Bull moose in the butcher shop.

[tigrr]

Only one seen today and our camp got it. Pics to follow. It is a young bull. The good eating kind.
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[floden]

Congrats- were you hunting in the area the FN consider ‘closed’? Looking forward to the pics

[Piperdown]

Pics or it didnt happen :) good on you about time you had some good news.

[338win mag]

Way to go tigrr!

[srupp]

Congrads..
Steven

[Arctic Lake]

Congrats ! Looking forward to a story and pictures .
Arctic Lake

[CranePete]

That’s awesome, tigrr! I drew in 5-2C, but only saw 3 cows (and sows/cubs and does) today. Maybe with it being a bit cooler in the mornings, I’ll have better luck next time out.
CranePete

[tigrr]

Story.
Lots of traffic flowing around the back roads. Quite often meeting 2 vehicles coming down roads. A dead end looking down a deep ravine is where the moose was seen. It was curious and came up to the skidder trail to see what was going on. Bang and it took off and ran 300 yards to the bottom of the ravine. Then fell down and died. Double lung. Then for the next 2 hours the group dragged on a game cart the 1/6th sections up the hill. The youngest person is 50, then 58, 60, 63 and 75. Nice 3 year old bull. They say the liver was good!! Tomorrow night tenderloin for supper. We butcher our own.

[hoochie]

Awesome!!!

[Liveforthehunt]

Great to hear some old fellas getting out there and gettin er done ! Congrats ;-)

[HarryToolips]

Great to hear,hound be tasty.....I wish everyone the same success up there on their draws as you..

[Dash]

Great job!! You definitely deserve it!

[tigrr]

The long awaited picture. Cut and wrapped all ready.

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[Stillhunting]

Perfect for the freezer, nice work!

[Bugle M In]

congrats!!….

[Mik]

Should be nice and tender. Sounds like a lot of work, well done Congratulations to all and thanks for sharing.

[Tim Tam Slam]

Nice! Hoping to get lucky with an Immy too next weekend!

[Takla]

congrates,a good eater you got there!

takla

[180grainer]

Nice going.

[tigrr]

We added a bear to that meat pile but didn't take any pictures. Too much of a rush to get it butchered for everyone to head home. I'm exhausted. Got to go and sharpen up the Victorinox knives and put them away till next year. Thanks everyone.

[srupp]

Well done tiggr..does that mean the bears are back?
Seen plenty of fresh bear scat yesterday but remember you saying bears seemed scarce this spring..
Congrads
Steven

[tigrr]

Normally see 30 bears. Seen 2 this year. I know of 1 more but he is a grizzly, beer can sized crap. Wolves cleaned them out.

[tigrr]

So just a heads up. 16 guys with 6 moose tags in 5 different camps ended up with only 1 moose shot. I know of 5 LEH tags that went unfilled in the Horsefly area. 1 was filled. 1 for 6 isn't good. Only 1 bull was even seen. We split our Bull moose 7 ways!! LIG

[srupp]

Hmmm 120 tags in a zone in region 5..biologists expect 20 moose harvested
Oct 1..14...32 tags..biologists expect 20 moose harvested
Late season 100 tags..expect 20 moose harvested.
All 3 hunts are completely different strategies..note the expected success rate for Oct 1..14..THE rut..
Seen 5 bull moose..out past Horsefly so far this fall..but no bears..no bucks..
And I do not have a moose tag..
Does seem to be less moose than " normal "..however during sept..edge of cuts, ponds, early or late in the day..during the day..go into the forest amongst the trees and look for bedded up bulls.not the easiest things to do.
It is without a doubt much easier for the next 25 days during the rut..using rutting season strategies. .horse urine scents..calling. .
Tiggrr you guys did real good...and your group isnt all that old.
Congrads
Steven

[REMINGTON JIM]

Geat Kill tigrr ! Good Eats there ! :) RJ

[willyqbc]

I have spent about 4 days a week out at our cabin on the horsefly side of Quesnel lake since about mid may. Hunted spring bear pretty hard, and while we did see a pretty decent amount of bears....we did not see a single bear that was even close to being a shooter....everything solidly under 5'. Saw a few more moose than the last 2 years, but still pretty slim pickins. took 5 days to fill our bull tag out there 2 years ago....only bull we saw. About to head out tommorrow for 10 days of deer hunting out there....expect it will take some serious man hours to get our tags filled...although, like the moose it does seem a little better than the last 2 years.

Congrats on the bull and bear Tiger!

Chris

[REMINGTON JIM]

Good LUCK Chris :wink: RJ

[tigrr]

In 300+ km's of scouting I only ran across 2 sets of bull moose tracks. 1 is dead. 1 loves his big swamp. I ran away. I won't even tell where due to the fact they might ask me to help retrieve it. Think 30 acre swamp. 2nd rye.

[srupp]

Good luck Chris..straight shooting.
Steven

[Jagermeister]

In 300+ km's of scouting I only ran across 2 sets of bull moose tracks. 1 is dead. 1 loves his big swamp. I ran away. I won't even tell where due to the fact they might ask me to help retrieve it. Think 30 acre swamp. 2nd rye.
Getting pretty close to the time that they can be coaxed out with a little caterwaul persuasion. I sucked one from across a small lake on the 26th of September one year. That was east of Quesnel. So this one might be ripe for the plucking. However, with no snow at elevation, there are times that the bulls that spent their summers above the mosquito and horse flies will take their time descending whether cows are in estrus or not. They take their chances on the second estrus when it is cooler and they can warm their dingle berries against a hot muff.
Congrats on that harvest tigrr. Seven way split is pretty skinny. You might want to wave your portion a few times in front of your face for the aroma effect before you actually eat it.

[Ferenc]

I could remember going into Antione lake and always running into moose ... always referred to it as “ between the lakes” with Eric lake close by , have not hunted it since it went to LEH .. big mule deer also in the fields just before also.... thinking most of the old cabins around the lake are still there.

[srupp]

Hmmmmmmm
Cheers
Srupp

[tigrr]

I could remember going into Antione lake and always running into moose ... always referred to it as “ between the lakes” with Eric lake close by , have not hunted it since it went to LEH .. big mule deer also in the fields just before also.... thinking most of the old cabins around the lake are still there.

Since the 6 wolves move into Antoine lake the moose and bear numbers have dropped significantly. That and the Indians shooting the cow moose.
Trappers took 5 of the 6 wolves but 3 have joined the loner.
Don't know when the LEH started in this area but it was some time ago.
The fields you refer too is all private land and posted.
The cabins are 5 new homes now too.
Not sure when you were here last.

[Ferenc]

It’s was along time ago ... we would take the trail to the left before the road that went into Antoine and camp down close to Eric lake .... remember always meeting an older gentle man by the name of Noah .. he had the cabin across from the cabins you say are now houses ... if you look on google earth you’ll see what I mean ... his place had the long corderoy dock to access Antione .... I would think “between” the lakes is still a possible place to explore .. I will have to go check it out with my brother ( lives in 83 mile ) things change sadly ... It was and still I think a nice place to check out.

[tigrr]

Was Noah an Italian? 300 yards down that trail is a gate sometimes locked. Corduroy dock took 52 loads of fill to get to deep enough water to float a boat.
Sadly 15 years ago between the lakes was logged out and has been replanted. New cut blocks have been laid out this summer. More changes in the works. Fir beetle taking its toll.

[Ferenc]

Yes Noah was Italian .. older and super nice to us showed us around his place .... back in the day ,awesome place ... my dad hunted Antoine starting in 1966 and took a couple of 50” inchers out of there .. I know its sad to see the change .... ah to be back in the day ... and by the way nice moose that ya got !!! Horsefly will always be a special place !!!

[tigrr]

Noah is gone, his son the rcmp is gone, and his son is gone. Young ones have it now. Don't see much of them anymore. The first trappers cabin mid way down the lake has fallen down. It was built in the late 50's and a guide worked out of it for 15 years. I met the niece of the trappers cabin builder this year. A whole bunch of land around all the lakes was bought up and posted no hunting. The moose numbers aren't around like they used to be. Too much pressure. Used to see 10 to 15 moose in the winter. Now we are lucky to see 3. I blame it mostly on wolves. Indians 2nd for shooting cows.
Yes back in the day has a memory of the great numbers that once existed but now are gone. The locals say the forestry spraying drove all the deer out of the area. I don't like deer so it makes no difference to me. Moose and bear fill my freezer.

[Ferenc]

Your living the dream up there tigrr ... I remember the hunts as if I was hunting them yesterday ... good memories !! : )