Moose Hunters

Moose Hunters
Mickey Mouse series
title screen
Directed by	Ben Sharpsteen
Produced by	Walt Disney
Voices by	Pinto Colvig Walt Disney Clarence Nash
Music by	Paul J. Smith
Animation by	Art Babbitt Frenchy De Tremaudan Norman Ferguson Clyde Geronimi Jack Kinney
Studio	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	February 20, 1937 (1937-02-20) (USA)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	9 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Magician Mickey
Followed by	Mickey's Amateurs

Moose Hunters is a 1937 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy on a moose hunting expedition. It was directed by Ben Sharpsteen and features music by Paul J. Smith. The voice cast includes Walt Disney as Mickey, Clarence Nash as Donald, and Pinto Colvig as Goofy.^[1][2]

Plot

What appears to be a moose emerging from a lake turns out to be Goofy and Donald Duck wearing the disguise of a female moose which inexplicably has antlers. In another part of the lake, Mickey Mouse emerges disguised as a tree, walking on stilts and carrying a shotgun. Mickey signals his two friends with a hunting horn. They meet up on land, and in a brief exchange it is learned that Goof and Donald are to attract a moose while Mickey is to actually shoot it.

Donald applies makeup to the fake moose head and sprays perfume into the forrest. In no time they are able to attract a large male moose. Meanwhile in a different part of the forrest, Mickey comes across another male moose who starts eating the leaves off of Mickey's tree disgise. He accidentally drops his shotgun and destroys it.

Just as the moose becomes aware of Mickey, he catches sight of the fake moose of Goofy and Donald. Eventually the two male moose encounter each other, and fight each other for the female. In the end, their body slamming of each other knocks Goofy and Donald out of a tree and reveals their disguise. When the moose realize they have been tricked, the chase the three hunters out of the forrest.

In other media

Moose Hunters was also the basis for, and title of the third level in the game, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse [(for Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sega CD and PlayStation (as Mickey's Wild Adventure)].

Notes

1. ^ Moose Hunters at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Moose Hunters and The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts