Moose in northern NM (illegally shot Sept 2021)

[mrcowboy]

News clip from KRQE

Bull moose illegally shot in Four Corners

State wildlife officials are looking for information about a moose found shot near Bloomfield. The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish says the bull moose was found shot and injured earlier this week off County Road 4990 near mile marker 8. It had to be euthanized. Moose are rare in New...

www.krqe.com

Usually every fall there is a sighting in the northern part of the state of a wandering bull from most likely from southern Colorado.

 

[dwatling]

NM always making the news!

 

[Valley1320]

Some stupid pple. Why the flip would someone shoot a moose illegally?!

 

[Dsnow9]

Some stupid pple. Why the flip would someone shoot a moose illegally?!

Probably same type of person that shoots at movement and noise…

 

[BrentD]

Some stupid pple. Why the flip would someone shoot a moose illegally?!

Because they can. I can think of dozens of other reasons as well. We used to get wandering moose and they were often shot. But not always. Sometimes they were Econolined before they could be shot.

 

[nick_3401]

not very cool hope the poacher gets caught