Very nice!

Nice moose. He probably looked even nicer in the freezer. We have some antler restrictions here that make it difficult. A moose has to have three brow tines, be over 50 inches total spread, or be a spike-fork. The moose pictured may have three brow tines on the right antler if the small tine is longer than it is wide and is more than an inch long. The left antler looks like a 3 brow tiner but would need to be looked at from a different angle to be certain. One of the points could be a mid-brow tine that wouldn't count. The right antler has a point that sticks out quite a ways but I don't think it would make the spread over 50 inches. Do you know what the spread on this one was? If this all sounds confusing, welcome to my world of moose hunting. If I happen to shoot one that the traffic cop who's checking out the moose racks doesn't think is quite legal I get to give up all the meat and pay a 500 or 700 dollar fine. But, what the hell. That's just the way it is these days.

JS

It is a shame. Some confusing, and difficult to confirm government regs have caused a lot of people to just stop hunting all over the USA.
We have some rivers and lakes here in Oregon that require an attorney to read the regulations, and I simply stopped fishing them because I was afraid I'd break some rule.

<<<A moose has to have three brow tines, be over 50 inches total spread, or be a spike-fork. The moose pictured may have three brow tines on the right antler if the small tine is longer than it is wide and is more than an inch long.>>>

Is it unreasonable to ask the moose to hold still while you measure?

svartkruttgris#369 wrote on Dec 16^th, 2017 at 4:52pm:

You may be thinking something else, but I think the only way for all bulls to meet a minimum measurement would be to cull all the smaller ones. 

Boy, that'd be something to see- a moose roundup and branding. Suggest using illegal immigrants for the work and let the survivors  have a green card when they get out of the hospital.

calledflyer wrote on Dec 17^th, 2017 at 1:26pm:

It makes more sense than the Seattle Liberalites wanting to nutter mountain goats in the Olympic National Park to reduce their numbers and save the habitat 

Schuetzenmiester, I take back what I said about the immigrants, and decided that perhaps we ought to let the Seattle libs do the moose branding- when they finish that, if they like I'll let 'em ask about the goats. 
Does mountain goat taste as good as reg'lar goat?

Reminds me of a poem about some of those folks who were worried the moose population was getting obese - they had to take action!


     Them Moose Goosers
How about Them Moose Goosers,
Ain't they recluse?
Up in them boondocks,
Goosin' Them Moose.
Goosin' them huge moose,
Goosin' them tiny,
Goosin' them meadow-moose,
In they hiney.
Look at Them Moose Goosers,
Ain't they dumb?
Some use an umbrella,
Some use a thumb.
Them obtuse Moose Goosers,
Sneakin' through the woods,
Pokin' them snoozy moose,
In they goods.
How to be a Moose Gooser?
It'll turn ye puce.
Gitchy gooser loose and
Rouse a drowsy moose!

    Joe
 

A friend who owned a large farm here in western WA told me the Endangered Species Act did more harm than good.  A landowner cannot afford to get caught with an endangered species on their property.  They remove me them when ever they are found. 

Posting spotted owl recipes ends all reliable plausibility  . 

Too bad about the head.  Any estimate on the spread?

SSDave;

I wonder why the moose tasted so bad? I have not had one with a bad taste and I've eaten a lot of different moose. Some of them were a little on the tough side since they couldn't be hung very long due to warm weather but they never had a bad taste. Most of the ones that are going to be tough get ground into burger or canned.

JS