2x4 with a nail for moose

Don't listen to the uber traditionalists Phib. I mean we've had modern nails now for what, 200 yrs. :rolleyes:

Mount a nail on your 2x4 and get with the program. Personally I'd go a harder wood and shape the 2x4 a bit. I like a slim grip;) Gives it that custom feeling too. For the nail go with a 10" arnox spike driven through the thin side of the end. This will give you a good 8 1/2" spike - more than enough penetration if you can do your bit. :cool:
 
When I was a kid (not that long ago) we lived for a while (about 5 years) in Taylor, B.C. There we had an occasional substitute teacher who told us of killing a bull moose with an axe.
She and her husband usually spent every summer and early fall prospecting in the country north west of Hudson Hope. On this particular day her husband was out hunting and she had stayed back at the cabin. She happened to look out across the lake and saw a bull moose swimming her way. As he got closer, it was apparent that he would land at or near the cabin. The bank here was steep and when the mosse got there he was unable to make it up the bank and slid back down to the lake. Seizing the opportunity, our intrepid teacher grabbed the axe and, when the moose's head came up over the bank, she nailed him right between the eyes. He slid back down the bank, taking the axe with him, thrashed around a bit, then expired right there. She said her husband was very angry because she had been reckless and foolish to do this. She figured he was mostly mad because she got the moose!
Imagine the furor if a teacher told such a story at a school today! She would likely be publicly flogged! Things were a bit different in Taylor in 1958.
I can't say whether the axe was a single or double bitted axe. The teacher was a tough wiry little woman in her late forties. I don't recall her name. Regards, Bill.
 
Man..I'm a rookie and even I know that you should never be sporting wood when you're hunting!

My greatgrandfathers-uncles-second removed-cousin from down east always said:

"For Bear, (black bear mind you, NOT Grizzly) use sign language to say "you smell bad and are funny looking" , and "you look stupid with those horns" to a white tail buck.

And he had some wicked gas that could handle rabbits and coyotes
 
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