Moose trapping devices and selective shooting

The pens were built from poles cut from three sides with a diameter of 10 cm. The poles were reinforced with larch rods, seven in a row. Practice has shown, however, that it is better to mount the poles in the cut-out grooves of the pillars. The fence posts are located 4 m apart from each other. The height of the fence is 3 m. The lower pole is laid 50 cm from the ground: it cannot be placed higher, as moose can crawl under it. The remaining six poles are fixed every 30 cm. A pen with a perimeter of 1-2 km should be built round; with a different configuration, moose often break the fence in the corners.


The trap gates of the enclosure should face the migration front. These gates only allow animals to enter the enclosure: there are two such gates in each enclosure. It is advisable to round the outer ends of the guide fences inwards, then the moose, moving along the fence in the direction opposite to the trapping pens, will pass along the curve and return to the trap. 5 poles are enough in the guide fences.


The cutting room is a warm room with an area of 4x4m, has two doors: moose carcasses are brought in through one, the other leads to the warehouse. Equipment: two cutting tables, a gutter for draining blood, a wooden floor with a slope to the gutter, blocks for pulling up moose carcasses, decimal scales, an oven, a barrel of water. It is necessary to have a warm cutting room, as the winter day is short, and severe frost makes it difficult to carve carcasses at the mining site. In addition, meat dumped in the snow turns red, its quality decreases, and the insides left after butchering in pens scare moose away from traps. It is more convenient to work in the cutting room, you can use waste — blood, intestines, stomach, etc.


During the migration period, moose encounter guiding fences on their way, walk along them and enter the pens through the trap gates. They are selectively shot here. Then the cows and young animals that cannot be shot are driven out of the pens towards migration through a passage on the south side of the pen, removing several poles from the fence for this purpose. In November — January 1956-1957, 362 moose entered the hunting pens of the farm, including 91 in November, 191 in December and 80 in January. Of those captured, 65 animals were selectively shot, mostly adult males and females without calves. The remaining moose have been released.


The shots scare the animals, so large moose sometimes break poles and leave or bypass the guiding fences.


When shooting in December and January, we lose out on the fatness of the moose (it reaches its maximum fatness in August and September), but we win in another way. Firstly, we can shoot a large number of moose in a relatively short period of migration; secondly, at this time of the year there is no need for salting meat, which greatly reduces its quality, and, finally, thirdly, harvesting is carried out in one place, which greatly facilitates the transportation of meat to procurement points. New players can get a welcome bonus of up to €1500 + 150 Free Spins at Enter our 1xbet promo code in the registration form to get a 100% first time deposit welcome bonus. 18+. Minimum deposit: €10 (or equivalent currency). All deposit bonuses must be redeemed by wagering the bonus amount х35 times within 7 days. Until the bonus has been redeemed, stakes cannot be higher than €5 (or equivalent currency).