From the video, it appears that he stopped as soon as he saw the moose, and made lots of noise to try to get the moose to move off the track, or just keep going. The moose was not having any of it, and decided to attack. The moose had lots of options of simply moving along or of moving to the side. The moose probably was operating on a triggered “predator” response and saw the snowmobiler as a threat. With a following machine and the narrow track, I think the snowmobiler did everything they could to not to have to shoot the moose.
They almost got killed trying to save the moose, and people here are critical because they did not do more, as I see it.
Yes, I guess I would have stopped and stayed at first sighting, keeping quiet and giving the animal some time to mosey on.
What’s the big rush in the woods? And what’s more pleasant than watching wild game up close?
BTW I’m no animal rights loony. Been hunting for almost 50 years now, and have been around a plenty of moose, including mommas with a calf.
My experiences have taught me not to spook or bluff with a moose, male or female.
When you google this deal (or look down the comments a ways below the vid) there is some indication that these guys were arrested for and convicted of poaching.
But the google listings are not clear that these are the poachers. It’s just that, among other things, this video comes up when you google the two poachers’ names.
Anyways thanks for posting.