I watched it a second time to be sure. At the 52 second mark that moose started charging again. It then met its fate about 1 second later. I am pretty sure I would've done the same thing and I think the shooter's immediate response to flee for a couple hundred yards proved his fear of the situation. It appears he tried to fire a scare shot about 2 seconds before and it made it worse or didn't help at the very least. I definitely don't have a clue in the snow, but that trail at that spot didn't look like anything was an option but forward It already charged once and IMO came way too close and appeared dangerous. Those hooves will mess you up quick. He might have been young, but plenty big enough to do major damage. unfortunate - yes, but justified IMO. If he wouldn't have shot it and that second attack proved deadly, we would have all called him an idiot to let that happen with a pistol on his side.
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