dealings with Moose, all three species. Alaska/Yukon, the largest, they can be nearly a ton! But usually 12-1400 lbs. Canada Moose which are next largest and sometimes 1200 lbs. Finally the "Shiras" or Wyoming Moose which is the smallest, seldom reaching more than 5-600 lbs and found occasionally in southern Alberta and BC. I killed one in south western Alberta once and thought it was a yearling by the size and small antlers. The biologist set me straight at the checking station, telling me i had killed a rare "Shiras' moose. That scared me and i said to him....oh crap! Now i am in trouble! He laughed and said.... nope, its legal and not endangered, just uncommon here
I know that it sounds "wrong" if i tell you that i have killed over a hundred moose! But we lived on moose meat most of our lives. They were very plentiful and we often were allowed two tags.
Starting in the mid 60's i would every year, take two for our family, plus fill the tags for two or three couples, elderly folks who were not well off. That continued, it was my way of helping good folks. Some of them could not walk much to hunt, so i would put them on a stand and play "dumb hunter", moving intentionally upwind and chasing the moose to them. Everybody was happy, me because i loved the hunt and the disadvantaged folks got out......and got meat themselves.
I started guiding moose hunters in north central Alberta near the historic town of Athabasca in 1969. Mostly American hunters, there were so many moose then that the fish and game division offered cheap tags to non resident hunters, trying to control the population so that it did not become diseased and crash.
Therein lies a (story or three) and thank you for jogging my memory
nowadays sometimes it takes 220 volts! Used be fine with 12 volts
I will post the story soon, it is one of my favorite experiences, one of those hunting trips that spans the total amount of sensory load and is not easily forgotten!
Wayne
