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Old 10-06-2019, 09:40 AM
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Recent health issues (Chemo) for my usual Partner resulted in me doing a solo mountain Moose hunt. This area is one where ATV use is only permitted on designated trails. We hunt on foot away from the trails and pack the meat out. I got a nice 1.5 year old bull, just like in that thread about 1.5 year old moose. I was quite happy for two reasons. One they're nice and tender, and most importantly, much smaller than a huge mature bull. Lots of snow on the way in. I had a few hour quad ride in and set up camp. Lots of Griz sign! I had one follow me all day as I was calling. When I went back in after lunch his tracks were in every step of mine from the morning. I called in this little bull on day 3. From the time I shot it, processed it, walked back to camp, brought the quad up the trail, and packed it out 1.5 km, it took me 8 hours. Rewarding hunt but hunting solo you need to take it slow, think about every step and be extra careful, that does add time to every part, but in the end it is very rewarding. Weighed it all when I got home and it was 425 lbs.

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Old 10-06-2019, 09:44 AM
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Once you've killed and packed out mountain moose or elk by yourself, there is nothing that you can't do when it comes to hunting. Great job!
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Old 10-06-2019, 09:53 AM
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Figured out the pics.







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Old 10-06-2019, 10:57 AM
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Congrats. Love that covered trailer
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Old 10-06-2019, 11:03 AM
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That’s awesome! I had to pack a moose on my back across 700yds of freshly disked field once, I don’t think I want a moose bad enough to go solo in the mountains for one, lol!

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Old 10-06-2019, 11:19 AM
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Awesome hunt and pics, nothing better than a solo mountain adventure. Well done
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Old 10-06-2019, 11:20 AM
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That is the real deal right there. Congrats on a great hunt!!!
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Old 10-06-2019, 12:43 PM
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Sounds like a great hunt! What kind of tent is that?
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Old 10-06-2019, 12:47 PM
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Moose done the hard way. Your energy is admirable. Congratulations on a successful hunt. Well earned for sure!
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Old 10-06-2019, 01:01 PM
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That’s hard core! Thanks for posting
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Old 10-06-2019, 01:09 PM
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Well done!

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https://www.eskeroutdoors.ca/
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Old 10-06-2019, 01:10 PM
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That’s awesome! I had to pack a moose on my back across 700yds of freshly disked field once, I don’t think I want a moose bad enough to go solo in the mountains for one, lol!

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3 guys on a game cart at night across and harrowed frozen field 1500 yards....... when I had 2 good legs... should have taken the calf.......lol
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Old 10-06-2019, 01:12 PM
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You must REALLY like Moose meat. I quit shooting them big buggers a long time ago in places I couldn't recover them pretty easy. Had to also quit hunting with a couple of guys that thought it was great fun to track moose in the snow to shoot them. Never seemed to occur to them that you then have to bone out the Moose and back pack them out 8 miles one way.

All that said I admire your drive.
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Old 10-06-2019, 01:36 PM
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Sounds like a great hunt! What kind of tent is that?
It's an Arctic fox 9X9. I made a stove from a little 10 lb propane bottle with a flat top. I use 3" stove pipe.
https://www.canadianoutdoorequipment...hot-tents.html
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Old 10-06-2019, 02:08 PM
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Great hunt , congrats on the young Moose will be good eating
Great job getting him packed out,
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Old 10-06-2019, 02:49 PM
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You must REALLY like Moose meat. I quit shooting them big buggers a long time ago in places I couldn't recover them pretty easy. Had to also quit hunting with a couple of guys that thought it was great fun to track moose in the snow to shoot them. Never seemed to occur to them that you then have to bone out the Moose and back pack them out 8 miles one way.

All that said I admire your drive.
Ahhhh ......... you hunted with my former hunting partner too I see .....

Shooting a big bull, with deep snow on the ground, 6 miles from the closest access point to a quad, through muskeg and thick tangled bush made for a day and a half of serious work. I was grateful the weather was cool and the meat was unspoiled, but man that was more work than I'd care to do as I grow older and rounder.

I too, won't be shooting at an elk or moose in an area where recovery is going to be that much of a challenge.

Good on the OP - that took some serious effort.
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Old 10-06-2019, 05:18 PM
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Congratulations on your moose. Great story, amazing pictures and priceless memories!

Thanks for sharing.

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Old 10-06-2019, 05:59 PM
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Awesome, congratulations. Thanks for posting.
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Old 10-06-2019, 06:08 PM
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Congrats on the well earned Moose meat!! That little bit of snow on the ground sure helps to keep the meat clean while processing/quartering/deboning in the field. Nice snow to lay the meat on to get a head start on the cooling process. Also the best part of the snow is using it to clean up your hands and knife after the hard work is done.
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Old 10-06-2019, 06:16 PM
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Nice job! Loved the pic with the atv.


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Old 10-06-2019, 06:22 PM
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I admire you, no way I could do that.
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Old 10-06-2019, 07:16 PM
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Good job!! Great story and pictures.
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Old 10-06-2019, 07:57 PM
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Lots of Griz sign! I had one follow me all day

I would consider myself Lucky.

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Old 10-06-2019, 08:00 PM
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Great story, pics and thanks for taking the time to post, very enjoyable and enviable
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Old 10-07-2019, 08:38 AM
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Nice hunting story, you are a real moose hunter. When I started moose hunting 60 years ago we always carried them out on our back. Now I like to use the quad to haul them out of the bush, getting alittle older.
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Old 10-07-2019, 09:43 AM
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Ahhhh ......... you hunted with my former hunting partner too I see .....

Shooting a big bull, with deep snow on the ground, 6 miles from the closest access point to a quad, through muskeg and thick tangled bush made for a day and a half of serious work. I was grateful the weather was cool and the meat was unspoiled, but man that was more work than I'd care to do as I grow older and rounder.

I too, won't be shooting at an elk or moose in an area where recovery is going to be that much of a challenge.

Good on the OP - that took some serious effort.
As u get older u get smarter. I figured out quite some time ago that there are way more moose within 1/2 mile of a paved road than way back in the boondocks.
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Old 10-07-2019, 09:44 AM
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Good for you sir, congrats!
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Old 10-07-2019, 11:55 PM
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Big congrats on the moose way to get it done. Your mention of grizz tracks in your tracks brought memories of a hunt some years ago in 430 where we were after a moose for a friend of mine and cut some fresh tracks of a grizz along the way. Didn't think to much of it until the next day where we returned to the same area and found that the same grizz had followed our tracks all the way back to the truck that day/or night before.
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Old 10-08-2019, 10:02 AM
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Dean you are wise like my father, taught me to always let a bull moose go after jump him from his first bed near the road. Last day of season few years later thus I stayed on bull and finally stalked and shot him out of his third bed. We needed to bring snowmobile in week later, open up many cutlines to finally get him out of the bush. Wonder why we never listen to our older and wiser dad!
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Old 10-08-2019, 09:15 PM
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Every solo trip into the mountains is an adventure, getting a moose out by yourself is impressive.
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