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More details on the encounter (1): > Seavey said he was mushing down a hill and around a blind corner when most of his team passed by the moose. He had to scra
by 0x38B 3y ago
More details on the encounter (1):
> Seavey said he was mushing down a hill and around a blind corner when most of his team passed by the moose. He had to scramble to get his gun, a .357-caliber revolver he keeps in a pouch at the top of his sled bag.
> “I didn’t get it out until the moose was all the way to the back of the team. Right about that time, I thought, ‘This thing might just walk right by us.’ I mean, it was touching the dogs,” Seavey said. “And then all of a sudden it just started kicking.”
> Seavey shot the moose once at first, and the sound of the gunshot startled his dogs, causing them to lurch and pull the sled forward. Then he shot the moose four more times in the head, and it fell, first on his sled, then in the middle of the trail, he said.
> One of his dogs, Faloo, had been running in the wheel position, closest to the sled, and got the worst of the kicking, Seavey said. The 5-year-old dog had to be flown from the next checkpoint to Anchorage, where veterinarians were caring for her.
1: https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/iditarod/2024/03/05/an-angry-moose-and-bare-ground-mark-a-brutal-first-quarter-for-iditarod-teams/ https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/iditarod/2024/03/05/a...
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- leereeves 3y agoDid you miss the end? > One of his dogs, Faloo [who got the worst kicking from the moose] had to be flown from the next checkpoint to Anchorage, where veterinarians were caring for her.
- renewiltord 3y agoNot to worry. Looks like he got hit 4 times in the head. That's what the story is about.
- Tabular-Iceberg 3y agoCome on, the moose is obviously not a psychopath for doing this. He’s a prey animal and is simply reacting to a perceived threat, a whole bunch of very close relatives to his own arch predator. He can’t help that he doesn’t understand the concept of a race.
- Vecr 3y agoDon't off-body carry. Or if you do, have an on-body pistol (in this situation, 10mm, ammo loaded to full pressure, pretty long barrel), and a rifle off-body. Edit: off-body weapons can be used against you pretty easily, or you can forget them/get separated. It's a relatively uncontroversial point, except in the military, and even then my advise was eventually followed in Afghanistan. Edit 2: oh yeah, he used 5 rounds, pretty good evidence for having a semi-automatic like a 10mm.
- willis936 3y ago>off-body weapons can be used against you pretty easily Somehow I don't think the giant ruminant is capable of firing a firearm. This race takes place in one of the most remote places on the planet. The firearm was for survival situations like this.
- Vecr 3y agoYeah, I was suggesting in general. I don't want to single out women (anyone can have the problem, including people in a professional military), but carrying a gun in a purse is not usually a good idea. I'd go as far as saying that if I don't know your scenario it probably has negative expected value.
- JackMorgan 3y agoI am curious if carrying at all on average has a negative or positive expected value. I know firearm companies love to talk about stories of it saving a life, but I wonder how many times it unnecessarily escalates a situation and causes additional harm to the carrier. My gut feel is carrying is negative on average, with enough positive anecdotes to make it seem good.
- Vecr 3y agoFor most people I think it matters if you think probabilistic deterrence is a real thing or not. Think about it like this, do you vote, even if your vote has almost zero chance of changing the outcome by normal lights?
- 0x38B 3y agoI see comments about moose, so I’ll add that I like them and think they’re beautiful animals. I’ve stood and watched them for minutes on end. But depending on the time of year and that particular moose, they can be aggressive, just like any other wild animal.