Moose is okay . . . a lot of work though; especially because you can't fly in and hunt the same day.

As for CG (weight and balance), we get a lot of idiots up here that end up killing themselves because of this. Because of bush flying, people will strap anything or place anything into a plane and takeoff. I've seen the harmless (guns strapped up and down struts; making them look like fighters), to the harmful (having doors straped to gear with elastic cords) or a full moose in the cargo area.

What I try to teach is to make sure you know where your CG "Range" is and use it to your benefit. If you're going heavy or over long distances, why not place things "towards" (but not past) your aft CG limit. There's actually some desirable characteristics that may benefit your flight. Too far back may put you into a flat spin or make you otherwise unstable. We even had an idiot kill, almost all, of a village's tribal council. The final ruling came back saying that the plane had an elevator stall, not by the main wings as traditionally thought of. The problem is, if you try real hard, to enter an elevator stall the recovery procedures are almost the exact opposite of the main wing stalling (hence their deaths).