A herd of bull moose mingles near Brainard Lake, west of Boulder, in early July. A bow hunter last Saturday legally killed a bull near the lake, irking onlookers. (Estes Park Trail-Gazette file)
Re: “Moose shot with bow at Brainard Lake was legal kill,” Sept. 9 news story.
A bull moose was killed by a bow hunter at Brainard Lake last Saturday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has declared it a “clean kill.” Technically, that may be the case; however, that misses the point.
Families go to Brainard Lake to camp and enjoy that which nature has to offer. There were children watching in utter horror as the scene unfolded: a-1,200-pound bull moose galloping through the willows, bellowing in pain after being harpooned by a hunter’s arrow. What happens if that arrow misses its target and becomes a missile bearing down on the unsuspecting? What if the moose, in his last moments, goes on a rampage, resulting in someone’s injury or death?
Hunters should be allowed to legally hunt, but not at Brainard Lake. It should be a no-hunting zone and remain a place where families can go and enjoy the beauty of nature and wildlife.
Vaughn Cottman, Denver
This letter was published in the Sept. 11 edition.
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