Moose Hunters (1937) User Reviews

How nice

[CuriosityKilledShawn · 6/10 · 30 January 2005]

Mickey, Donald (who's species are used to being hunted) and Goofy are on a hunting trip in what appears to be the Canadian wilderness. Goofy and Donald disguise themselves as (a horribly ugly) female moose in order to get close enough to blow it's brains out. The plan works but the male moose falls in love with there disguise (I guess it was the lipstick that fooled him) and they have trouble shaking him off.

Meanwhile, Mickey has broken his gun and is stuck in a tree as a moose takes bites out of the leaves, exposing him more and more. The two mooses finally fall in love with the Goofy/Donald disguise and go to war with each other.

The disguise soon fails. The cartoon ends. Not heavily funny but a mindless 8 minutes.

The nose of the alleged "moose" in this controversial film . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 22 January 2022]

. . . resembles a human male body part that cannot even be mentioned on a family web site more than anything else. Furthermore, the so-called "moose" antlers are frequently depicted as functioning and looking exactly like human hands. It's clear the none of the Dizzy doodlers guilty of foisting MOOSE HUNTERS on the General Public had ever seen so much as a still photograph of an actual moose, let alone one of the title critters itself. What else could one expect from the studio that brags about being started by a rodent vermin pest?

A Lot of Action

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 17 February 2019]

As Mickey, Donald, and Goofy work to land a big moose (disguised as a female) everything goes haywire. Mickey is taken out of the game early as his gun is broken. Meanwhile a mating dance begins (accidentally) as the phony moose attracts a big bull. Soon a series of clever gyrations take place. It is well animated and Goofy and Donald are pretty funny, trying to keep up the act an save their skins.

Moose on the loose

[Horst_In_Translation · 6/10 · 14 August 2017]

"Moose Hunters" is an 8.5-minute cartoon from 1937, so this one has its 80th anniversary this year already. It was directed by Ben Sharpsteen, a 2-time Academy Award winner who also worked as a director on some of the old Disney classics. And with that, I mean the full feature films, not short films like this one here, which is also entertaining in its own right, but hardly a classic. The voice cast includes Disney, Nash and Colvig and I don't think I need to say anything about this legendary trio. It may look like a Mickey cartoon, but it is really all about Goofy and Donald here as the two are off moose hunting. Goofy for once is not the fool here, but sadly Donald is using his hammer to chase bees instead of knocking out the moose when he has a chance too. Makeup and equipment (perfume) are top-notch and the costume is also tolerable. But things go way out of hand already before a second male moose arrives and a fight ensues. Oh yeah, one scene that is awkwardly funny is when Donald is under the moose, but the 1930s were still harmless enough to show a moose have an animated erection. This is no Betty Boop obviously and not just because it is in color. Overall, not one of Donald', Mickey's and Goofy best or worst. Pretty decent watch, check it out if you like old cartoons.

Used to be scared of this cartoon.

[OllieSuave-007 · 9/10 · 6 December 2015]

This cartoon short was included in one of Disney's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections video my mom used to rent for me when I was a little kid. It features Mickey, Donald and Goofy out hunting for a moose, with Donald and Goofy disguised as one to lure a live one to Mickey.

I remembered this cartoon to be very hilarious; Donald and Goofy teaming up in dressing up as a female moose was the highlight of the cartoon. I used to be scared of one upcoming scene of the cartoon - the part where two male moose were unhappy to see each other and threaten each other to a duel because they were fighting over the female moose (Donald and Goofy in disguise). I would be so relieved to be able to get through that scene. Now, of course, the cartoon is just funny stuff and brings back great memories.

Grade A

Not Mickey, Goofy and Donald's best, but a lot of mindless fun to be had

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 28 February 2010]

The short starts off slowly, but it kicks off properly half way through. The rest is essentially undemanding but mindless fun, the best gag being Donald and Goofy's priceless female moose impersonation.

I have to say though the animation is lovely here, the forest background especially was gorgeous. The music, as pretty much always, is a real delight to the ears. Mickey, Goofy and Donald, while they have all given better performances whether together or individually, are still great, and brought to life by the wonderful vocal performances of Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig and Clarence Nash.

Overall, while not necessarily an essential must, this is a cartoon worth watching. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Into The Woods With Mickey & Friends

[Ron Oliver · 10/10 · 25 February 2003]

A Walt Disney MICKEY MOUSE Cartoon.

Mickey, Goofy & Donald become the most inept MOOSE HUNTERS in history.

There's much fun in the forest in this little film as the three pals quickly attract the attentions of the meanest moose males in the area. Goofy & the Duck act together as a team - their impersonation of a female moose is hilarious - while Mickey's rather peripheral role foreshadows his eventual eclipse as Disney's most popular cartoon star.

Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew comic figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi & Peter Pan. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that childlike simplicity of message and lots of hard work will always pay off.