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11-27-2017, 11:43 AM
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Finally got it done!!! - Late Season Bull Moose
Well, after 5 years of having either an early or late season Bull Moose draw in the Fort McMurray area the jinx is finally off. I’ve spotted quite a few in the off-season but was never able to connect once the season started.
It’s been quite a hunting season. I was able to take 7 days off work in November which gave me a 21 day stretch off. I wanted to have the whole time for hunting even going to the effort of flying my mother-in-law up from the coast to visit (look after the kids) while my wife was away this past weekend.
I left town yesterday morning with the quad in the back of the truck. With the ground being frozen I could make it most of the way in to a series of small cut blocks and didn’t need the quad. I started walking around 7:40 to be at the first cut block at day break. By 9:30 I was about 2k from the truck at the start of another cut block. I sat down to have a bite to eat and before I could get my pack open a moose popped out not 60 yards from me. Followed by two more. One was a young bull so after a quick high neck shot it was all done. Jinx over!!!
I walked back to the truck and drove the quad back in. It was around -17 and I no sooner got a few pictures taken and it started to snow. Being by myself I set a cheap digital camera up on a 10 second timer, pushed the button and then had to run over to the Bull as quick as I could before the camera went off. Couldn’t get my gloves back on fast enough so that’s why no gloves in the pictures; it’s not that I’m tough...
It was a young bull but it was all I could handle on my own. Early season would be a different story but at -17 in a blizzard it was pretty brutal. I used the gutless method and had everything loaded up on the quad for dusk.
My wife is pretty excited. We usually ration our game meat to last the year but with a cow Elk, mature Whitetail buck and now this Immy Bull Moose all in the last two weeks we’ll be eating well this winter!
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11-27-2017, 11:47 AM
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Good eats right there! Congrats!
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11-27-2017, 11:51 AM
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Congrats! Glad you got it done!
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11-27-2017, 11:53 AM
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Very nicely done Posi! Good eats right there. Lots of work packing a moose out solo, even with a quad. I pity the fool that asks you for a pack of steaks!
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11-27-2017, 12:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moo Snukkle
Lots of work packing a moose out solo, even with a quad.
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You got that right! I’m in decent shape for 45 but I’m feeling like an out-of-shape 65 year old today. Lol.
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11-27-2017, 12:14 PM
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Congrats, I would take a bull like that over some massive beast every time.
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11-27-2017, 12:16 PM
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Awesome. First moose is special. I remember mine. Not huge but way bigger than a deer lol. Congrats and enjoy the eats. 👍😎
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11-27-2017, 12:17 PM
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Congrats!
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11-27-2017, 01:15 PM
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well done.
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11-27-2017, 01:26 PM
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Congratulations! Gonna eat well this winter.
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11-27-2017, 02:05 PM
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Awesome ! I’ve been beating around 530 for the last couple weeks . Lots of wolf tracks that’s for sure .
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11-27-2017, 02:16 PM
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Very nice. Congrats on a great season.
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11-27-2017, 03:09 PM
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CONGRATS! Late season up here can be brutal!
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11-27-2017, 04:51 PM
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Good on ya there, freezer full.
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11-27-2017, 05:02 PM
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congrats man. You're a helluva hunter and I always enjoy your hunt details. A moose dress on ones own is a feat. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Now go eat a box of ice cream.
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11-27-2017, 05:38 PM
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Always good to fill the freezer, sweet deal!!
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11-27-2017, 11:00 PM
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That one should be nice and tender! Congrats
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11-28-2017, 08:31 AM
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Congrats, looks like good eating!
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11-28-2017, 08:38 AM
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Good job. Great young bull, will be good eating.
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11-28-2017, 10:23 AM
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Awesome congrats
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11-28-2017, 11:34 AM
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Congrats
Sweet!
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11-28-2017, 11:54 AM
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Can't beat that!after dealing with a moose I realize what poor shape I'm in.
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11-28-2017, 12:39 PM
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Quote:
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Can't beat that!after dealing with a moose I realize what poor shape I'm in.
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I took a day off yesterday to catch up on some Netflix shows. Advil was my friend. Lol.
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