Well thank you Elkhunter .There are Elk in NZ but their called Wapati I once faced a Bull Mouse in BC s Mosley creek .Talked it out of going me as can be their wont in mateing season ,.Never hunted one as such ,
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Misguided
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A bull mouse in mating season can be a scary critter.
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Straight Arrow
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Yep! Once was crouched under a bush with bow in hand, waiting for buddy behind across the wallow to call an elk in. However, it was a very large bull moose that approached me so close I could have touched his legs. Hesitant about startling him and getting kicked ... finally I gently waved my hat ... he snorted, jumped back, and took off ... thank goodness!
My buddy behind watched the encounter, laughing all the time!
Yes Your quite right It was a rather scarry event I was walking down the ' Mosley creek' really a river to go down the Homathka River in the coast range of British Columbia I lived in BC then. My 451 ML rifle was loaded with about 12 grains of powder & a 45 Ball to harvest a Francolin or Spruce grouse Ide reached 'Five Finger' creeks a very open Confluence When I spot a pair of Moose well I knew Moose are unpredictable So I cut to the river to get round them.When a crashing of hooves has me looking up the nostrils of Brer Mouse . Thus confronted I was not a little taken aback . I knew my rifle wouldnd do or my knife & axe .But I had read an article in BC Outdoors that if confronted by a Bear you cant out run it & playing possum likely worse . So I stood my ground and talked to it I explained my rifle was a formidable gun & Ide won a Gold at Bisley with it (Which was true) And that a smart moose would back off and babble like that adding rather 'unkind Observations as to his looks & ancestry '. . Well this seemed to perplex Brer Mouse , it wasn't something he could fathom (their not very bright) '& I suppose my confidence grew as his wained & he took off back to the Cow in the river I Took a photo & presently carried on my walk to Butte Inlett via Dumbell lake & the Tiedman glacial run off & Murderers Bar useing the old' Cleft camp' of Waddingtons road builders 1860s ?ill fated crew .this was a 12 day walk I was fit then .Now Ime 80 & stuffed but my mouldering bones might still pop up in Five finger Creak had Brer Moose been more assertive .I later went down the Klina Klini River From the town ship ? of Klina Kleene that was a long walk to Hoodoo creak but I took a double16 bore ex Flint, Ball in the left small shot in the right best sort I thought No heavy Hawkens junk for me .
Rambling Rudyard
