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An Alaskan moose-hunting saga, Part 3: The real work begins

Joe Shead, with the moose he killed on Day 6 of a wilderness hunt in Alaska in 2009. He estimates it took at least eight hours to butcher the moose. And then the work began. (Photos courtesy of Joe Shead)

After the shot, I jumped in my canoe and raced across the narrow channel so fast you could have waterskied behind me. But once I reached the mainland, I was nervous about what I might find. I hoped like heck not an injured moose.
And then, there he was, velvet antler pointing skyward, the animal stone dead. Still, I approached cautiously, making sure I was entirely certain he was dead. Had I been shooting at a target, it would have been a terrible shot.

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