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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: saylean on March 04, 2008, 10:32:20 AM

Title: Bear takes moose calf
Post by: saylean on March 04, 2008, 10:32:20 AM: [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDEW-nIg844[/youtube]

A brief but cool video of a bear taking a moose calf. One of my favs on youtube.
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Post by: robodad on March 04, 2008, 10:40:37 AM: Pretty sad !! but that's the way of it all !!
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Post by: saylean on March 04, 2008, 10:58:50 AM: I was just amazed at how easy the bear manhandled that thing into the woods.
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Post by: Bscman on March 04, 2008, 01:23:50 PM: Here's two more worth watching--one is a bear who takes a much larger moose. The second is a grizzly sow with cubs taking on a caribou!
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Post by: boneaddict on March 04, 2008, 02:57:03 PM: All three of those were brutal but cool. I'm surprised the cow moose let the bear walk off with it while screaming. Makes me wonder if she would have if those people hadn't been there.
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Post by: billythekidrock on March 04, 2008, 04:04:09 PM: I only saw two, but that black bear and moose one was cool enough for me to figure a way to save YT videos. I only wish the sound quality was better, and louder. :chuckle:
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Post by: boneaddict on March 04, 2008, 04:16:57 PM: :)
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Post by: Head-shot on March 04, 2008, 04:39:14 PM: It's amazing how strong those things are. We are the nerds of the animal kingdom, we are smart enough to go to the moon but as far as strength goes we aren't squat. :chuckle:
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Post by: saylean on March 04, 2008, 05:00:58 PM: Quote from: billythekidrock on March 04, 2008, 04:04:09 PM
I only saw two, but that black bear and moose one was cool enough for me to figure a way to save YT videos. I only wish the sound quality was better, and louder. :chuckle:

I thought you would like that Billy... ;)
Title: Re: Bear takes moose calf
Post by: cohoho on March 04, 2008, 06:38:19 PM: Just a snap shot on these guys power, always have respected and appreciated what they can do. I'll see if I can find it, but had a clip of a Big Browine basically slapping a big Bull Moose with its paw, dropping the moose like a prize fighter.
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Post by: billythekidrock on March 04, 2008, 07:16:56 PM: Quote from: saylean on March 04, 2008, 05:00:58 PM
Quote from: billythekidrock on March 04, 2008, 04:04:09 PM
I only saw two, but that black bear and moose one was cool enough for me to figure a way to save YT videos. I only wish the sound quality was better, and louder. :chuckle:

I thought you would like that Billy... ;)

Yep, it was pretty good.
I doubt most people even have a clue as to how many calves/fawns that black bears take every year. I know it is alot more than most bios know or admit.
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Post by: archery288 on March 04, 2008, 09:25:00 PM: man thats nuts! its amazing how strong those bears actually are! no problem at all taking those animals down!
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Post by: M_ray on March 04, 2008, 09:36:55 PM: I knew there was a reason I had a skid mark in my waders everyday I was fishing the Situk last year! :chuckle:
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Post by: hogsniper on March 05, 2008, 11:22:49 AM: Heres a good one...hadnt seen this one yet and gosh i am glad it happened to him and not me....

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Post by: klickriverchromer on March 05, 2008, 06:58:45 PM: wow!!!!!!!! i like the extras at the bottom of the pic, the bear struggling with the caribu in the river. that was a hard earned meal for those bears. the bow hunter being charged was ill. i'd crap big
Title: Re: Bear takes moose calf
Post by: billythekidrock on March 05, 2008, 07:28:29 PM: Quote from: hogsniper on March 05, 2008, 11:22:49 AM
Heres a good one...hadnt seen this one yet and gosh i am glad it happened to him and not me....

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WOW.. that's another one that I had to download. (took forever on dialup)
Shows you how quick things can happen.
Title: Re: Bear takes moose calf
Post by: alecvg on March 12, 2008, 04:40:48 PM: crazy