Considerations for Moose.

[M118LR]

Moose hunting may be an individual thing, yet packing out the meat takes a small village. Well before sunrise we would launch the canoe at the board Eddie bridge and paddle upstream to the intended hunt area. Now 200 lbs of dressed deer is a good time, yet 200 lbs of moose isn't even a quartering usually. So having a canoe to fairy the quarters downstream to pickup truck loading is a fairly good piece of pre-planning. I'd strongly advise cutlery beyond the normal Buck Pathfinder and Skinner. Bone saws are good items. Yet I have used a Government Issue rope saw, but it was not optimal. Now shooting a Moose in the Quakies or a Cedar Swamp, may seem like easy hunting, attempting to drag it out from such spots may not make you the most popular of folks at camp that night. LOL. Open top lever actions like the Model 71 in .348 Win may encounter unexpected problems when sleet storms solidify into ice as temperature drop over the course of a days hunt. Hope I've passed a little how we did it back in the day. Any youngsters got modern improvements they could add for folks on their first Big Game Moose Hunt?

 

[Varmint Hunter]

On one of my successful moose hunts in Canada, my guide took out a tiny chain saw to split the pelvis. I told him that he's not using a chainsaw on an animal I intend to eat. He said that it is their "moose saw" and that it only burns and uses olive oil. He split that pelvis in a matter of seconds.

 

[memtb]

On one of my successful moose hunts in Canada, my guide took out a tiny chain saw to split the pelvis. I told him that he's not using a chainsaw on an animal I intend to eat. He said that it is their "moose saw" and that it only burns and uses olive oil. He split that pelvis in a matter of seconds.

A friend of mine did similar with elk, when horseback hunting…..obviously smaller than a moose.


First, and very important……kill an elk! Field dress, then remove head and neck, cut elk in two behind last rib, use the chain saw to split the pelvis and the front quarters down through the backbone, cut a hole in the hide large enough to put the quarters (still connected by the hide) over the saddle horn with the facing hair down on the saddle!

Worked like a charm! memtb

 

[quandary]

Bone it out in the field and pack out meat only.

 

[BillLarson]

On one of my successful moose hunts in Canada, my guide took out a tiny chain saw to split the pelvis. I told him that he's not using a chainsaw on an animal I intend to eat. He said that it is their "moose saw" and that it only burns and uses olive oil. He split that pelvis in a matter of seconds.

An easier way..... skin animal without gutting......

 

[memtb]

An easier way..... skin animal without gutting......

Buuuut……. now you have to deal with full moose quarters! Not an issue with most elk, but a decent sized moose may be a different story!

We've been doing the "gutless" method for years….wouldn't have tried that with my last moose! memtb

 

[436]

Chain saw, aka "Cartel skinner," works great... I have a few hunting buddies who take a small electric (battery) Cartel skinner on their hunts. Livestock rustlers have been using them for many years. Cheers

 

[Peddler 76]

Moose hunting may be an individual thing, yet packing out the meat takes a small village. Well before sunrise we would launch the canoe at the board Eddie bridge and paddle upstream to the intended hunt area. Now 200 lbs of dressed deer is a good time, yet 200 lbs of moose isn't even a quartering usually. So having a canoe to fairy the quarters downstream to pickup truck loading is a fairly good piece of pre-planning. I'd strongly advise cutlery beyond the normal Buck Pathfinder and Skinner. Bone saws are good items. Yet I have used a Government Issue rope saw, but it was not optimal. Now shooting a Moose in the Quakies or a Cedar Swamp, may seem like easy hunting, attempting to drag it out from such spots may not make you the most popular of folks at camp that night. LOL. Open top lever actions like the Model 71 in .348 Win may encounter unexpected problems when sleet storms solidify into ice as temperature drop over the course of a days hunt. Hope I've passed a little how we did it back in the day. Any youngsters got modern improvements they could add for folks on their first Big Game Moose Hunt?

I hunted for many years in the Adirondacks with a 71 Winchester and never experienced a freeze up.

 

[436]

I hunted for many years in the Adirondacks with a 71 Winchester and never experienced a freeze up.

Like you, I hunted "heavy winter" hunts in Washington Cascades and Northern and Eastern Idaho with a Win 71 I never had any problem with it when it came to "freezing" and wet, I guess if I was dumb enough to leave it in a snowbank overnight there could have been. Loved that rifle and miss it, I wish I would have never sold it. Just my 0.2 Cheers

 

[Peddler 76]

Like you, I hunted "heavy winter" hunts in Washington Cascades and Northern and Eastern Idaho with a Win 71 I never had any problem with it when it came to "freezing" and wet, I guess if I was dumb enough to leave it in a snowbank overnight there could have been. Loved that rifle and miss it, I wish I would have never sold it. Just my 0.2 Cheers

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