Musk Ox Hunting

Here in the village, people go fishing and hunting all the time, but certain events cause talk to sweep the town more quickly. One such event is when people come in with large game, such as a seal, walrus, moose, or musk ox. On this particularly day, Marty and Simeon, teachers at the school, returned from a musk ox hunting trip and both had made a kill. Simeon had already cleaned his and was returning home, but I got to check out Marty's kill and help with the process a little as well.
For those of you who have never physically seen a musk ox, myself included, they are a very unique animal. Moses Charles is a high school student that went out with Marty and Sim to get their musk ox. Here is he holding the head from Marty's Bull. This male probably stood about shoulder to shoulder with a adult person of average height. One amazing feature that I noticed right away was the amount of wool on the forehead of these animals. Marty said that he took two shots with his hand gun point blank into the animal's forehead and didn't phase the beast in the slightest. Their foreheads are almost solid bone, hence the saying, "dumb as an ox", plus the wool is about 3 - 4 inches thick. The animals skull is vertially bullet proof.
Marty finished skinning his musk ox and then cut off the back strap, the piece of meat that runs over top of the spine, and quarters from the shoulders and hips. It's probably enough meat to last through out the rest of the winter and maybe into next winter. Most people use the meat for either soup, stew, or perhaps steaks. I haven't eaten Musk Ox yet so you will have to wait for another blog entry.
Thanks,
Dirk