[Sca-cooks] A Moose by an Other Name Would Still Have Antlers?

[Bill Fisher]

That sounds really cool.   The reason why the impacts are usually
fatal is because
you are more than likely hitting the moose in the legs and breaking them.  They
are too large and heavy to survive that way.

I had a run in with an elk in my truck once while driving through the
wilds of Union
County, PA (where I grew up) and I stopped in time to keep  either of
us from dieing.

As for roadkill, most states require that you contact the local game
comissioner
after you claim the deer so they are aware that you are harvesting the
deer out of season
and may want a copy of your accident report or insurance quote
verifying the damage.

The above only applies to animals with a regulated/tagged hunting
season, so you can killl
and eat all the opossums, groundhogs, and squirrels you want.

I got my elk from a confiscated elk that had been poached,  from a
person who had
claimed crop damage and shot two of them in his yard.  I have a friend
who works
for the game comission and he dropped some off at my Dad's since he is
a disabled
Vet and he left a peice for me since he heard I was in town.

Cadoc


On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:36:40 -0500, Terry Decker
<t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Don't try this on a motorcycle.  It's hard on the rider and only irritates
> the moose.
> 
> As for auto/moose encounters, many years ago I was introduced to a Boone and
> Crockett contender called "The General," whose sport was to demolish
> vehicles that honked at him.  High speed collisions are usually real hard on
> a moose, but a low speed collision with something the size of the General
> seems to be harder on the automobile.
> 
> The Alaskan RR train between Fairbanks and Anchorage used to be referred to
> as the "Moose Gooser," bagging moose on a regular basis.  At one time (and
> possibly even now) the train crews used to butcher the moose they hit and
> turn the meat over to orphanages along the route.
> 
> Bear
> 
> 
> 
> >Along those lines I've read that statistically automotive
> >encounters/accidents with moose are 70% fatal... near to 100% for moose.
> >I've also heard of at least one Coummunity College in moose country
> offering
> >a course in road kill butchery, i.e. you hit it you eat it.  Please note
> >that the legality of such varies substantially from state to state.
> >>
> >Daniel
> 
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