Paulyman
10-19-2009, 11:41 PM
My uncle and i left on the 3rd of October for our two week hunting trip.The trip started out pretty productive after i called in my first bull after learning to cow call this past year, unfortunatley he came in too late and i could barely make out that he even had antlers, so i decided not to shoot.
The next 8 days were all over the place! for some reason the moose were just not moving around even thought the weather had dropped from + 5 at night to -17.Even the grouse were hit and miss,we wouldn't see barely any for days and then bag 8 in one afternoon. I'm sure the moon phases had something to do with it,as it was clear and a full moon when we weren't seeing much and then when the weather would turn to crap things seemed to pick up...temperature didn't seem to have much to do with it at all.
After day 10 and not connecting with any moose my uncle and i began to believe that there was a real possiblity that we would be going home mooseless...after 10 days i had only seen 3 and he hadn't even seen one yet.Then on a whim i asked him if he would like to try an old deactivated road up on the rikki main that some oldtimers had suggested we try, his reply was the same ol same ol "sure why not, what elsse do we have to lose" that advice that we were given by the oldtimers jerry and gord turned out to be the best advice ever given to me by another hunter.My uncle and i began hiking up the deactivated road and after about 15 minutes came to a clearing with a lake on the left side, i decided to head down to the lake and sound like a love sick cow looking for a little jiggy, my uncle decided to walk down the road a while.No more than a minute after i solicited myself for a little romance amongst the poplar trees all hell breaks loose.........Boom Boom, My reaction is what the %$#*.I out from the lake and down the road to where my uncle is and he has a turd eating grin from ear to ear, i ask him what he shot and his reply is the answer i was desperatley wanting to hear......Bull Moose!....& it's a 7 point.After a short celebration the work began and oh what work it was! it was my first feild dressing of a moose and i learned so much from it.Unfortunatley my camera battery died and i didn't get a chance to get any photos of the moose, but i did get a couple of photos of my uncle with his rack after the fact.
I also took some pics of a lynxs that decide to observe us after crossing the road in front of us and of my Portuguese Water Dog, he earned his place in camp on this trip after retrieving every single grouse i shot.I will add that it is amazing what a dog will eat when you turn your back while out in the field; Moose brains,grouse hearts,gizzards, heads, hearts,feathers and feet.Hey but who am i to judge him after he brought all my birds back to me in one piece :)
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The next 8 days were all over the place! for some reason the moose were just not moving around even thought the weather had dropped from + 5 at night to -17.Even the grouse were hit and miss,we wouldn't see barely any for days and then bag 8 in one afternoon. I'm sure the moon phases had something to do with it,as it was clear and a full moon when we weren't seeing much and then when the weather would turn to crap things seemed to pick up...temperature didn't seem to have much to do with it at all.
After day 10 and not connecting with any moose my uncle and i began to believe that there was a real possiblity that we would be going home mooseless...after 10 days i had only seen 3 and he hadn't even seen one yet.Then on a whim i asked him if he would like to try an old deactivated road up on the rikki main that some oldtimers had suggested we try, his reply was the same ol same ol "sure why not, what elsse do we have to lose" that advice that we were given by the oldtimers jerry and gord turned out to be the best advice ever given to me by another hunter.My uncle and i began hiking up the deactivated road and after about 15 minutes came to a clearing with a lake on the left side, i decided to head down to the lake and sound like a love sick cow looking for a little jiggy, my uncle decided to walk down the road a while.No more than a minute after i solicited myself for a little romance amongst the poplar trees all hell breaks loose.........Boom Boom, My reaction is what the %$#*.I out from the lake and down the road to where my uncle is and he has a turd eating grin from ear to ear, i ask him what he shot and his reply is the answer i was desperatley wanting to hear......Bull Moose!....& it's a 7 point.After a short celebration the work began and oh what work it was! it was my first feild dressing of a moose and i learned so much from it.Unfortunatley my camera battery died and i didn't get a chance to get any photos of the moose, but i did get a couple of photos of my uncle with his rack after the fact.
I also took some pics of a lynxs that decide to observe us after crossing the road in front of us and of my Portuguese Water Dog, he earned his place in camp on this trip after retrieving every single grouse i shot.I will add that it is amazing what a dog will eat when you turn your back while out in the field; Moose brains,grouse hearts,gizzards, heads, hearts,feathers and feet.Hey but who am i to judge him after he brought all my birds back to me in one piece :)
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/034.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/036.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/033.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/028.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/013.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/006.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/010.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/020.jpg
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/Paulyman_ca/030.jpg