Hunting Themes

Hunting - Ethical & Moral Considerations -2

Copyright Lark Ritchie 1995. 1996.

Taken By Brother Darryl, Called in by Lark. 1996 October...

57 inch spread, estimated at 6 years old.

Each year I and my three brothers try to take a single moose (some years have not been successful, but that's ok!) When we do, the meat is shared equally between our four families. Usually we butcher for roasts and ground meat cut with a little beef fat (Moose is very lean, with almost no fat.) We try to take all our moose at close range for quick and effective kills. This moose was taken with a .308 Winchester at 37 paces (about 35 yards). We call our moose, a task that can take up to 12 or 14 hours. This bull came to us at 12:05 p.m. a little over 5 hours after we began calling. We are proud to say that the longest shot we have ever taken was 160 paces (150 yards). The closest was about 15 yards.

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