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The "1 and only" moose/sheep wilderness hunt

This year I drew my antlered moose tag in a fairly remote area of Alberta. The plan was to pack in with horses and spend a week hunting with my good friend Jim. Last year while hunting sheep together I was fortunate enough to harvest a ram so this year Jim had the only sheep tag and would spend some of the time hunting them but the main focus would be my moose tag.
Big snow a couple days before we started out made riding in difficult but after 2 long days on the trail we arrived at our camp site.
For 10 days of our trip we never saw another person which was great...........no competition!!
During the hunt we would start out low in the valley calling and spotting and as the day progressed we would move to higher locations to glass up for sheep and down for moose.
Moose sightings were non existent but there were a few tracks so that kept up our interest.
We had set Saturday noon to be the absolute latest we could hunt and still have time to process a moose and be on the trail Sunday, Jim finally spotted a couple moose (from a high vantage point) over a 2 hour period on Friday. In spite of putting in a valiant effort to make it to his location before the moose vanished, I was late arriving on both.
That night we made a plan to go back to that area but call from lower down hoping to draw a bull to an easier spot for packing if we were successful.
The next morning we called for a while from the valley bottom but didn't draw any moose so we decided we would head back up to where the moose had been the day before.
After reaching the last location we could hunt from before we would have to end the hunt, we started calling, first from the end of the meadow and then moving up a couple hundred yards.
Shortly after 11 a.m. a decent moose finally appeared. At first glance he appeared to be a potential shooter but was fairly narrow. As Jim continued to call about 100 yards from me I watched how the bull reacted and had many opportunities to harvest him. I hadn't convinced myself he was what I wanted but another major consideration was whether we had time to get the moose back to camp so we could leave the next day.
After about 45 minutes the bull had circled to a position down wind of Jim and I knew it was now or never. I had shifted my position to allow me to see the back side of the bush Jim was using for cover. The bull popped out from the back end and stood still presenting a perfect shot.
The decision was made in an instant to take the bull............and then the worked started!!!
In the end we had to stay an extra day so processing of the moose happened on Saturday and we headed back with pack horses the next morning.
This was a real adventure.......we hiked hard and long searching for a bull and in the end I harvested the "1 and only" bull I saw. We also spotted some sheep but nothing worth chasing.

Total days away from the truck - 11
Total days not seeing other people - 10
Total trip days including driving - 13

Hope you enjoy the pictures.........and remember that hunting should be about the whole adventure not just the harvest!!

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Been waiting all year for another one of your threads.. love all the pictures you share with us. Great hunt and great moose in some of gods most beautiful country..
Thanks for the story and pictures..

Jim...

What an awesome post. Thank you for sharing..

Excellent trip, great story.
That would be trip of my dreams
Congrats on the great outdoor adventure!!!

FREAKING AWESOME!!

That right there is my absolute dream hunt. Man that looks like fun. Bonus is you have some meat to take home too.

Can’t say enough how cool that is. Thanks for sharing!

Great job Ken!
Hell of a guy and hell of a hunter

Congrats guys! Nothing wrong with that bull! Sounds like a heck of a hunt.

Congratulations ken , Sounds like a Great Time , a Great Hunt and you enjoyed the Outdoors either way the outcome was going to be.

Incredible adventure! Have to hand it to you guys for sticking it out. Congrats!

That is a dream hunt! Great moose too!

Looks like quite the adventure, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing your great story. Congratulations on a great hunt.

Congrats on a great bull! Nice to see some pictures of that area. I'm looking forward to packing into there next season.

Congrats great looking bull and great hunt as you mentioned.

Another great thread. Awesome to see you got the moose too

Great story and pictures. Many more great trips for you.

Great report! Hard work really paid off. Looks like a beauty area. Congrats

What an awesome sounding Hunt! Some of the nicest country in Alberta right there, no matter what the end result the time in there is worth it. And you came out with a great moose to boot, win win, congrats!

Absolutely stunning pictures. Thanks for taking the time to post that write up. Congrats on the beauty moose

Great story and photos. That country will always hold a special place in my heart !
Congrats on getting your bull too !

This a truly awesome hunt! And I greatly appreciate the write up and photos. Really well done.

If I ever get a chance to do something even remotely similar...

Your absolutely right,it about the adventure.:sHa_shakeshout:
Thanks for sharing your adventure.

Ken you did it again!! The story and pics are fantastic. 13 days of no people sounds great. Congrats to a great time\adventure as you have said; its not all about the kill its the outdoor experience....... of which you have perfected:sHa_shakeshout::sHa_shakeshout:

I guess 13 days paid off. You guys resulted in a beautiful monster bull. Congrats, hes a big boy.

Very cool, thank you for posting

1 and only Moose

Great post! Thanks for sharing your story and pictures.Nice to see you harvested a good Bull after all your effort.Can not wait till next year to see another great adventure :happy0180::happy0180::cheers::

Congrats, sounds like an awesome trip! Is that a typical high mountain moose? Maybe it’s just the angle of the pics but he seems like he’s looking quite skinny and not ready for the winter?