Maine has a split week moose season that starts the last week of September. There can be some warm temps or some downright chilly temps depending on Ma Nature. The folks at Maine Fish & Game recommend 8 oz. of pepper, dusted inside and out on a moose. We've only dusted one on the 5 hunts I've been on. It didn't leave any peppery flavor. If you've got a real big moose, maybe having 2 8 oz. cans on hand would be a good idea.

I feel sorry for the guys that lost their moose to spoilage. They are a hunt of a lifetime. This story just reinforces what we all (should) know about game handling.


- Jay

ps: here's a pic of a nice cow shot by my friend Ron in New Hampshire last week. We were 8 hours from moose down until the butcher shop. Fortunately the temps were cool.