Trigger warning for dog people, but: nature red in tooth and claw.
.380 is not a sufficient caliber for moose.
Also:
She said no musher would ever travel with a rifle or a large caliber gun, instead preferring to scare off animals with a flare gun. And with all the jostling of the sled, the larger guns could easily go off.
I’m sorry, but if your guns are going off because of the sled jostling, you’re doing it wrong, and should go find a qualified gunsmith.
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I read this story, I think it was at Wirecutter’s, and could not imagine going forth into the wild in Alaska only armed with a .380. I worked at a trailer park, as a maintenance man, for a man who had lived up there for some 20 plus years. His 2 sons worked part time at the park, as well.
His youngest son told me that when they went to go into the woods, they always carried revolvers, .44 magnums, with 6″ barrels. And that him and his buddy were going into the woods on more than one occasion when a cop stopped them, and checked to make sure that they both had a firearm with them. Even though they were still in high school, he wanted to make sure that they were safe, since the area was rich in both bear and moose. Of course, I think that bears hibernate all winter, but moose are active year round, and are one of the most dangerous of all of the big game animals in the north.
The only reason that my boss left Alaska was that he got throat cancer, and had to go to Seattle for the treatment there, both the surgery and the radiation. He came out of it very well, with the center that helped him paying for not only the surgery and treatment, but also for a local motel for his entire family and him so that the family could be close to him, while going through the ordeal. They could not all stay, due to obligations, but the group paid for them for however long that they wanted to stay. I can’t remember the group that it was, but it was not a name I am familiar with. It is good to know that there are good groups like that out there, to help normal people, just working class families who otherwise would never be able to make it on their own.