Bull moose down

[munyee4321]

Went out for a week looking for a swamp donkey, saw lots, weather was hot finally connected with this small bull on the 3rd day of the hunt. twas a long and tireing pack out.

[BigRackLover]

Nice going! Great bull ... yes it was very hot, how were the flies?

[Trav]

Awesome job congrats

[Hunter Jake]

Just a question, How did you pack him out? What zone are you in? Nice Moose.

[munyee4321]

Originally Posted by BigRackLover

Nice going! Great bull ... yes it was very hot, how were the flies?

they were there, not too bad, had a little bit of wind to drive them off a tad. otherdays with no wind it went from moose hunting to try and slaughter all the dang flys that came near ya

[munyee4321]

Originally Posted by Hunter Jake

Just a question, How did you pack him out? What zone are you in? Nice Moose.

me and my buddy two pack boards and 2 pairs of legs which got very tired at the end of the day. wmu 404

[honda450]

Nice job Munyee. Hey I know that spot.

[slopeshunter]

Congrats! That's a well earned moose, you guys must have been tired after.

[Sakoman]

How many trips to pack out the moose? Good Job!!

[BrownBear416]

Good Job Sir...


Beautiful Pics as well...

Huge Congrats

[Cowboy Al]

Congrats to you. Like the old adage says "When the shootings done the funs over!". Satisifying work though......

[gramps73]

Congrats on a nice bow moose..g

[blackmamba]

congrats on great bow kill ..

[canadianbigbuck]

Originally Posted by munyee4321

me and my buddy two pack boards and 2 pairs of legs which got very tired at the end of the day. wmu 404

Very nice bull munyee, i'm getting excited just looking at the picture. I'm off next week to try and arrow one myself.
A couple questions if you don't mind to answer? did he go far after the shot? how long did you let him bleed out before you tracked him? where exactly did your arrow go in(shot placement)? Just curious as I hopefully will get the chance to harvest a great bull like yours and haven't yet shot one with a bow yet. I know it may be vague questions, but just want to be 100 % prepared and confident myself.
Thanks and again tremendous bull!

[munyee4321]

Originally Posted by canadianbigbuck

Very nice bull munyee, i'm getting excited just looking at the picture. I'm off next week to try and arrow one myself.
A couple questions if you don't mind to answer? did he go far after the shot? how long did you let him bleed out before you tracked him? where exactly did your arrow go in(shot placement)? Just curious as I hopefully will get the chance to harvest a great bull like yours and haven't yet shot one with a bow yet. I know it may be vague questions, but just want to be 100 % prepared and confident myself.
Thanks and again tremendous bull!

Shot was a little forward then I wanted I shot through the meaty part of the shoulder, blew through half a rib bone and double lunged him. No tracking (but if needed to the blood trail was extensive and easy to follow) involved the bull jumped and walked 50yards in sight and piled over.

[Walleyes]

Nice bull..

Good job on a great bow kill..

[Rockymtnx]

Congrats on a nice looking bull.

[Tabers Best]

Wow congrats. I should have taken the week off and went with you. Thats FN great.

[Tabers Best]

Oh yeah I'll bring the dekes and blinds, you bring the jerky!!!!!!!!!!

[Rackmastr]

Great bull....I have a tag for WMU 406 so lookin forward to getting out there!!!

[munyee4321]

Originally Posted by Tabers Best

Wow congrats. I should have taken the week off and went with you. Thats FN great.

dang straight you should have! it was great. we where on bulls and cows everyday unfortunatley due to heat and the dry ground, combined with the mooses fantastic hearing many close but failed attemps.

As for the jerky? didnt get any made... how about pepperonie??? we definetly should make some plans for a shoot.

[SugarCreek]

There is nothing quite like hunting a moose with a bow ....... and watching him tip over. Congrats on a beauty moose......Marco

[Mike Rae]

Congrats, nice bull!!

[BowhuntAB]

Originally Posted by munyee4321

they were there, not too bad, had a little bit of wind to drive them off a tad. otherdays with no wind it went from moose hunting to try and slaughter all the dang flys that came near ya

Nice bull!

Your lucky....I shot a moose on Saturday morning and the flies where INSANE!!! Tons of wasps as well... It was a race to get it cleaned and out of the bush.

I shot it close to first light...we had it cleaned dragged out, loaded in the truck, packed with ice, 2 hour drive home...cut, wrapped and in the freezer by 5:00 that afternoon. Thanks to 8 buddies....

[Pheasantnut]

Congrats, great bull. Were you calling, or was it a spot and stalk. If you were calling how well were the bulls responding. Cheers Pheasantnut

[munyee4321]

Originally Posted by Pheasantnut

Congrats, great bull. Were you calling, or was it a spot and stalk. If you were calling how well were the bulls responding. Cheers Pheasantnut

Thanx , we did call the first morning( thecoldest at 0-1degree with frost) and had a cow with 2 very young bulls come into about 100 yards... the cow left and the two bulls started paddle pushing which gave us a small period to close the gap while they were distracted. got to 77yards and the one bull heard us. The gig is up they looked and took off.

After that never had any resonses to calls. Infact located a lone bull decent size feeding got 200yards away and started calling, either my cow talk was horrible or he was into bulls lol cause after my first call he looked and took off like crazy.

Not wanting to risk that again the rest of the times we spot and stalked. which is how i ended up getting mine. He walked from the top end of a cut block to behind a small cluster of trees which devided another cutblock. We circled around into the other cut block and came up. we saw he was bedded down, then got up as if he saw something(us) and came walking towards us. At 60yards broadside i gave a grunt which stopped him and then stuck him.

[Pheasantnut]

Great story, sounds like a fantastic hunt. Did you notice any other signs of rut activity...rubs, pits etc?

[munyee4321]

Originally Posted by Pheasantnut

Great story, sounds like a fantastic hunt. Did you notice any other signs of rut activity...rubs, pits etc?

saw a couple of fresh rubs, watched a couple of bulls thrash the crap outt of a few poor innocent trees other then that nada. My bull didnt even smell the slightest at all in the rut unlike my previous bull.

[Pheasantnut]

Thanks heading out on the weekend to try again up in 510. Got to within 80 yards of a small meat bull, last sat, but then got busted (must have been my cat like stalking skills lol). Tried calling but no interest. Cheers Pheasantnut

[3Dshooter]

We had a bull cross the road 500 yrds in front of us. We got onto a cut line, that we figured was 150 yrds or so from him. Set up my Montana decoy "Shania", and started calling. We had an immediate response, crashing in with a couple soft grunts. Turned out to be a 45" or so, double brow, 8 point. A decent bull. He held up at 39 yards in the lodgepole pine, too thick for a shot.

I was behind my nephew, the shooter. Thought I'd try to coax him in with a little raking and "paddle flashing", and a few soft grunts of my own. I rake with an elk shoulder blade that's stained a tan colour. It looks like a small bull antler if you want to "display" and sounds good too.

But, he didn't care for it and drifted back into the timber after a little bit. Turns out that we found a larger bull on the opposite side of the road (where the bull we called in came from), but by the time we got onto him, it was getting hot and he was moving into the trees. I'm thinking that this weekend, things are going to pick up! We saw a lot of rubs and friends of mine hunting elk have reported several moose pits.