Iditarod musher gets time penalty for not properly gutting moose he killed

[Renew Deal]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Iditarod officials on Wednesday imposed a two-hour time penalty on musher Dallas Seavey for not properly gutting the moose he killed during the race earlier this week.

Race marshal Warren Palfrey convened a three-person panel of race officials to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the moose, which became tangled up with Seavey and his dog team early Monday, about 12 hours after the dayslong race officially started. One dog was injured in the encounter and flown back to Anchorage for care.

If a musher kills a big game animal like a moose, caribou or buffalo in defense of life or property during the race, rules require they gut the animal and report it to officials at the next checkpoint.

Seavey, a five-time Iditarod champion, encountered the moose shortly after leaving the checkpoint in Skwentna. He used a handgun to shoot and kill it about 14 miles (22 kilometers) outside the village at 1:32 a.m. Monday.
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https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39670290/iditarod-musher-gets-penalty-not-properly-gutting-moose-killed

It's pretty crazy that a dog sled racer has to turn into a butcher on the spot if they kill an animal.

[cachukis]

1. That he had to kill the moose is a tell.

Bet the gravy would've been tasty.

[Renew Deal]

3. Later in the story it says that the meat was recovered and distributed

[cachukis]

4. There's on old Downeast story about a hunt

for the largest moose by a tagger from Massachusetts. Needed a sledge to pull it from the woods. After it was all said and done, there was a "dahn good gravy."

[stopdiggin]

2. and imagine the sheer (rock-headedness) that it takes

for an animal to become 'entangled' in a dog sled harness ... (hundreds of thousand of miles out here .. and you decide to cruise on through ... )
There's an animal that deserves to be shot ...