BCrams
10-11-2009, 07:56 PM
Cold temperatures in the PG region is providing dynamite moose hunting right now and I know of quite a few moose dropping this past weekend so far.
As some read in a previous post, I was hoping to round out the freezer with a calf after the 2 pt bull taken by Dad last Thursday.
My 9 year old nephew comes from a non-hunting family and arrived in town Thursday and seeing the 2 pt hanging up, he really wanted to go hunting. Up to that point he had heard all the stories of the hunts we've been on but never had been on a hunt before.
So on Friday evening, knowing I was going to head out, I asked if he wanted to go on his first ever hunt to see if I could get a moose on Saturday morning for the calf opener and he was so pumped he only got about 4 hours of sleep that night ..... he had no clothes or boots but a little improvising and digging around we found some stuff for him to wear.
Left town early Saturday with intention to arrive at the planned block to do a walk through.
To put a long story short, at 8am we came upon a cow and a smaller moose and after a minute it was clear it was a yearling cow and not a calf or spike / fork bull. My nephew was quite excited so at least he saw moose. After they took off, we walked another couple hundred yards and there against the treeline at the end of the block was another cow moose over 300 yards yards away. Looking through the bino's I picked up her calf lagging about 20 yards behind her. Told my nephew not to move while I found a half assed rest to steady the gun while standing and I swear my nephews whooping was louder than the report of the rifle.
A few excited minutes with a very pissed off / agitated cow moose added to the drama.
I put the spot on to signal my Dad as where I dropped the calf, I was going to need the help of the quad to get the moose out as it was several km back through deactivated areas which included having to build a quad bridge across a gully.
Gutted the moose and hiked back to the truck to wait for Dad and he showed up with my Nephews Dad at 11:30 and a couple hours later, had the moose back out.
My nephew had a great time and can't wait to go hunting again.
A few pictures:
First light. Walking in.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100001.jpg
Cow with yearling cow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100004.jpg
Prime moose habitat.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100007.jpg
Tender eats.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100012.jpg
As some read in a previous post, I was hoping to round out the freezer with a calf after the 2 pt bull taken by Dad last Thursday.
My 9 year old nephew comes from a non-hunting family and arrived in town Thursday and seeing the 2 pt hanging up, he really wanted to go hunting. Up to that point he had heard all the stories of the hunts we've been on but never had been on a hunt before.
So on Friday evening, knowing I was going to head out, I asked if he wanted to go on his first ever hunt to see if I could get a moose on Saturday morning for the calf opener and he was so pumped he only got about 4 hours of sleep that night ..... he had no clothes or boots but a little improvising and digging around we found some stuff for him to wear.
Left town early Saturday with intention to arrive at the planned block to do a walk through.
To put a long story short, at 8am we came upon a cow and a smaller moose and after a minute it was clear it was a yearling cow and not a calf or spike / fork bull. My nephew was quite excited so at least he saw moose. After they took off, we walked another couple hundred yards and there against the treeline at the end of the block was another cow moose over 300 yards yards away. Looking through the bino's I picked up her calf lagging about 20 yards behind her. Told my nephew not to move while I found a half assed rest to steady the gun while standing and I swear my nephews whooping was louder than the report of the rifle.
A few excited minutes with a very pissed off / agitated cow moose added to the drama.
I put the spot on to signal my Dad as where I dropped the calf, I was going to need the help of the quad to get the moose out as it was several km back through deactivated areas which included having to build a quad bridge across a gully.
Gutted the moose and hiked back to the truck to wait for Dad and he showed up with my Nephews Dad at 11:30 and a couple hours later, had the moose back out.
My nephew had a great time and can't wait to go hunting again.
A few pictures:
First light. Walking in.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100001.jpg
Cow with yearling cow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100004.jpg
Prime moose habitat.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100007.jpg
Tender eats.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/BCrams/PA100012.jpg