Originally Posted by Akbob5
Originally Posted by APDDSN0864
I helped carry out two moose, one cow and one bull, from the Copper River Delta back in the late 80's. The bull's RF leg, with hide & hoof on weighed 125# when we got back to the house. One of the hind legs weighed 150+.

Ran into a sow brown bear and her twin two-year-old cubs on the way to the airboat while carrying that front leg, but that's another story... grin

Ed


We always estimated most rear quarters were125-135 lbs with the lower portion of the leg bone removed - on mature bulls 50-65". Now the 8 1/2' brown bear hide and skull that fell in the creek was significantly heavier! I had to sit down, get buckled in and have two guys pull me up. That's another story too! No wonder my back is wrecked!

Las, not sure about the tough meat...ours from early Sept season were usually cut up fairly quickly depending on how quick we killed and hauled out...


A week's aging at 35 degrees worked wonders!

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