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Then again, Hal if I know what's up with it.

He be making my beer look easy, huh Randy?

atvalaska;
Good morning to you sir, hopefully other than being in possession of the off colored moose meat this finds you folks doing well.

I've been following this thread with interest as I grew up eating Saskatchewan moose and then have eaten some BC moose since then and this is new to me.

If you're so inclined I for one would love to see what the "folks in the know" tell you if and when they do.

Thanks again for aiding in my continuing education sir and all the best to you and yours this Christmas season.

Dwayne

uh me and ironbender, & kliktarik have already chimed in on this subject


that's as good as it's gonna get Dwayne


well unless those smartalecs las and Sitka deer chime in

2legit;
My goodness Randy I am now quite embarrassed and didn't mean to slight such august opinions as you or my other two cyber friends from Alaska offered.

I must confess though that my reading comprehension must be suffering somewhat - or better said my ability to read between the lines or understand local jargon.

Anyway Randy, I'm certain I'd not have thought of Klick's solution - notice how I worked solution into an ammonia based answer......

All the best to you folks this Christmas for sure though and may all your moose meat be "normal" colored too.

Dwayne

lol! somehow I think we'll get over it Dwayne!


Oh but I wish you and yours the very merriest of Christmases and a prosperous and happy 2015!

Yeah, our opinions were the same 4 months ago.

ironbender;


Most excellent to hear that sir!

Hopefully all is well with you and your fine family and the fall and ensuing winter has been treating you folks OK.

All the best to you all this Christmas season sir.

Dwayne

I've seen that rainbow on fresh fish fillets too where the meat is cut across the grain.

Dwayne, Sadly, I'm afraid 2L2Q might be correct. (And if that ain't a sad commentary on the expertise we've come to expect - and put up with- on these topics, I don't know what is. )

I'm honored........I think?

well here is the reply, that I got this weekend from the fish and game biologist > ***************** Here�s what our wildlife veterinarian said:

""The description of ��color, a sheen of sorts ,that looks like the gold dust/rainbow/green sheen�� is serous atrophy of fat, just means all the lipid has been used up and this is what remains of the connective tissue that used to be fatty. The animal had just used up its fat stores and was starting to atrophy. So it could be a whole body thing if the animal was �starving� or in a single limb in the animal wasn�t using the limb and the muscles were starting to waste."""


Best regards, ....

imo ...my kid shot a lazy moose .... lol

You can expect to hear them look to "control" the 'overpopulated' herd by managing for more predators (wolves).

Well, sure. They only eat the sick and injured.

thanks for the update! I was curious.

Thanks ATV. If that's true, it makes sense with the whitetail buck I shot that had all that coloration, he looked like he had been running/breeding himself to death, zero fat. Gosh, I hope I go out of this world with a big 'ole rainbow shine on me!