Thread: Fiordland Moose

Originally Posted by sportco62

An important thing from all those Canadian/Alaskan hunting videos - DO NOT shoot your moose while he is standing in a pond or river. Getting a tonne of moose out of a river/pond/swamp is not easy.

It happens, sometimes, but what you say is right. It would be awkward enough working in water to break down a Moose and often the very cold water temps don't contribute to making the task any more pleasant.
Another consideration, at least to the hunt guides, is to not shoot a Moose too far from camp. Not such an issue with horses to pack out meat and antlers but I know a couple of guys who hunted Alaska years ago. They flew into camp and hunted on foot only. From high points they saw some whopper bulls and got all keen about getting over there to shoot one. But the guides promptly checked that idea as they were just not interested in backpacking out all that distance to camp. Would kinda suck to a Kiwi hunter I guess. Anyway, it all worked out for the guys I know. There were so many bulls around it was just a matter of waiting until some were handy enough to camp, and job done. They got some lovely bulls.