RSSNo bull — Moose hunt with a muzzleloader
Grand Junction taxidermist Darryl Powell has a close encounter with a bull Shiras moose during a blackpowder hunt earlier this month in the Porter Mountain area. With few natural predators, moose may show little fear of humans.
Leaving the conversation hanging mid-sentence, Darryl Powell decided to prove a point. “Man, you know I’m not superstitious or anything like that,” he said with a laugh…
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COMMENTS
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.The picture shown in today’s Sentinel, September 26, 2012, Section B, which is of the head of a beautiful moose, and it’s killer, Darryl Powell, would no doubt disturb my Great Uncle Bill Porter as much as it does me. The pleasure taken by animal killers who slaughter such beautiful animals never ceases to amaze me. Porter Mountain where the moose was killed, was named for our Uncle Bill who was a gentle man, not one who took pleasure in killing. He took great pleasure in seeing these beautiful animals alive, not dead with their heads cut off hanging on some sick so called ‘hunter’s’ wall.