My father used to say "Never pass on a bull the first day that you would shoot on the last day" when he was teaching to to hunt elk in my native Colorado.
A professional hunter friend of mine named Walter Enslin is licensed to hunt 6 different countries in Africa and he told me "Never pass on a gift the bush gives you" when a huge bull eland srepped out in front of us when I was trying to close the deal on a blue wildebeest. I took the shot and at the time that eland was #13 in the world for the cape eland subspecies.
Both are sound wisdom. I would take the shot if for no other reason than the huge pile of meat a moose represents.
Last edited by flags; 01-13-2020 at 03:39 PM.