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Kluane Mountaineering Ltd
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I usually aim to hit the heart, or at least the canter of the lungs. Liver? Well...could it be the orange spot? I always see these organs when the animal is with four legs up in the air, so to see them when the moose is upright is a little different.
red=heart
green=lungs
yellow=liver
orange=kidneys
blue=intestines.
I am not sure what the little sliver of purple is intended to represent.
The lungs should overlap the heart a little more. Remember that the diaphragm separates the heart and lungs from the liver, kidneys, stomach etc, so there is little overlap there. The liver should extend almost to the bottom of the stomach cavity (near the brisket) but may be overlaped in the picture by the stomach.
Regards,
Canuck
[This message has been edited by Canuck (edited 04-12-2001).]
I've seen quite few of those images here in Sweden. They are used in our hunting education or at biology lessons. They use some sort of chemical to stain the diffrent parts so that they are more easily distinguished from each other. Sometimes this is done with a frozen animal and sometimes with the carcass stabilized with the same agents that stains it.
The little purple sliver is, I think, the lower frontal part of the right lung lobe.
But of course, I could be wrong, I mean: I could have studied all these years for nothing.......
[This message has been edited by Per Nelin (edited 04-13-2001).]
Happy easter to you, too.
Mark: The anatomy shown in the picture of the moose may be a little off here and there, but overall it is good enough to get used to what moose look like internally.
The heart looks a little larger than usual, but its location is fairly correct. The lungs are too far up, but still close enough to the heart to give you an idea of their location (the usual heart shot should also hit the lungs).
The left shoulder and leg bones are not shown, perhaps because F&G mainly wanted to show the heart and lungs. However, if you read their instructions on shot placement, you will realize how good a reference point the shoulder bone is.
Canuk has the right answer about the liver.
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/wildlife/geninfo/hunting/huntak16.htm