Any one back from the early moose hunt

[talver]

Was a pedestrian and struck real bad by a SUV so had to cancel all my hunting plans this year was trying to live vicariously through everyone else. Have some friends up in 7B right now. Good luck to everyone be safe.

[4pointer]

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/bosskiller/20170816_153340_zpsaxgksrqq.jpg

On Aug. 15, the two left bulls were taken by my father and cousin. Two bulls standing about 50 yrds apart. On Aug. 16, the far right was taken by myself. Not the biggest but good eating. We were there for three days when our generators were crapping out and the freezers were not staying cold. Had to leave. Three out of five...not bad. One of my fellows also missed a bull on the last night we were there. Decent sign. Weather needs to change as its too dry. All we saw though were the 4 bulls.

[talver]

Congrats those bulls will be awesome eating thanks for sharing your story and picture good luck on the rest of the season

[wideopenthrottle]

Congrats those bulls will be awesome eating thanks for sharing your story and picture good luck on the rest of the season

and I would like to wish you well and hope you heal fast and completely
cheers

[Rob Chipman]

Nice bulls. GPS coordinates please :-)

[brownmancheng]

"all we saw were the 4 bulls" haha good one!

[brownmancheng]

and congrats btw!

[4pointer]

Speedy recovery and back up to the mountain! Good luck to all!

[Arefeh87]

Wow.. Amazing! congrats and wish you best of luck

[Shikari300WSM]

Congrats man! So.jealous of the guys getting out for the early moose hunt!

[StuBrown]

I wish that our early moose hunt turned out that good. My daughter fell and twisted her ankle again and we had to come home after 1 day. Had friends scouting for days and we finally found fresh track, shit, and a massive fresh stomped out area where everything was eaten around it. Better luck next year.

[scotty30-06]

Being a father of 2 daughters...this^^^^^breaks my heart....awesome she is willing and ready for next year I bet....accidents happen....still a great dad for having her out.

[BStrachan]

Congratulations on a successful hunt!

[gcreek]

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/bosskiller/20170816_153340_zpsaxgksrqq.jpg

On Aug. 15, the two left bulls were taken by my father and cousin. Two bulls standing about 50 yrds apart. On Aug. 16, the far right was taken by myself. Not the biggest but good eating. We were there for three days when our generators were crapping out and the freezers were not staying cold. Had to leave. Three out of five...not bad. One of my fellows also missed a bull on the last night we were there. Decent sign. Weather needs to change as its too dry. All we saw though were the 4 bulls.

Congratulations on a good hunt. Did you see any cow / calf sign? Thinking the predators have killed mostly them off like they did here. Bulls seem to have a better chance of survival for a time.

[1 shot 1 kill]

Congrats on the bulls
Been out 10days now seen 4 cows no calfs..handful of caribou
I wish for a bull let alone 3 lol
Good eats enjoy��

[Sitkaspruce]

Congratulations on a good hunt. Did you see any cow / calf sign? Thinking the predators have killed mostly them off like they did here. Bulls seem to have a better chance of survival for a time.

Not many cow calves in the hills, but there is lots in the Ag. zone. Cameras in the Ag. zone show lots of cow/calves, even two with twins, cameras in the foothills not so much, although there is a few still hanging in there. Lots of calf elk though everywhere.

Preds don't live long in the Ag. zone.

Cheers

SS

[4pointer]

Sorry to hear about your daughter. I brought my 7yr old along as well. Didnt think I was gonna be successful, especially since she's always singing and dancing behind me. Luckily she was sleeping at the moment of truth.

I really didnt get to hunt much. I hunted about a total of 3hrs. We've hunted the same place since 1994 so we usually dont even scout. The first day, I got the radio call at about 630am that 2 bulls were down so off to packing all day. The next day, I got mine at first light so again all day packing. The tracks that I did see, larger tracks with smaller ones in tow so I can only assume that there are cows and calves. LOTS of grizzly and wolf sign. Again, all we saw were the 4 bulls.

Some pics for your viewing.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/bosskiller/moose%204_zps6nscgnmv.jpg

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/bosskiller/moose%201_zpskr7pwr32.jpg
Moose #1

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/bosskiller/moose%202_zpswaay55kt.jpg
Moose #2...50yrds apart from the first

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/bosskiller/20170816_090651_zpsvhpicwwy.jpg
Moose #3

[ruger416]

can you tell me what type of gen sets you were using and what the problems were. I am looking for one and want to know the good and bad of some of the brands. Would like to stay with Honda but will look at cheaper ones if they are well made. usually you get what you pay for

[4pointer]

We have two yamaha 1000w 4 strokes but we have had them since the early 2000s. They owe us nothing as we have worked them hard. The switches are mostly broken and AC was working intermittently. They worked well but are long overdue for an overhaul. Very quiet and efficient. We only started noticing issues this year starting with harder startups. We tune them every year but they are old now and not sure how many hrs are on them. Used them from powering deep freezes to outdoor dj stages. Small and convenient as well. The hondas look good but I have not used one.

[Piperdown]

Spend the money and buy a honda, the only one you will ever buy. On another note off to the cabin tomorrow in 6-04 for bow season, fingers crossed :)

[willyqbc]

We're on day 3...one small bull down. Seeing some cow/calf pairs and some decent sign. Hopin for one more before the end of the month.

[masoncade1992]

I got one opening morning...

http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o528/masoncade1992/IMG_2053_zpsyqeic9u4.jpg (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/masoncade1992/media/IMG_2053_zpsyqeic9u4.jpg.html)

[masoncade1992]

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[masoncade1992]

220 swift aframe out of my 8mm magnum @3060 fps

http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o528/masoncade1992/IMG_2057_zpsp5o4jnbr.jpg (http://s1146.photobucket.com/user/masoncade1992/media/IMG_2057_zpsp5o4jnbr.jpg.html)

[Sharpish]

Just driving out now! Fly in from Dease. Saw 7 moose, 4 bulls. Took 2 bulls on the morning of day 5. These moose were extremely vigilant and spooky! Many failed stalks, but never got ourselves busted so they stuck to their daily routines. Also had a beast of a caribou in my crosshairs at 80 yards, but the memory of dressing, packing, scraping and hanging two moose in one day paralyzed my trigger finger. Also saw 12 goats on the same Hillside next to camp, 3 BIG billies. Taking tools to cut a better trail next year.

[HappyJack]

Just got home the other night [7-21]3 bulls down, 3x3, spike and 1 fork horn. Spent a total of 13 days, saw some elk and a few cow calf pairs. GOOD news is there wasn't even an old wolf track to be found anywhere.