Another CCW Holder Saved Because He Was Armed

Montana: “Moose killed while charging couple near Victor”

It’s odd. The picture that accompanies the story in the Ravalli Republic is a stock image of a bull moose but nowhere in the story does the animal’s sex come up. My experience tells me that cow moose are just as dangerous as the bulls.

A takeaway from this story is that the young man saved himself from a charging moose with a 9 mm pistol.

A state warden said there’s a lesson to be learned in a recent moose-and-man encounter that left the animal dead and the human shaken.

A couple of weeks ago, a young man and his girlfriend decided to take their dog for a walk on a popular neighborhood trail on the north end of Victor.

“Apparently this little trail is one everyone in the neighborhood likes to walk on,” said Aaron Berg, a warden sergeant with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

The lush area near the river had also attracted a young moose that Berg believes was getting tired of being barked at and chased by neighborhood dogs.

“It seemed like every yard had dogs, and those dogs were barking,” Berg said. “I think the moose was starting to feel a little agitated.”

It’s a story worth reading. Here is another excerpt:

After he looked at the moose tracks and found the empty brass shell casings, Berg said he determined the man had acted in self-defense.

“He felt horrible,” Berg said. “He didn’t want to have to do that.”

Berg said the moose was about seven feet away when the man opened fire. Just from its tracks, Berg said he could see it was in a full-on charge.

If the man had not been carrying a pistol, he would have likely been hurt badly, if not killed, Berg said.”

Yup, killed.