Soccerguy, how was the moose hunt?
Well, it was very short. I went self guided with a friend of mine. A month before the season, I flew to Salt Lake City and scouted the area for three days with a friend from the Provo area who is a sheep guide who knows the unit real well. The only moose we saw was a 40" bull and he asked me if that one would be big enough. I looked at him for a while and decided he would be. A month later, on opening day of the season, we want back to the same area. We passed on two small bulls the first five minutes of daylight but spotted a much larger bull about an hour later. A closer look revealed that it probably was the same bull from a month earlier, or his twin brother. Two shots later and the hunt was over. In fact, he was exactly 40" wide, but not tremendous paddles...OK for point length. I was prepared to hunt much longer but the advice I got from others who had hunted that unit said that a bull of this size was a shooter unless I was prepared to wander into the more remote, rugged areas of the unit (and there are some).
Can't complain about a 40" on the first day
. I have quite a few moose points in UT but have heard mixed reviews on the few units that non residents can put in for.
