Ak Jim:
Can't fool me buddy, I know that home schoolers are smarter than public...my daughter was home schooled for a while
You must have missed the part about having my 6 wheeler there. I didn't get fancy with it. Just used a BIG knife (Cold Steel Trail Master) with occasional help from KOA's Bear Cub, cut the thing up and threw it in. Had to carry it all of 3 feet.
And your right...I could never have done it in that amount of time, if it weren't for the bear cheering me on.
This was definitely the sloppiest butchering job I've ever done (and ever hope to do), but once all the hair and debris was removed, the meat tasted good just the same. Now that you mentioned it, makes me glad that I was by myself…would'a been embarrassing to let someone see that sloppy of a job. Oh, and I didn't salvage the tenderloins (they were under water, and didn't seem worth the extra time).
Thank God it was a small moose…couldn't imagine the struggle I'da had with a monster.
You'll have to tell the hammer story...sounds interesting. But I think I'll continue to use my .44, since my throwing arm ain't so good (I was on the home school baseball team <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> ).
Seriously though, are you saying that you don't understand how a .44 can take down a bear?
If the answer to that is "yes", then I'll have to direct you to my previous dissertation on this particular bullet, and it's PENETRATION capabilities.
Don't get me wrong though, there are definitely better calibers out there i.e. 460 Weatherby, .375 H&H, .454 Casul, etc. This Just happens to be the gun I'm competent with, and the load that works for me.
I'll be happy to switch to the .454 though, as soon as someone wants to buy me this caliber in the new Red Hawk <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Just out of curiosity, what would you say if I told you that my partner and I can get a bou completely butchered and in the bags, in just under 20 minutes (and unlike my Panic Attack Moose, neatly done at that)?
I'm not asking this to be facetious, but rather, because I have very limited exposure to other people's hunting (having been big game hunting solo, or with just two other people all of my life), and don't know if this would be considered a really good time, just average, or even a poor time (be gentle here…you might just break my heart if I find out it's a really, really poor time).
My partner(s) and I (with our families) typically have 5 bou down at one time, near camp. We started timing our butchering in the second year at this camp, as we started to think we were finally getting the hang of it, and to give us motivation to get done faster.
I'd appreciate input on it.
P.S. Sorry about the writing style...I'm too dumb to figure out how to change it <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>