Sarah Palin has never shot a moose

It's true, despite Saturday Night Live satirical rap lyrics, and multiple other references in the media, Sarah Palin has never shot a moose.  She revealed this little known fact on Fox News with GRETA VAN SUSTEREN November 11, 2008:

VAN SUSTEREN: Who shot the moose, though?

PALIN: I think that maybe my dad did, or maybe my mom did. I just grab some moose meat out of the freezer because we didn't have any moose meat in our freezer the last couple of days.

VAN SUSTEREN: You stole moose meat from your parents?

PALIN: I did. We stole moose or caribou hot dogs from them too. I don't know what it was. They we're marked on the package

VAN SUSTEREN: Explain to me why you don't shoot moose?

PALIN: Because caribou hunts are for me a lot easier. They're easier to take the kids on a caribou hunt walking through the tundra, the area there. It's just been easier.

But if I had an opportunity I would shoot a moose, too. It all depends on what permits you to get that season, also.

At age 17, Sarah Palin did help the family butcher a freshly-shot moose

And she did shoot a caribou:

Predator control

Wiki article: Palin's Predator control policy

In 2007, Palin supported a 2003 Alaska Department of Fish and Game policy allowing the hunting of wolves from the air as part of a predator control program intended to increase moose and caribou populations for subsistence-food gatherers and other hunters.^[3][4] In March 2007, Palin's office announced that a bounty of $150 per wolf would be paid to the 180 volunteer pilots and gunners, to offset fuel costs. Wildlife activists sued the state, and a state judge declared the bounty illegal on the basis that a bounty would have to be offered by the Board of Game and not by the Department of Fish and Game.^[3][5]

Sources:

1. At Home With the Palins: FOX NEWS Wednesday, November 12, 2008
2. I Taught Sarah Palin to shoot and butcher a moose, Washington won't scare her. The SUN
3. deMarban, Alex (March 21, 2007). "State Puts Bounty on Wolves", Anchorage Daily News. 
4. Alaska Department of Game and Fish (May 11, 2007). "Governor Palin Introduces Bill to Streamline Predator Management Laws". Press release.
5. deMarban, Alex (March 31, 2007). "Judge orders state to stop wolf bounties", Anchorage Daily News.

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