On first day as Alaska resident, man shoots moose in driveway and plans to return home to California with trophy
Palmer resident Duane
Poseur, who harvested a bull moose in his driveway on September 1 on his
first day as an official Alaska resident, plans to return home to
California after fulfilling his Alaska hunting dream.
According
to neighbors who witnessed the event, Poseur dispatched the moose with
17 shots from an AR-15: one in the lower gut, one in the rear
hindquarters, one on the rear right hoof, the remaining 14 shots missing
the animal.
When
Poseur arrived in the Mat-Su valley 365 days ago from Chico,
California, he knew he was in for a long, cold winter. He arrived on
August 31, one day before the opening of the general season for moose in
the area.
He
suffered through a full year of unemployment and separation from his
wife while awaiting his Alaska resident status, and exactly one year
later on September 1, Poseur harvested a bull moose munching on his
wheatgrass crop in the backyard garden.
“I
went from having two taco trucks and a boba shop just around the corner
on my block back home, to having to drive six miles through the snow
just to get to the grocery store,” he said during an interview on his
back porch, a U-Haul truck partially filled nearby.
“It
was all worth it though. I didn’t even have to put my pants on to take
down that swamp donkey. He’s gonna look good on the rec room wall above
the pool table.”
When
reporters arrived to Poseur’s home, the dead moose lay in the driveway
without further processing. Poseur said he just called a local hunting
guide on Yelp who was en route to process the animal for him.
Poseur
plans to depart Alaska before the roads get too snowy, having completed
his one-year contract as a political campaign consultant and reality TV
show producer.
Neighbors
are encouraged to come pick up meat from the animal, as Poseur is
primarily interested in the head mount. Neighbors may not take back
straps or tenderloins though; those are prime and not for sharing,
Poseur said. However, when pressed, he could not identify where on the
moose these cuts were located.
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