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Old 11-10-2019, 03:23 PM
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Thanks everyone, I appreciate the nice words!

It is an Alberta bull, some where in the north half of the province lol.

And bullet was 110gr ELD-X chronied at 3390fps. This rifle likes those a lot, and have seen 2 moose dropped in their tracks with it, one at 300 and one at 504yds. Elk, deer, bears......I’ll be honest I have a pretty decent collection of calibers and the 257bee has become my go to lately.
Just like gun scribe Layne Simpson wrote “ The .257 Weatherby from mice to Moose”

Congrats on an awesome bull. That cartridge is an absolute laser beam. I miss mine...
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Old 11-10-2019, 04:14 PM
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Congrats in a tremendous bull!
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Old 11-10-2019, 04:22 PM
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That’s a good one! Congrats. A droptine? Like to see some pics.
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Old 11-10-2019, 04:28 PM
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Great bull. Congrats!
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Old 11-11-2019, 06:08 PM
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Those are both great moose; congratulations.

I finally pulled a moose tag this year with 10 years of priority. I made a deal with my 15 year old daughter that if I didn’t get one with my bow, I would add her as a youth partner and let her shoot one with a rifle.

Hunting the moose rut with my bow was a first for me and a lot of fun. We had several close encounters (2 with a 50” bull) and saw a real giant but couldn’t close the deal.

November 1 we were back at it For rifle season. We found a really good bull with several cows but he was 100 yards south of where we had permission. We tried to track down the landowner but had no luck. We watched the same bull that afternoon but he stayed on the other side of the river.

Because we were hunting a couple of hours from home and my daughter’s in school and busy with other activities, we ended up shooting the first decent bull that was on land where we had permission. He’s 50” wide but doesn’t have big pans (one side was almost like an elk). Twig made a good shot with the 30-06 and had a bunch of fun (her bestie also hunts and along with her dad, joined us for the day).

Hopefully the moose populations rebound so I don’t have to wait 10 years to do it again.
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