My girlfriends first moose hunt!!

[brielle&steven]

My girlfriend got a draw for 5-2c this year, I grw up on a ranch in this zone, so we started our hunt around where i grew up, after seeing a bull the first day but unable to get close to him we were excited. After a few more days went by and we saw nothing but lots of bucks i decided to get some help from Mr. Rupp, he has some very good tips for us, the next morning we went out to an area and hiked in and watched a small swamp against a clear cut. As it was just starting to get light out a large bull appeared about 250 yards from us, it got a bit closer after waiting a bit but still over 200 yards. After watching him for a bit longer me and my girlfriend decided that she should take a shot at him as he was standing with his side right to us, so she fired, the bull fell and got right back up and ran. At that point i had a bad feeling that she had missed but was hopefull that he ran and fell again. After searching a kilometer area in the direction of travel for 3 hours we did not find any blood or sign of a moose. My girl friend was very upset about it but we couldnt do much. We left and came back to the spot in the evening and still could not find any signs of the bull and no birds flying around. The next day we came back to the spot and still no signs. So we decided to take a day off and start the next morning after that. So out we went before dark to a promising area with lots of water and food. We got to the spot and set out to wait above a lake with a small group of trees between the lake and a clear cut. Like it was meant to be as it started to get light out a nice bull comes walking out into the clear cut from the direction of the lake. I gave out a cow call and then a grunt a couple miniutes after which got him about 75 yards from us when my girl friend took the shot and down he went, a nice 5x4 bull with a funny drop tine. She was so happy to finally get one down. Thanks to HBC members for there tips.

A link to some pictures below
http://s1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/brielle-steven/

[Doe]

Nice one! Good Job, another notch for the girls!!!! Congrats :D

[Kid Hunter]

That's awesome! Sounds like the first one was a frustrating experience. But, oh well, you can't help having those ones once in a while! Congratulations to her on a nice bull!

[srupp]

congradulations wonderful bull..dead and on the gound..will make EXCEPTIONAL WINTER TABLE FARE.congradulations BRIELLE...great job well done!!!!!


Steven

[Allen50]

kool nice moose,, good job,,

[Sitkaspruce]

Here you go

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/brielle-steven/photo2.jpg

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb407/brielle-steven/photo1.jpg

Congrats to her, some great eats!!!

Cheers

SS

[brielle&steven]

Thanks sitkaspruce, i tryed to upload to the site but it wouldnt let me.

[savage99f]

good job congrads :)

[kennyj]

Nice bull. Congratulations.
kenny

[Tanya]

Good job! Congratulations.

[SimilkameenSlayer]

congratulations to the lady!

[Mack45]

That is awesome you must have did a great job on pre hunting got it right for her first season. I would work on her longer shots for next season but not worry about it you never get them all but a young bull like that is perfect freezer meat for this year.

[brielle&steven]

Well the area where we saw a bull the first day and where the one bull got away was areas that we scouted. Ya i got to get her shooting at some longer distances and possibly a new scope for her gun. But over all we have a freezer full of moose that tastes great.

[boxhitch]

Good going
shot placement is the key, lots of non-vital area on a moose

[Sitkaspruce]

Thanks sitkaspruce, i tryed to upload to the site but it wouldnt let me.

Right click on the IMG code (the one on the bottom of the 4 codes below the picture), hit copy, then in your post, right click, hit paste and your picture will show up as a link, but when you post it, it will be the picture.. Just paste them below each other and not side by side.

Cheers

SS

[.300 R.U.M. Grizzly]

Way to go! Congrats!

[huntingmom]

Kudos to your girlfriend for taking down a nice moose.

[fearnodeer]

Well done, sounds like you guys had a great trip and hope you have many more.

[srupp]

hmmmmm and now with the photo I recognize Brielle..lol....

congradulations to you both..

cheers
Steven

[brielle&steven]

lol ya the photo was a bit small at first hard to recongnie whos in it.

[brielle&steven]

We went out today to try to find brielle a nice buck, saw a nice bull and a cow and a calf, alot of does and some big deer tracks and then a whole bunch of wolf tracks all in a 2-3km area lol, that we were exploring

[moose2]

Congratulations on your first moose its a nice bull.
Mike

[Jelvis]

She did good real good.
Jelvis .. Great looking animal