Been wanting to post something on here for a while about my moose hunt, but I didn't really have any pics of scouting/hunting, and I have been a little disappointed in the moose activity on here, nothing to get the blood flowing.
Anyway, I drew a Wyoming moose tag, unit 26 and scouted and had trail cams set all summer, without much success. I elk and deer hunt in the area regularly and generally see quite a few moose each season, so I wasn't too worried about finding one. Went out the 2nd weekend and saw plenty of moose, but nothing that was big enough to hang a tag on the first weekend out, plus the weather has been so hot, I wasn't sure I wanted to kill this early and risk spoiling the meat, so I passed on 8 bulls that weekend and felt good about the remainder of the season.
I really wanted to shoot my moose with my bow and this past week was my last chance, otherwise I had one more week in October to tag out with a rifle as we have some other tags in the family that we had to split our time with. So, I headed up with my brother, he hunted elk while I looked for a moose, turned out we pretty much looked for moose the whole week! Saw some bulls, saw some cows, then on Wednesday afternoon, we spotted this guy and it was game on.
I got on him and got a 50 yd shot and didn't make a great hit, high and forward in the shoulder, lots of blood right away, but it didn't last long and the bull headed for the high country. We tracked him for a few miles, and got on him a few more times, but he never presented me with a shot. Finally about a half hour before dark, he got in a spot that made for a good finishing shot. 40 yds and a perfect hit low behind the front leg, he made it about 60 yards more and was done. It was the most exciting hunt I have been on in a while, and although I am happy with the outcome, I am sad that it is over so soon.
He is 39" wide, with 20 1/2" paddles, I'm sure I could have found a bigger one once the rut really started to kick in but I like the choice I made.
Thanks for looking
Chad.
Anyway, I drew a Wyoming moose tag, unit 26 and scouted and had trail cams set all summer, without much success. I elk and deer hunt in the area regularly and generally see quite a few moose each season, so I wasn't too worried about finding one. Went out the 2nd weekend and saw plenty of moose, but nothing that was big enough to hang a tag on the first weekend out, plus the weather has been so hot, I wasn't sure I wanted to kill this early and risk spoiling the meat, so I passed on 8 bulls that weekend and felt good about the remainder of the season.
I really wanted to shoot my moose with my bow and this past week was my last chance, otherwise I had one more week in October to tag out with a rifle as we have some other tags in the family that we had to split our time with. So, I headed up with my brother, he hunted elk while I looked for a moose, turned out we pretty much looked for moose the whole week! Saw some bulls, saw some cows, then on Wednesday afternoon, we spotted this guy and it was game on.
I got on him and got a 50 yd shot and didn't make a great hit, high and forward in the shoulder, lots of blood right away, but it didn't last long and the bull headed for the high country. We tracked him for a few miles, and got on him a few more times, but he never presented me with a shot. Finally about a half hour before dark, he got in a spot that made for a good finishing shot. 40 yds and a perfect hit low behind the front leg, he made it about 60 yards more and was done. It was the most exciting hunt I have been on in a while, and although I am happy with the outcome, I am sad that it is over so soon.
He is 39" wide, with 20 1/2" paddles, I'm sure I could have found a bigger one once the rut really started to kick in but I like the choice I made.
Thanks for looking
Chad.
