Roadkill moose program in Alaska puts meat on tables of poor people

Rocky Mountain News ^ | 26 Dec 01 | Rachel D'Oro

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Say "CHEESE"!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Real hunters don't use guns.

[kayak]

ping

[capt. norm]

As long as they don't hurt Bullwinkle, I guess it's OK.

[LJLucido]

A lifetime hunter, Dickerson estimated the 1,100-pound animal would yield 700 pounds of meat.

That's nothing. I was driving through Wisconsin and hit a 1200-pound cheese once.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

[capt. norm]

This is obviously a fresh-water moose. The real thrill is to go out in the blue water and go for deep-sea moose. Nothing is more exciting than to hear the first mate call out "Antlers in the surf!"... and you let out your line with some salt-water moose bait on it.

Somehow, even a really big string of fresh-water moose seems dull by comparison.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Guy I worked with was on his way to work in Juneau. Came up on a moose laying down, resting in the middle of the road. He couldn't go around him because of the snow. He honked, bumped him; tried everything he could think of, the moose wouldn't budge. Finally backed up to where he could turn around, went home and "called in moose".

On another note, these people are nuts. That moose will trample them if upset

[BibChr]

Roadkill moose program in Alaska puts meat on tables of poor people

This is a title that says to me...

...MOVE ON! MOVE ALONG! SAVE YOUR STOMACH!

Dan

[RedBloodedAmerican]

[PBRSTREETGANG]

So now you can get "government moose" to go with your "government cheese?"

[RightWhale]

3 moose, about 2 years old, moved through the yard yesterday about 9 AM. They hung out in the trees across the driveway for a long time, and then when they moved they wasted no time. Skittish. Largish, dark fur, which bucks the trend lately of lighter coloring, and one was sprouting a small rack, so he won't make it much past summer even if traffic doesn't get him sooner.

[VOA]

Those averages put the state behind only Sweden, where 4,000 to 6,000 moose are
road casualties each year, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

HEY PETA!!!
Wanna' do some real good?
Get over to the Socialist "Cradle-To-Grave" Society of Sweden!
You've got some work to do there!

[VMI70]

They hung out in the trees...

Now I've heard of bears in trees, and cats in trees, but I have never heard of moose in trees. The next time a moose bites my sister, I'll tell her to chase it towards a tree, then I'll let loose the dogs to keep him up there.

FReegards,

[VOA]

On another note, these people are nuts. That moose will trample them if upset

Agreed.
The only more insane I've personally witnessed was a couple of people basically doing
the same thing with Buffaloe...cows with young, no less!
Somehow, they happened upon the most docile buffalo cows in the Wichita Mountains Preserve
in southwest Oklahoma.

[VMI70]

Uh, oh! Here we go. Think we'll make it to 150?

[order_of_reason]

A moose bit my sister once....no really...

[neverquit]

Regarding your response that "real hunters don't use guns." You are right. They use cars! Anyone who drives the interstates can attest to the animals wiped out by drivers each year. Most of the animals go to waste as most states make it a crime to pick up a road killed animal. I've watched the program in Alaska in action. It works. I've watched the deer in my state rot beside the highway because the game dept. will not allow me to salvage them for the needing.