Considerations for Moose.

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Moose antlers? Ain't they Palmate or palms? It's a lot easier to mount optics on a side eject Marlin. One of my considerations while reducing the small arms locker was the move to Stainless Steel Barrels. Yet I couldn't part with the Marlin Lever Actions the Spouse got me while she worked for K-Mart. It's kind of got a cult following nowadays, and many have never even seen one. So a little gun porn, just so y'all can say they exist. .30-30 K-Mart Special.

Yeah, Montgomery Ward had them as well, Western Field Mod 72C aka Marlin .30-30's lever rifles. as well as Mossberg they called theirs the Mossberg Mod 472... I grab a couple of photos off the web. I remember as a kid seeing them in Hardware stores, and in the Sears & Roebuck catalog, I think they were called Ted Williams model or something like that, it could have been Winchester 94s but... I think there were some Marlins as well at some point. Just reminiscing, that was a very long time ago. Cheers

 

[M118LR]

Oh it's time that I feel the need for a related sea story! Up-Chuck Chuck, 6-3 258 lbs of Kankakee farmer at Milspec size was my deckmate on that canoe journey to the Moose Field. He had the Model 94 30-30 on that hunt. Well the sky grew light and we both managed to get perched on our stands. Along came a Bull Moose crashing through the Maine Elders at the edge of the swale, and neither of us could camber a round as we both climbed into our stands with empty chambers for safeties sake. Last I noticed Chuck placed his Kabar between his teeth as the Moose trotted under his stand. A shot from my position to his was out of the question even if I could have brought the model 71 to bare. To shorten things, Chuck took the plunge, the moose shook his palms like if bothered by a fly, and Chuck with a grunt drove up a cloud of mushroom spores so impressive it blocked my view. . I laughed so hard I fell out of the stand. When I managed to make it over to Chuck to ensure his safety, he was asking for the best of three tumbles. LMAO. This is no $h!t! ROTFLMAO

 

[BillLarson]

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

I do it on adult canadian male moose.... reach in in back of ribcage for tenderloins....
unless you can't pack out hind quarters..
it is quicker and less messy...

 

[akmtnhnt]

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

We always do gutless on moose. Way to much trouble to do it any other way.

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.

Sawzall works just as well as a chainsaw. No oil and they make small ones.

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

If this is an option it's the best one.