna get. Shoot-um-straight and often.

I spent a wonderful year at a USAF Radar site outside of Stephenville, NFLD (66-67), on the island, not old Labrador. I married a local and have been back a couple of times. My family all hunts; moose and bear. The terrain is thick brush on shale.
The author goes hunting with 3 shells - must think he's a heck of a shot. Then there's the expanding lake..... He must have been drinking Newfie Screech when he wrote this fable.
Check out Dhoon Lodge.com.

not sure whether your going to see this or not but thanks for your service greg. and i wouldnt doubt for even a minute that that moose charged ive seen deer shot three times get up and run and moose shot 5 or 6 times and still stand without even as much as a stumble if that moose was shot its going to run. your in the way and he wont hesitate to run right through you

Hmmmm lemme see ,.. 300 yds is poke ,.. however swimming means diffeent things to different peopl.
If it wasnt too deep ,..say chest high to to a tall Lac du flambo yuk yuk
Its possible to drag em through the water,.. Ive seen that ,. Depending on where hit they can pretty boyant right after they give up the ghost .

Plus any guy just off three tours is part mule anyway ( been there done that) .
More over ladys and Gentlmen ,.. camps Ive been in almost ALWAYS have 1/2 inch rope that amounts to about 100 yds or about 300 ft.?? Ive helped pull on a couple . and it aint all tghat bad.

Use a 300 at least maybe even a 338 rum or 375. As for gunslinger i know your anger but don't blame it all on wolfs and cougars.

nice, i can't believe you had to shoot it that many times, id pry crap my pants if a bull moose charged me.

Never been charge by a moose but have been charged by anger javelina...have to say its pretty scary

Never been charge by a moose but have been charged by anger javelina...have to say its pretty scary

I'm Celie, I work at Tuckamore Lodge where Mr. Lyon and his son Greg had this adventure. For any of you who doubt his story, I can assure you it's accurate.

i dont know much about moose but i hear they get real mean

I have just returned from Missouri to live in Alaska. I brought back two rifles with me for hunting up here.
Winchester Model 70 Fetherweight 30-06bolt action.
And the "like new"
Remington 742 woodsmaster 30-06 semi- auto!
I have 220 grain "Remington" Exress Core-Lokt rounds.I know others are beter.but 200 gn are not available.
I would consider a 200 grain re-lode, but would not use 180gn on a moose, especially at closer ranges as are the case here.
A 180 grain is for a longer shot anyways. If you are 300+ yards away, then the moose probably won't charge that far, before you clober him again and again.
Now if he is in close;Then hit em with a real piece of lead! Not to mention when you start ringing the dinner bell, you will be glad you have the 220 grains to shew away the GRIZZ.
Stayin worm in the Valley!

yall are lucky. them there moose are some deadly critters. i am happy for yall tho cuz yall will have a heck of a good story to tell. i am halso hapy cuz yal got a caribou. i have always wanted to go on a caribou hunt. great story

Glad you got out safe.