Posted on 10/08/2007 9:17:52 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Only an hour into a five-day moose hunt in the northern Minnesota wilderness, Jack Weix came face to face with a giant bull moose. And possibly a little bit of Minnesota history.
Weix, 38, of St. Paul, bagged the moose Sept. 29 -- his first ever -- then found out later that it might be a record-breaker. The animal weighed an estimated 1,200 pounds and its antlers measured an astounding 5 feet from tip to tip.
The rack scored 236½ inches under the Boone and Crockett measuring system. The existing state record is 227 1/8 inches, set in 1985. However, Weix's moose rack still must dry to get an official score.
Record or no record, Weix doesn't care.
"It was the trip of a lifetime," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
They were prøbabli afraid the møøse would byte them...mind you, møøse bytes can be pretti nasti...
That’s right Whitey, knock those big animal genes right out of the gene pool.
I would have rooted for the moose. Such beautiful creatures - in a cartoon-like way.
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