re: How to stop a moose attack like a boss

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Look man, I'm ignorant of how it's enforced in Louisiana. But if you're in north Florida or south Alabama and you kill one, it's best not let a cop or a game warden or a ranger find out. You can trust me several times over on that one.

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I hear ya, I wasn't trying to punk you or anything. Just trying to understand where you're coming from. The season in LA is only a month long and only open to a limited number of trappers, you'd be in a bind here as well if you killed one.

If it was not moose season and he shot it in defense then he cannot legally salvage the meat. The law is in place to prevent people from shooting game animals out of season and claiming self defense just to get the meat.

I had to stand by and watch a 400 pound black bear turn sour as I waited 6 hours for g&f to arrive. They claimed the animal and supposedly ran tests to determine the cause of the aggression.

Anyone saying they would do this or that different aren't really taking into account the adrenaline dump you get when a animal that size tries to kill you. Hind sight is 20/20.

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but deer meat isn't the purpose of going hunting. It's a nice byproduct, but it's not the purpose.

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deer meat is 100% the purpose of me hunting deer

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I'm struggling to find a big difference that makes one terrible and one admirable. Two animals were killed. One was shot in self-defense after it was agitated (if you view it in the most negative light).

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Really? So if I walk up to your dog, start punching it in the face, and then it attacks me, you would be cool with me killing it?

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The other was shot after it had been baited/fed for an entire year.

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I don't bait.

Since when did the OT become such pussies?

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deer meat is 100% the purpose of me hunting deer

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You are in the VAST minority. Its all about the trophy to the average deer hunter

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deer meat is 100% the purpose of me hunting deer

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So people spend thousands every year on deer leases, etc. for the sole purpose of getting deer meat? Come on, man. Why not just go buy it from the store if that's the only reason?

ETA: Just saw you narrowed it to yourself. Unfortunately, I don't think the majority of hunters do it for the sole purpose of obtaining deer meat.

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Really? So if I walk up to your dog, start punching it in the face, and then it attacks me, you would be cool with me killing it?

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Not at all what happened here. And you're comparing a wild, extremely dangerous moose which is harvested for meat to a household, domesticated dog which, hopefully, is not harvested for meat. Not a great analogy comparing wild game to a household animal.

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I don't bait.

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That's admirable, but you're in the minority. May I ask why you don't bait, since the only reason you hunt is for deer meat?