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Da moose

A friend of mine went on a moose hunt in canada, he gave me a couple of steaks to try. They where like brontosaurus steaks, huge! But delicious, very mild and not gamie at all. Excellent table far. But if I had one in my yard I would have to mess with it like mike is, marbles in the butt....Funny!
 
Seriously is it illegal to put them in your freezer? Legal or not if he was eating my fruit trees I would eat him. I have no problem doing that.
 
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Everyone I would love to put him in my freezer- he looks delicious- but they are hunted in our state by permit only- fine is 2 K-10K and the firing of weapons has it's fines and can carry jail time. I will stick to amusing my self sharpening up my long lost slingshot skills. :) :)
 
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Mike1950 said:
Everyone I would love to put him in my freezer- he looks delicious- but they are hunted in our state by permit only- fine is 2 K-10K and the firing of weapons has it's fines and can carry jail time. I will stick to amusing my self sharpening up my long lost slingshot skills. :) :)
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Put some bullets in your slingshot. Just saying.
 
I wouldn't call this hunting but property protection. Surely there are nuisance animal carveouts in WA for landowners to control beasts that are decimating crops that would apply.
 
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SENC said:
I wouldn't call this hunting but property protection. Surely there are nuisance animal carveouts in WA for landowners to control beasts that are decimating crops that would apply.
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There are but I will not qualify- I grew up on a farm- If I was there- this guy would have bit the dust in 2009. He was under the deck -could have bagged him with an ax or bowling ball.
The truth is that we had record snow- 28" overnight. Day before I had oral surgery- I was miserable- and slighty out of it for a couple days- I went out on the deck which the floor is about 5' off the ground and rail is probably 8'. I was thinking about how miserable I was and debating whether I should shovel it. I heard something behind me and he was on his hind legs trimming the tree about 20 ' away and looking down at me- scared the crap out of me. He was way to close- but I was on deck. A cow and a calf that winter decided the west wall of our garage was a perfect spot to camp. They were there for a month. Made taking the garbage out exciting. If you google spokane and moose we have more moose problems then most cities. We are the edge of the desert- not supposed to be that way.
 
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Gdurfey said:
If you drag him across your threshold, then you just say you were protecting your family!
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hey they had to shoot one- he fell into a slider and ended up in a basement- made one helluva mess of the basement.

Drag him across the slider - now that is funny- have you ever tried to drag half a ton of dead weight- once he is down- you either need equipment or you need to start cutting. An elk is quite a bit smaller and they are not movable at 7-800 lbs either.
 
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hey they had to shoot one- he fell into a slider and ended up in a basement- made one helluva mess of the basement.

Drag him across the slider - now that is funny- have you ever tried to drag half a ton of dead weight- once he is down- you either need equipment or you need to start cutting. An elk is quite a bit smaller and they are not movable at 7-800 lbs either.
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Hey, as an engineer, give me a john Deere, a rope, chain, block and tackle,.....and the willingness to remodel that part of the house!
 
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Gdurfey said:
Hey, as an engineer, give me a john Deere, a rope, chain, block and tackle,.....and the willingness to remodel that part of the house!
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Kathie already got me to remodel that part of the house- sorry guys- no moose steaks for me- even though he looks delicious.........
 
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Funny thing about moose in our part of the country. In the 50's and 60's there were almost no moose. Washington started moose hunting with 2 permits in the 60's Now There are hundreds.
When the settlers settled the valleys the moose lost their range- they are principally browsers -trees and shrubs. Market hunting took it's toll but they did not bounce back like deer and elk once they were protected. What brought the moose numbers up was clearcutting and heavy logging. brush and small trees. Once again moose had available winter food. Now we have more moose the ever- and since people have changed their thinking- the moose have the valley to browse in again.......
 
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woodtickgreg said:
A friend of mine went on a moose hunt in canada, he gave me a couple of steaks to try. They where like brontosaurus steaks, huge! But delicious, very mild and not gamie at all. Excellent table far. But if I had one in my yard I would have to mess with it like mike is, marbles in the butt....Funny!
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I have drawn a couple of permits in the past. Shot a 2 year old bull the first time and a 2 year old cow the second time. They were both tougher than shoe leather, good flavor. If I ever get another it will be burger stem to stern.
I have called quite a few just for kicks and giggles they will often come close enough to hit with a stone. I have never had one act aggressively they usually just stand and stare at you with that WTF look on their face.
 
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