anethema
08-16-2012, 11:44 PM
Well moose opened yesterday.
We left early morning on the 15th (it sure is bright early up here, waking up at 3am not fun). Drove to our hunting area. We are in two vehicles.
Within about an hour I spot a moose with small palms, but he is a few hundred yards away across the gnarliest crap, replanted grown in cut block. Small palmer. I watch him for a while uncertain whether to take him. While I'm deciding he wanders off. No biggy plenty of moose around! As I get back into my truck, the other truck calls for a hand, one spiker down! First moose down by around 5am opening day. Can't ask for better!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7800168826_bef4d0e0df_b.jpg
Sorry for the bad pic, only thought of it quick while hooking the winch cable to him haha.
We go help gut/load it, and we're off hunting again! No one saw any more moose yesterday although we went for an evening hunt as well.
This morning we load up a couple trucks and get out for the morning. After some hunting there is a moose! Same area but right on the dirt road. Other guy shot and smack, he's down. Heart and lungs, finisher in the head. Load him up in the one truck and we slowly drive down the area towards town. That was it for the morning.
Tastey!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7800163278_625776504b_b.jpg
I head back for an evening hunt. Before I even reach the area we were looking to hunt in one comes across on the side of the dirt road running at 150 yards or so. I hop out, fire a shot, later learn I knicked a leg almost missing totally, whoops! He slows down before the tree line and I fire a second shot. The bullets enters low, up through both lungs, close to spine, and lodges against the hide on the far shoulder. He dropped like a sack of potatoes.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7800162538_cd301d9e62_b.jpg
Love those barnes bullets! 168 grain tipped tripple shock. Factory barnes ammo. Broke ribs on the way in, jello'd his lungs, then broke his shoulder blade on the way out. No wasted energy, lots of damage. Perfect.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/7800202282_14f81348db_o.jpg
All in all not bad for hunting just before and after work, group basically tagged out before the end of second day in moose season. Lots of meat in freezer now so pressure's off!
We left early morning on the 15th (it sure is bright early up here, waking up at 3am not fun). Drove to our hunting area. We are in two vehicles.
Within about an hour I spot a moose with small palms, but he is a few hundred yards away across the gnarliest crap, replanted grown in cut block. Small palmer. I watch him for a while uncertain whether to take him. While I'm deciding he wanders off. No biggy plenty of moose around! As I get back into my truck, the other truck calls for a hand, one spiker down! First moose down by around 5am opening day. Can't ask for better!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7800168826_bef4d0e0df_b.jpg
Sorry for the bad pic, only thought of it quick while hooking the winch cable to him haha.
We go help gut/load it, and we're off hunting again! No one saw any more moose yesterday although we went for an evening hunt as well.
This morning we load up a couple trucks and get out for the morning. After some hunting there is a moose! Same area but right on the dirt road. Other guy shot and smack, he's down. Heart and lungs, finisher in the head. Load him up in the one truck and we slowly drive down the area towards town. That was it for the morning.
Tastey!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7800163278_625776504b_b.jpg
I head back for an evening hunt. Before I even reach the area we were looking to hunt in one comes across on the side of the dirt road running at 150 yards or so. I hop out, fire a shot, later learn I knicked a leg almost missing totally, whoops! He slows down before the tree line and I fire a second shot. The bullets enters low, up through both lungs, close to spine, and lodges against the hide on the far shoulder. He dropped like a sack of potatoes.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7800162538_cd301d9e62_b.jpg
Love those barnes bullets! 168 grain tipped tripple shock. Factory barnes ammo. Broke ribs on the way in, jello'd his lungs, then broke his shoulder blade on the way out. No wasted energy, lots of damage. Perfect.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/7800202282_14f81348db_o.jpg
All in all not bad for hunting just before and after work, group basically tagged out before the end of second day in moose season. Lots of meat in freezer now so pressure's off!