He did not have a cow tag, when he saw it was a cow he knew he screwed up and he left it in the woods to rot. From my way of thinking if he was trying to jack a moose he would have taken it home with him. That’s the way I read it
“Elyk shot and killed a cow near Sables Lake,” the release said.
“He did not have a valid licence to hunt a cow moose. Elyk then abandoned the moose, causing it to spoil.”
he still screwed up and is paying for it