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Then the 4 hunters agreeing to pay that much $$$ for one bull moose between them are IDIOTS and they deserved to get scalped in that manner.
Orrrr... they were residents. The Canadian government is much more interested in keeping the trophys going south, the natives happy, and the non native residents fighting over scraps than preserving our hunting opportunities. I know guys who fly into north eastern Alberta every year because its the only way to hunt moose in a decent zone in their own province without waiting many years to draw a tag. Their cost would be around the $3000 mark, they do generally take more than one bull but I could see things being tougher in Ontario. To one of the hunter's in that group, 3000 in travel fees for 1/4 moose probably seemed better than waiting many years to be drawn around home, or spending significantly more for an out of province hunt which would have to be guided. Not the way I would have done it but I can understand why it happened.
To me the story sounds a bit embellished but believable.