moose hunt 2011

[little moose]

It only took 18 years to get dad out moose hunting since we moved out of the Yukon. This was his first in bc ,it took allot of convincing to get dad out there cause he dosen't like hunting where there are allot of people [was shot in hunting accident ] . three of us put in leh 's and all got drawn , one week before the hunt our third had to cancil leaving just the two of us.
oct 1 we left my house at 11 am and were on our way north. arrived at our destination late on the 2nd and next morning went to look for a place to camp as this was our first time in this area.

day one of hunting was scouting and calling
day two same
day three had it down to three areas we were concentrating on ,there was some movment but still no moose seen

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[little moose]

day four a change we decided to watch the river for the morning , at 11 am went back to camp for lunch . 1 pm back at the river , while we were gone big moose tracks in our tracks missed him by 30 min . stayed till dark more calling just before dark but he wouldn't come out . day five back at the river at sun up calling , 10 am no show on the moose. dad sugests we look over the areas we concentrated on earlier. first spot we look all of a sudden there he is. it was like a scene off swamp people dad with his french accent yells ''choot it, choot it'' but ihave no shot!!! the moose is on the run dad grabs the moose horn and barks he stops turns his head i shoot ! he rears up turns 90 deg and starts runing dad yells choot it again , i shoot and he drops on the spot!!! he' s down all that took about 5 sec to unfold no time to think just shoot , we ranged him where he droped 192 yards
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[little moose]

the smile didn't leave his face for weeks
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[little moose]

back to camp
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[little moose]

stayed 3 more days then back home .had a tire blowout just out side pg only incedent of the trip
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48'' spread very lopsided but thick paddles typical of an old bull. it was a hard hunt as the rut was over , no other shots but we did see 2 more bulls and 3 cows 2 calf 9 griz 14 black bears 3 fishers 1 lykx in all a most memerable trip!

[doubled]

Excellent hunt. Good for you guys to get out there together.

[ramron]

nice bulls, Congrats.

[little moose]

lots of bears in the area , our meat pole was something to see
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[moose2]

sounds like a good trip congratulations on the bull
Mike

[pronghorn]

Glad to see the pics and here the story as I'm the guy you ran into in PG pizza hut lol.Hopefully you guys didn't need the spare rim on the way home, you and your dad were still smiling in PG.Congrats

[little moose]

thanks again for the rim didn't need it , it will be there for next year!

[srupp]

exellent read, great photos, booner smile..gotta be one of the highest meat poles..youch..

steven

[mark]

Congrads on the moose man, thats the highest meat pole Ive ever seen!

[little moose]

we went a little overboard on the pole but nothing got to our meat! pole 25ft off ground, ladder 22ft tall

[ElectricDyck]

Love the pole and the ladder, congrats on a successful hunt with dad.

[180grainer]

That meat pole cracks me up. Thanks for posting.

[markt308]

congrats! wicked story and a nice BC bull you got there

[d6dan]

Hell of a great hunt with your Dad!.. Love the meat pole..Congrats on a nice bull.

[THE BEAST]

great story and a great bull hope you enjoy all that meat!

[375 ultramag]

Great story..congrats on your moose. Dad looks pretty happy!!.Smiles like that make for great memories.

[killer]

great job on that bull and thats one safe meatpoll

[patdel]

Nice Moose Martin, glad you and your dad had a great trip together. Good to see him enjoying the outdoors with you. And that meat pole is insane, Wow!

[Long bow]

My sons 2011 moose out of 5-4. Bumped 4 in one group..cow and calf..big bull and this guy. All the points were freshly worn off and broken from pushing around and playing with the bigger bull. One shot thru the lungs at 65 paces with 270 win and 140gr TSX. walked 5 paces and fell over,.

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[little moose]

thanks guys !! next year we'll get dad to shoot one