two-feet
03-13-2014, 01:59 PM
Not a hunting story but...
So my buddy calls me and says a moose calf has just been hit by the train in Telkwa and he talked to the COs and got a permit to salvage it. Sweet! My buddy picks me up, its -25c and a beautiful sunny day. We drive out near to where it had been hit and hike in. It got smacked pretty good and made it just a few steps off of the tracks and out to the river ice.
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/roadkilldinner3_zps48024366.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/roadkilldinner3_zps48024366.jpg.html)
We were not sure what we were getting into but we got out the knives and started to cut. It had been hit through the mid-section and on the hips. We did the gutless method and took off the 4 quarters, back straps and neck meat. There was actually a good amount of meat to be taken. Both rear quarters got trimmed back to around mid femur due to blood shot, both fronts were fine as were the straps and neck. Found this little guy as I was skinning...
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/photo2_zpsdae5585f.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/photo2_zpsdae5585f.jpg.html)
So we packed it out and brought it to my Dads shop to cut, we ended up with about 90lbs of boneless meat after it was all said and done. On the weekend I broke out the grinder and Me and the boys had a good old sausage party
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/roadkilldinner2_zpsbe906b10.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/roadkilldinner2_zpsbe906b10.jpg.html)
I marinated the b-staps and put a good sausage coil on the grill with them. The beer flowed like wine!
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/roadkilldinner_zps21d0611b.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/roadkilldinner_zps21d0611b.jpg.html)
As a side note I was talking with my friend whom is a fish and wildlife bio with the prov govt in town here. I showed him my pics and he sent me this info on the tick (dermacentor albipicus) I found on the moose
http://esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wildlife-diseases/documents/Winter_ticks.pdf (http://esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wildlife-diseases/documents/Winter_ticks.pdf)
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/wldhealth/ticks_fs.pdf
So my buddy calls me and says a moose calf has just been hit by the train in Telkwa and he talked to the COs and got a permit to salvage it. Sweet! My buddy picks me up, its -25c and a beautiful sunny day. We drive out near to where it had been hit and hike in. It got smacked pretty good and made it just a few steps off of the tracks and out to the river ice.
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/roadkilldinner3_zps48024366.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/roadkilldinner3_zps48024366.jpg.html)
We were not sure what we were getting into but we got out the knives and started to cut. It had been hit through the mid-section and on the hips. We did the gutless method and took off the 4 quarters, back straps and neck meat. There was actually a good amount of meat to be taken. Both rear quarters got trimmed back to around mid femur due to blood shot, both fronts were fine as were the straps and neck. Found this little guy as I was skinning...
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/photo2_zpsdae5585f.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/photo2_zpsdae5585f.jpg.html)
So we packed it out and brought it to my Dads shop to cut, we ended up with about 90lbs of boneless meat after it was all said and done. On the weekend I broke out the grinder and Me and the boys had a good old sausage party
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/roadkilldinner2_zpsbe906b10.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/roadkilldinner2_zpsbe906b10.jpg.html)
I marinated the b-staps and put a good sausage coil on the grill with them. The beer flowed like wine!
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r748/two-feet1/roadkilldinner_zps21d0611b.jpg (http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/two-feet1/media/roadkilldinner_zps21d0611b.jpg.html)
As a side note I was talking with my friend whom is a fish and wildlife bio with the prov govt in town here. I showed him my pics and he sent me this info on the tick (dermacentor albipicus) I found on the moose
http://esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wildlife-diseases/documents/Winter_ticks.pdf (http://esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wildlife-diseases/documents/Winter_ticks.pdf)
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/wldhealth/ticks_fs.pdf