Thread: Moose !!!

Originally Posted by Joe_90

So if you stumbled across a moose while hunting in Fiordland the question is, Would you shoot it?

In my mind the question goes around and around.
It would prove there is/was moose there but a real risk of tipping them toward extinction in NZ.

Shoot with Camera
Get it to hold up latest News Paper showing date 1st

Originally Posted by Sarvo

Shoot with Camera
Get it to hold up latest News Paper showing date 1st

you would make a poor defenceless animal touch such garbage as "the herald" or "dominion" or "press"?............
you sick depraved man ......a selfie would be more appropriate in these times........

I just think it is kinda cool. I have never met Ken but both he and his wife strike me as good people. Logic would suggest to me that the shear volume of effort that two obviously intelligent people have put in is for a very good reason. There is enough evidence to keep them coming back. I have never seen a moose in the flesh but I sure as hell would know one if I saw one. As for shooting one, well damned if you do, damned if you don't. Simply by reading through this post it is clear that even a photo would be questioned too For me if I shot one, a little piece of me would die with it. I would suggest the people who would shoot one are probably the people who need their name in the paper or the recognition of others. They would also fit largely within the 'if I don't shoot it someone else will' and 'no one will tell me what I can and cant shoot' band. If I saw a moose in Fiordland, I would live with a smile on my face whenever I think back on it. If I possibly signed the death of a mystical species in NZ it would always be remembered with sadness. I understand why Ken might say nothing. There is always some glory hunter out there who would just want to rush down and shoot the last one.