Last fall's moose hunting

[gerrygoat]

Thought I would post this since it is winter and there aren't that many interesting hunting stories lately.

Didn't get out too much but in mid October my wife and I went to Iskut for some work she had to do so. We didn't try super hard but had a good time, and I was able to shoot some grouse to take home. We saw a few animals but saw hardly any moose sign in the spots we checked.

Kermode bear on the way north.

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Fox near Iskut.

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Grizzly close to home unfortunately this is the best picture I could get.

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Stay tuned for more pictures......

[gerrygoat]

Nice looking meadow but no moose.

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At least we got some grouse with the 12 gauge my dad bought me when I was 15 years old, my first real gun.

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Stay tuned for some actual moose hunting close to home.......

[gerrygoat]

Around Terrace we have a one week season running from October 20-26 if you don't get and LEH tag so my brother a friend and myself went into a spot where we have gotten them before. We all worked into an area, then split up and slowly worked our way to an semi open hillside. I worked in farthest to the right it would rain on and off which is actually perfect for this kind of hunting. I had made to an area that was about as far as we would want to pack a moose out but went a bit further, there were big clumps of poplars but you could also see really well. Ahead of me behind a group of trees about 50-60 yards away the rear end of a moose was all of a sudden there, he must have been bedded there and sensed me. He was off and running but I couldn't get a good shot at him I grunted at him a few times and he stopped but was behind some trees I had to take a few steps to the right to clear some trees but he was off quickly again. When he disapeared behind some thicker trees i had nothing to lose at that point so I ran hard to cut him off, as I came around one group of trees he popped out from another clump under 50 yards away this time I was able to get one good shot into his chest as fast as I possibly could with my 35 Whelen. He took of hard but I knew he wouldn't get far.

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The hillside where we played hide and seek.

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The recovered 225 gr Nosler Accubond and a sectioned bullet to compare with it.
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[REMINGTON JIM]

Excellent pics and nice moose with a story - Accubond out of the 35 whelen worked well too ! Good Job !

[twr]

gotta love nosler!

[Hombre]

Great pics ,and story. Thank you for breaking up the off season blues.

[knighthunter]

Great pic's and story. I miss hunting in that type of terrain.

[yama49]

Nice pics and story, thx for sharing,,

[gwillim]

Very nice shots of the landscape and animals! Classy one of you and your moose, someone knew what they were doing.

[markt308]

Storries like this are what keep me coming back to this site. thanks for posting an awesome story and great pics of a successful hunt!

[91Jason91]

great story man thanks mfor sharing and the was one big spiker moose

[TSW]

Thanks for posting Gerry! Quick thinking and fast action resulted in a freezer full of the good stuff! That'll get the blood pumpin' for sure! Awesome pics of the moose and the other animals too!

[Young Gun]

nice story congrats on the moose.

[gerrygoat]

Thanks guys, this is a tough time of year on HBC so it's nice to have something to look at besides sheep threads and political threads that eventually get locked :) TSW, you are right there is something that really gets the heart pumping when all of a sudden you are face to face with a bull.

Maybe someone else has some hunting stories from last year they could also start. Oh, and spring bear can't come fast enough this year :)

[Bear Chaser]

Nice pics and story Gerrygoat. Thanks for posting.
Good to see the Accubond results. What kind of velocity with the 225's out of your 35?
I've got a couple boxes of Accubonds I'd like to try in mine. I was getting about 2750 with 225 partitons before the groups started opening up.

[ianwuzhere]

awesome- kewl pix! getting out at least a few times is better then none! Congrats!

[todbartell]

great pics, congrats on the moose. Gotta love them Accubonds

[patdel]

Nice Pics and Nice looking moose. Brings up an interesting thought. It appears to be a big fork with a sticker on each side? The right antler sticker seems barely long enough as a point. So during the spike/fork season would you be able to see that and would you shoot?

[gerrygoat]

Nice pics and story Gerrygoat. Thanks for posting.
Good to see the Accubond results. What kind of velocity with the 225's out of your 35?
I've got a couple boxes of Accubonds I'd like to try in mine. I was getting about 2750 with 225 partitons before the groups started opening up.

According to my notes the load is 60 gr Varget which is 1/2 gr under Nosler's max for 2763 fps 10 feet from the muzzle from a 22" barrel. Really like those Accubonds but the Partition is real good too.


Nice Pics and Nice looking moose. Brings up an interesting thought. It appears to be a big fork with a sticker on each side? The right antler sticker seems barely long enough as a point. So during the spike/fork season would you be able to see that and would you shoot?

You can't tell from those pics but it would not have been legal in a spike/ fork season it is a 3x3. This picture will show it better he definitely had cool antlers.

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[kennyj]

Great story and photos. I like the rack on your moose. Very interesting.
kenny

[Good Old Outdoors]

Great pics! Great story! Thanks for sharing

[fearnodeer]

Thanks for sharing your pics and story, congrats, that i bet is one tasty moose that you and your friends are enjoying.

[bowhunterbruce]

sounds like ya had a blast.great pics and story
bhb

[patdel]

According to my notes the load is 60 gr Varget which is 1/2 gr under Nosler's max for 2763 fps 10 feet from the muzzle from a 22" barrel. Really like those Accubonds but the Partition is real good too.



You can't tell from those pics but it would not have been legal in a spike/ fork season it is a 3x3. This picture will show it better he definitely had cool antlers.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk31/gerrygoat/Fallmoosehunting2011082.jpg

Very cool looking rack indeed, thanks for showing this picture too. Cool looking drop tine