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Cordless sawzall is the only way to go
What saw for moose
- Thread starter Elmacho
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I've not seen a lopers used before. And yeah a good handsaw works nice. I did watch the video. In my experience my buddy n me harvested a moose that fell into a river. And I had to throw the entire thing away. It turned green. I believe that because of all the dead salmon carcasses n such that bacteria got down in between the bones n meat caused it to turn. So now when a moose has gotten wet from river water we try n process it immediately.
AlaskaHunter
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In the water is standard operating procedure for me.
Deep water (like 10 feet deep) a bull floats and with 2 rope come-alongs can be winched to shore.
Shallow water, waders and canoe or jet sleds.
I've had a couple hunts were the air temperature by afternoon was in the upper 60s
and the water temperature in the upper 30s, so water helped cool the meat while butchering.
We don't hunt fast salmon rivers like you were the current can cause major problems lodging a bull against a sweeper or cut bank.
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morley.tyler
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Never done a moose, but I too have been cutting bones w/ a Wyoming Saw for a long time. Still using my original and only saw that I bought in 1995
AlaskaHunter
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2 other tips...always have at least 2 head lamps.
It takes me 4 hours to solo butcher a moose under good conditions,
and if you shoot one at sunset, might be finishing up after midnight.
Bring a tarp to place the quarters on before bagging and that way
no "tundra salad", mud, etc. on the meat.
A tarp is also handy to sit under while glassing in the rain.
Also a hindquarter can weigh 125 lbs so don't be surprised by the
work involved to pack a moose out.
It takes me 4 hours to solo butcher a moose under good conditions,
and if you shoot one at sunset, might be finishing up after midnight.
Bring a tarp to place the quarters on before bagging and that way
no "tundra salad", mud, etc. on the meat.
A tarp is also handy to sit under while glassing in the rain.
Also a hindquarter can weigh 125 lbs so don't be surprised by the
work involved to pack a moose out.
