Author Topic: OIL moose 49 north (Read 10127 times)

tluns · « **on:** October 04, 2020, 07:59:53 PM »

Passed him up on the first day, couldn’t on the second day.

blindluck · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2020, 08:01:26 PM »

What?

tluns · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2020, 08:09:36 PM »

I can’t seem to get picture added.

Rainier10 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2020, 08:34:53 PM »

You should be able to screen shot your photo and then post that screenshot

I sent you a pm also

huntnphool · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2020, 08:45:37 PM »

Quote from: tluns on October 04, 2020, 08:09:36 PM

I can’t seem to get picture added.

Resize your image to 800 on the long side and you won’t have a issue.

greenhead_killer · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2020, 08:46:16 PM »

Can’t wait to see this one

teanawayslayer · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2020, 09:04:14 PM »

Is it the bull that’s in your avatar?

Wanttohuntmore · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2020, 09:07:41 PM »

Tagging!

actionshooter · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2020, 09:29:12 PM »

Nice Bull!!

Details?

X-Force · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2020, 09:37:52 PM »

Great bull

dewandgin · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2020, 09:41:47 PM »

Nice bull!

huntnphool · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2020, 09:43:59 PM »

Well done

redi · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2020, 09:58:07 PM »

Great Moose congrats.

10mmg · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2020, 10:17:19 PM »

would have taken him on any day. great bull. you did right by that tag. congrats

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #14 on:** October 05, 2020, 05:55:44 AM »

Good Job!!! You should be very happy with that bull.

MADMAX · « **Reply #15 on:** October 05, 2020, 06:45:33 AM »

dandy bull

Widgeondeke · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2020, 07:07:50 AM »

good decision, love the eye guards

Duckhunter14 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2020, 07:37:05 AM »

Beautiful bull, congrats! I leave Thursday to help my buddy with his tag, cant wait!

Were they rutting pretty hard still?

Clint

RoostrCogburn · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2020, 07:37:56 AM »

Nice bull. Congrats. Not sure how you passed him up the first day.

tluns · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2020, 01:49:31 PM »

They are definitely rutting. He was with a cow and there are scrapes all over. The weather has been too nice and they are still sticking to the thick cool stuff. I think that will change this weekend when the cool weather moves in. Nobody I’ve talked to has been seeing much of anything. Feel very fortunate this guy gave me a second chance.

Stein · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2020, 01:50:45 PM »

Congrats, I'm also impressed you passed him the first time.

wheels · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2020, 01:57:28 PM »

congrats nice bull

greenhead_killer · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2020, 02:47:49 PM »

great bull! bum deal its over though

tluns · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2020, 03:42:55 PM »

Yes, that’s why I passed on him the first morning. I wanted to hunt more, but I made the decision that night if I saw him again I better not let him go a second time. I ran right into him at first light the second morning. Kind of figured he was supposed to be my moose.

ShaneTyTrey · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2020, 03:48:41 PM »

Great bull, congrats!

elkrack · « **Reply #25 on:** October 05, 2020, 06:21:54 PM »

He’s a dandy congrats!

trophyhunt · « **Reply #26 on:** October 05, 2020, 07:46:10 PM »

Good decision to take him, really nice bull!! Congrats !

h3x0ctb1n · « **Reply #27 on:** October 05, 2020, 09:38:01 PM »

Sweet bull!

Duckhunter14 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 06, 2020, 07:35:06 AM »

Quote from: tluns on October 05, 2020, 01:49:31 PM

They are definitely rutting. He was with a cow and there are scrapes all over. The weather has been too nice and they are still sticking to the thick cool stuff. I think that will change this weekend when the cool weather moves in. Nobody I’ve talked to has been seeing much of anything. Feel very fortunate this guy gave me a second chance.

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Awesome! Yeah we heard some of the same, not a lot of movement yet. Glad to see some cooler weather in the forecast and to hear they're rutting hard. Cant wait to get over there. Congrats again on a beautiful bull.

HikerHunter · « **Reply #29 on:** October 06, 2020, 08:16:08 AM »

Awesome bull, love it!

Birdguy · « **Reply #30 on:** October 06, 2020, 09:38:22 AM »

Great bull! Congrats on filling the tag. Will be a great memory so many will never get!

HillHound · « **Reply #31 on:** October 06, 2020, 10:09:46 AM »

Awesome bull. I’m sure you passed him the first day because you wanted your epic hunt to be Longer. He’s a dandy glad you didn’t wait any longer because I’m sure the next guy to see him would not have taken a second look

Dirty Mike · « **Reply #32 on:** October 06, 2020, 10:15:08 AM »

Congrats on a nice bull

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 06, 2020, 01:25:39 PM »

Great Bull!

I am going to go with some of the other comments though... I don't know if I would have had the stones to pass on him first day.

elkoholic1 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 06, 2020, 04:37:55 PM »

CONGRATS!!!!

TVHunts · « **Reply #35 on:** October 06, 2020, 06:09:11 PM »

Congratulations on a great bull

hawks33 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 06, 2020, 06:10:04 PM »

Congratulations, nice bull!

OutHouse · « **Reply #37 on:** October 07, 2020, 09:40:26 AM »

Very cool. It was meant to be.

BullMagnet76 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 07, 2020, 07:55:23 PM »

Great Bull Congrats!!!

3boys · « **Reply #39 on:** October 07, 2020, 08:18:10 PM »

Quote from: HillHound on October 06, 2020, 10:09:46 AM

Awesome bull. I’m sure you passed him the first day because you wanted your epic hunt to be Longer. He’s a dandy glad you didn’t wait any longer because I’m sure the next guy to see him would not have taken a second look

tluns · « **Reply #40 on:** October 08, 2020, 10:58:35 PM »

So, finally home and half done butchering. A little longer version of the story. I scouted 4 - 3day weekends learning the area and gleaning what info I could. I had three things I was looking for: a good story, at least 40", and good fronts. I also heard almost everyone's advice of don't shoot the first bull you see.
I had about 15 different places lined up I wanted to call/hunt but had a particular area I was going to concentrate on. Opening moring we hit my #1 area and called from a couple different locations, had one grunt at me but didn't see anything. On the way out at 1030 in the morning we round a corner and this guy is standing broadside, uphill, 82yds away. We watched him for 15 minutes as I went back and forth of should I shoot? But I'm not ready to shoot. But, he's a nice bull. But, he's the first one I've seen. But, he looks really good. But, I don't want to yet. Then why did you even pack your gun. But, it would be an easy pack. Maybe there's a bigger one. But, damn he's a nice looking bull. Finally he walked up and off over a small ridge settling the interal turmoil.
We went back to camp and looked at the pictures we had taken and came to the conclusion maybe I had made a mistake, the weather was warming up, things were probably going to slow down a bit until cooler weather came in and what were the odds I would find him again.
Next morning we made a plan for the days hunt. On the way up as we passed by where we had seen him the day before I stopped and told my partner that there was a little meadow behind the ridge he went over and maybe we should give that a quick call first.
Walked into that meadow and there's two cows feeding. Heard a crunch in the timber and I'll be damned if the same bull (I could tell since I watched those fronts for 15 minutes the day before) doesn't step out in front of me. Not much of a story after that. He walked away straight away from me to about 120yds out. I gave a grunt and he turned enough to to get a quartering away shot. Put one between his last two ribs right up through his lungs and down he went.Then the work started. What could have been 82yds downhill turned into 600yds of thick and nasty.

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #41 on:** October 09, 2020, 06:02:46 AM »

Sounds like a good experience to me

Birdguy · « **Reply #42 on:** October 09, 2020, 07:31:12 AM »

That is awesome! OIL you do not want 82 yards downhill, you want 600 yards of NASTY!! You said you wanted a story as a goal! Lol! Congrats again. Glad it worked out so well. Those tags are not as easy to fill as they were 10 years ago, way to get it done.

Machias · « **Reply #43 on:** October 13, 2020, 02:08:48 PM »

Awesome, congrats!!

Blsum · « **Reply #44 on:** October 13, 2020, 10:21:46 PM »

Congrats on a great bull.

pianoman9701 · « **Reply #45 on:** October 14, 2020, 12:15:10 PM »

Very nice bull. Congrats!

Snakeriver · « **Reply #46 on:** October 15, 2020, 06:46:57 AM »

Thats a brute, good work.

tluns · « **Reply #47 on:** October 16, 2020, 12:19:35 PM »

Finally had a chance to sit down to some steaks last night. Damn, I forgot how good moose is.

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