Alberta Moose Hunt

[Demonical]

Hunting dates were Sep 13-18, which is pre-rut in west-central Alberta.

I was hunting in WMU 349, NW of Whitecourt, in the Swan Hills region.

My crossbow is an Excalibur Bulldog 400, and I was using 20" Carbon Express Piledriver bolts @ 442grs. Broadhead is the Excalibur Boltcutter, 150gr 3-blade. That combination chronographs at 330fps.

That broadhead did not cut a very big entrance/exit hole, but literally zipped right through my bull moose. I think the thing went another 10 yards off into the trees actually, I was unable to recover the bolt.
I intend to go back another day if I can find a metal detector to borrow.

Link to my video https://youtu.be/SlK3GlvJDJY



http://i.imgur.com/3oGz5gVl.jpg (https://imgur.com/3oGz5gV)

http://i.imgur.com/Zn02oUol.jpg (https://imgur.com/Zn02oUo)
Entrance hole

http://i.imgur.com/5a2ikVYl.jpg (https://imgur.com/5a2ikVY)
Exit hole

http://i.imgur.com/Zzml7knl.jpg (https://imgur.com/Zzml7kn)
The fronts went 178-180lbs, hinds were 85lbs each.

http://i.imgur.com/jNXwEybl.jpg (https://imgur.com/jNXwEyb)
I can safely say the best tasting moose I've ever eaten!

[IronNoggin]

Awesome!

Congratulations! Excellent work and a hell of a fine chewing bull!!

Cheers!
Nog

[srupp]

congratulations...awesome adventure..great results thanks for sharing.

Steven

[Demonical]

Appreciate the compliments guys, hope you enjoyed my video?

Pretty bad brain cramp on the first big bull, eh? Oops...

Needed a do-over there, but really in the end I was fortunate to not take that bull as it likely would not have been near as good table fare as the one I killed later.

[HarryToolips]

Great video, great shot, and really nice harvest congrats man...

[Husky7mm]

Thats a pretty nice bull and some fine looking meat.
Really curious how you were able to use a crossbow during bow only season? Crossbows in Alberta do not fall in the archery classification.

[IronNoggin]

... Crossbows in Alberta do not fall in the archery classification.

They do if you have the proper permits.
I have one which allows me to hunt in Alberta's regular archery seasons with my crossbow.
Used to have to renew it annually. Now good for life.

Cheers,
Nog

[walks with deer]

Eg you apply for it with a doctors note eg bad shoulders

[Demonical]

Ya basically a bum right shoulder.
Alberta has an application form that you fill out and submit to the govt, and in my case I had Xrays and MRI's done, which showed
that my right shoulder was buggered.
So getting the crossbow permit for me just involved going through the process.


Last time I bow hunted with a compound was 2004. I called in this young bull, made a 60 yard shot on him, center punched the lungs.
That old PSE only shot 245fps.

http://i.imgur.com/JzGLWdVl.jpg (https://imgur.com/JzGLWdV)