Posted on 09/12/2019 10:42:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Authorities in Wyoming said they had to use a Taser to subdue a moose so they could disentangle its antlers from a resident's hammock.
The Sublette County Sheriff's Office said deputies and Wyoming Game and Fish personnel responded to a residence this week where a bull moose was reported to be caught in a hammock hanging from a tree.
"Due to the nature of the entangled animal and the proximity to hunting season, a tranquilizer would render the animal not harvestable and inedible," the sheriff's office said.
The deputies used a Taser to subdue the moose so its antlers could be disentangled from the hammock.
The sheriff's office said the moose was not injured and left the area on its own.
I’ve never eaten a moose...................
First they eat my cheese.
Then they bite my sister.
Now they’re coppin’ zzz’s in my hammock?
Damned moose are just RUDE!
Now they're in your beer!.......................
“....we must ban hammocks!”
No, we must genetically change the moose to where they all don’t have antlers. This way they can use the hammock any time they wish. (Until they fall out of it and that brings up another issue to ponder in congress)
rwood
Next time try a Vulcan nerve pinch. Works like a charm.
You've been around long enough, it's easier and faster to just read the headline..........LOL!
I was going to say “did they consider trying cheese first”, but someone probably already beat me to it.
That’s an Elk.
TexasGator wrote:
Due to the nature of the entangled animal and the proximity to hunting season, a tranquilizer would render the animal not harvestable and inedible, the sheriffs office said.
Can someone explain that? Does the tranquilizer stay in the system so long that:
(a) they were afraid someone would harvest the sleepy-moose a block or two away?
or (b) that the sedative ruins the flavor for hours, days, weeks?
The Big Elk, also known as Storelgen, is the world's largest (tallest and heaviest) sculpture of a moose (Alces alces). It is near the village of Atna in Stor-Elvdal, Hedmark, Norway. The sculpture [ edit ] Moose are often called elk in Europe and elg is the Norwegian word for moose.
Rådyr used to be only in parts of eastern Norway, but they have spread to most of the country. So in a nutshell Norwegian Elg are called Moose in North America and European Elk in Europe BUT when Europeans talk about them in English they call them Moose. Elk in North American are called Wapati. Double uffda.
Unless, of course, if you are Canadian....
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/fun-to-beat-canada-artist-behind-world-s-largest-moose-weighs-into-canada-norway-moose-debate-1.4985886
It's fun to blame the Saskatchewans
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