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kalberts19-May-20 7:27

19-May-20 7:27

Moose hunting is a big activity in Norway - by far the most important game (and the reason why so many people in Norway have weapons!) According to Norwegian Wikipedia, 30,000 animals are hunted ever year. (Scaling it up by population size, that would be 1.8 millon in the USA.) A male is usually around 500 kg, a female 300-350 kg - so you are right: That is a lot of meat! Yet, you won't find much of it in the grocery stores. The hunters want it all to themselves ... and I am not a hunter, so I havent tasted moose for several years.

The hunting authorities regulate the hunt quite strictly: Essentially, hunting is allowed only during October, and one hunting party is alotted so-and-so many males, so-and-so many adult females, and so-and-so many calves (typically 3-6 in total for a party, which may have typically 5-15 members). The number is set based on the number of observed animals the previous year(s) and how much nutrition is available in the area; if the food supply has been abundant for several years, fewer calves and females are taken out, for the population to grow. If it is appearent that they have a food shortage, more are hunted to reduced the size to what the vegetation can support.

Fun fact (or at least a fun story - I believe that it is true!): About a hundred years ago, moose riding was forbidden by law in Sweden. The reason was that smugglers up north, smuggling goods over the border to Finland, had trained moose like horses to carry goods through the dense forests, across the border. (In some areas, there were a number of semi-domesticated moose in those days; I believe some farmes event tried using them to pull the plow.) The police and customs officers were riding horses, that could certainly run fast on the roads, but in the dense forests and ragged terrain, they were hindered by branches and logs and creeks. To the moose, this was their home, they just rushed on, with the smuggler as jockey and the goods tied to his back. In order to curb this activty, moose riding was made illegal.

(I am not sure when this was, it may have been back in the 1800s)

Re: A bear goes into a neighborhood

kalberts19-May-20 12:34

kalberts

19-May-20 12:34

The world's northernmost brewey, Mack in Tromsø, Norway, makes a beer they call "Polar beer". Guess what the the labels look like!

They claim to be the first beer to both the North and South Poles: Our history - Mack[^], so you can't accuse them of false advertising Smile | :)

Fear and trembling

stoneyowl219-May-20 2:25

stoneyowl2

19-May-20 2:25

Well, I am going to have to approach the monster and take the bull by the horns. My primary C: drive is full (and I mean F.U.L.L.) so I guess it is time to reformat and reinstall Windows 10 and all the dev and games stuff. THis is going to take a while - I need to clear the 1GB SSD (save all important stuff) reformat, and then reload all the software, some of which I have no idea what it does. Have to take proper use of the other 2 1GB SSDs for installation. This is going to take a while....

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