SLIK
10-21-2007, 05:51 PM
It was so cool. First moose too. I've spent about 10 days in that area and finally saw one that was takeable.
Went out yesterday morning. First cutblock was pretty good but all we saw was a coyote.
Next cutbock was good too but made a stupid decision and decided to take a shortcut through the bush back to the truck. Crazy forest, super thick and wet. Got cut off by a few marshes and didn't have a GPS. Ended up missing the road. Took an extra hour and a half to get back. If it wasn't for radios and the trucks horn I'd still be out there. Note to self: buy GPS!
So last block of the day. Soaked from my earlier excursion, I just went for a walk. At the end of the block, about 3 kms from the truck, found a hill to sit on (same hill in back of photos). Chilled out with binos for awhile. Looked to my left and noticed these really weird two huge white boulders, then looked to the right of the boulders and I'm like 'holy shit moose'.
He was about 500-600 yds. away upwind. Crept up to about 350 yds. Then he started to notice something in my direction. I set myself on this big ass stump and figured what the hell, there wasn't enough cover to get any closer so I might as well try to call him in (been watching alot of youtube moose hunts).
Gave a cow call and a couple grunts and he kinda looked at me and away. Did it again a little quieter, and he started to walk straight at me. Let out one small grunt and he started really coming at me. At about a hundred yards he turned to go downwind from me. He stopped and I nailed him broadside in the shoulder, kinda sucky but the 300 mag was able to go through and puncture the lungs. Tried to hit him again after he went 20 feet, but got some harsh buckshot fever and missed. Didn't matter he dropped after another 10 feet.
Shot him right before dusk at about 5 didn't get back to the house till 1. Man it is a hell of alot of work gettting a moose outta the bush. We didn't have a quad so we packed him out with the pack frames. Luckily we found another road that put teh truck only a km away from the animal. Awesome experience though.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007014.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007013.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007005.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007004.jpg
Pictures turned out pretty good, but wish I had more. Had a ton of sun when I hit him, but opted to run back to the truck for the packframes before taking pictures. So I didn't have much light or time for pictures after.
Went out yesterday morning. First cutblock was pretty good but all we saw was a coyote.
Next cutbock was good too but made a stupid decision and decided to take a shortcut through the bush back to the truck. Crazy forest, super thick and wet. Got cut off by a few marshes and didn't have a GPS. Ended up missing the road. Took an extra hour and a half to get back. If it wasn't for radios and the trucks horn I'd still be out there. Note to self: buy GPS!
So last block of the day. Soaked from my earlier excursion, I just went for a walk. At the end of the block, about 3 kms from the truck, found a hill to sit on (same hill in back of photos). Chilled out with binos for awhile. Looked to my left and noticed these really weird two huge white boulders, then looked to the right of the boulders and I'm like 'holy shit moose'.
He was about 500-600 yds. away upwind. Crept up to about 350 yds. Then he started to notice something in my direction. I set myself on this big ass stump and figured what the hell, there wasn't enough cover to get any closer so I might as well try to call him in (been watching alot of youtube moose hunts).
Gave a cow call and a couple grunts and he kinda looked at me and away. Did it again a little quieter, and he started to walk straight at me. Let out one small grunt and he started really coming at me. At about a hundred yards he turned to go downwind from me. He stopped and I nailed him broadside in the shoulder, kinda sucky but the 300 mag was able to go through and puncture the lungs. Tried to hit him again after he went 20 feet, but got some harsh buckshot fever and missed. Didn't matter he dropped after another 10 feet.
Shot him right before dusk at about 5 didn't get back to the house till 1. Man it is a hell of alot of work gettting a moose outta the bush. We didn't have a quad so we packed him out with the pack frames. Luckily we found another road that put teh truck only a km away from the animal. Awesome experience though.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007014.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007013.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007005.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee142/SLIK80/Moose2007004.jpg
Pictures turned out pretty good, but wish I had more. Had a ton of sun when I hit him, but opted to run back to the truck for the packframes before taking pictures. So I didn't have much light or time for pictures after.