Mt. Spokane north bull moose tag drawn

[mountainman]

Better join the other successful tag holders! Drew Mt. Spokane north any bull. Looking forward to the legwork of calls and scouting this area. Grandsons and son excited to tag along. And yes, any tips/advice/help is always appreciated!
Love moose meat👍

[Mossyoak]

Congrats on the draw! My dad drew the same tag, should be a fun hunt. Never been on a Moose hunt before. Good luck! Can’t wait!

[Machias]

Congrats!

[outdooraddict]

two of the 8 mt Spokane north tag holders in this forum and i know of a 3rd person that was drawn for it. spokane resident

[Brushbuster]

Looking forward to following along on your adventure! Huge congrats! 

[pashok23]

Congrats, long ways for me

[hunter399]

Congratulations 👏
If I had some info I'd throw it your way.
Unfortunately I don't,can say good luck.
Nothing to it,just do it.

[Bigolbullelk]

Congrats on your draw! I also drew the same tag, spent the last 2 days driving around the unit looking for huntable land. I did see fresh tracks in 2 locations, that's a start!! Now comes the part of contacting the timber company's to check on permission! Let's share learnings!!

[Ridgeratt]

He's hanging around wandemere. Person who made the post said he has solar Light's
Tangled up in his horns.

[jrebel]

Wishing you all the luck in the world!!!  Can't wait to see success photos   There is nothing better in the world than calling in an old rutted up bull moose.  We learned to call on our Canadian Moose hunts and man is it great fun.  Listening for the glunks of a bull moose is an art.  From a distance, they sound like a car door shutting. 

[mountainman]

He's hanging around wandemere. Person who made the post said he has solar Light's
Tangled up in his horns.

I can see how that could happen!

[mountainman]

Bull down, pics to follow

[jrebel]

Congrats buddy!!!!   Anxiously waiting.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Bull down, pics to follow

If the lights were on that’s cheating.🤣

[Pete112288]

 

Bull down, pics to follow

If the lights were on that’s cheating.🤣

 

[mountainman]

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[brew]

Right on.  Awesome job

[Boss .300 winmag]

Well no lights on that rack, so I guess you weren’t cheating. Nicely done.👍

[jrebel]

Nice bull!!  Congrats, can't wait to hear the story. 

Super happy for you!! 

[Bonnie]

Congrats on filling your OIL tag with a beautiful bull ..

[NOCK NOCK]

Congrats Dewey!!

[LDennis24]

Congratulations!

[bearpaw]

Glad to see you got it done! 

[HikerHunter]

great bull, nicely done!

[boneaddict]

Congratulations Dewey

[mountainman]

Okay guys, life has finally slowed down a little. Here’s the story:
As posted above, I drew for the Mt. Spokane north tag. Pretty excited! Put in for 35 years ( including prior to the point system). Called and told my son and hunting partner and he almost went through the roof! Following day I recieved a phone call from my best man 44 years ago, “Hey, I live on the Little Spokane and am going to help! He actually had these 2 bulls living in his backyard as we were talking!

[mountainman]

So…., as fate would have, an email arrived several weeks later from WDFW. Yup, lost my tag! I was crushed! All those years down the tube I thought! Like some on here, the shock turned to anger with the screw-up. But alas, 15 minutes later I was suprised that I still had a tag!? I was now the owner of a Mt Spokane West tag! The research began again! I soon found out this unit, with only 2 tags allotted, is a whole different kind of hunt. Mostly private land, scattered tidbits of DNR, and some large tracts of timberland. The big difference is those lands, if you can get to them, are gated for boot only traffic. The scouting begins along with the phone calls. Carrie, the moose biologist was a great help, along with several members here

[mountainman]

Thursday, the 17th found us up at 4a.m., ready to go. The plan was to hike into the same area by first light but top out on a higher road with more of a commanding view of the drainage. As we hiked, we were seranaded with wolf howls in the basin we were heading to, not a good sign! We made it to our vantage point and quickly spotted the cow from the day before, but nothing else. Then, around 8:15, suddenly there he was! 450 yards and frozen! Getting prone and dialing the Nightforce sitting atop the Christensen .300 PRC, we waited, as his vitals had a yellowing tamarack covering his vitals. With what seemed like an hour, but was actually 3-4 minutes, he took 2 steps and stopped. At the shot the 212 ELDX pulled the carpet out from under him! A couple kicks and he was motionless! The cheers, hugs, and high fives began! We had our bull! It was a quick hike down to our bull. Walking up to him, we were in awe at his size and beauty! To touch him and say a quick prayer of thanks, the picture taking and knife work began. Harold hiked out to grab his adopted mustang back home and the remaining four of us began the cutting. With 8 hands and plenty of sharpening we had the beast quartered and boned and hanging in the trees in about 3 hour, just in time for the horses to arrive. The rest of the story is less exciting. Had the meat hanging in a cooler a couple hours later. The following day was a drive to WDFW in the Valley for lymphoid and tooth removal. Then to the cooler to debone the meat as it cannot leave the unit with any bone due to CWD threat

[mountainman]

More pics..

[mountainman]

Couple more…
Now nothing left but some amazing memories with my favorite buddies and a rack (43 inches). Couldn’t ask for any of it to be different, and am 100% happy with how it all happened! And with 9 mouths in my household, 425#’s of boneless meat is the cherry on the top!
Thanks for reading, and good hunting to all!
Dewey

[mountainman]

P.S.
A footnote.. the female park ranger where we stayed stopped by to see our moose. Her boss, the head ranger, got a bull several days earlier, the next day he shows up with her to look and visit. He ended up being the other tag holder in the unit. 2 tags and we were both of them! He was also a ranger in my town of Wenatchee for a number of years! A small world sometimes👍👍

[redi]

Congratulations

[nwwanderer]

Be sure to thanks the wranglers and pack crew again, neat!!!!  Thanks

[mountainman]

Another pic of our moose hunt. Good to have a friend with horses! A Thouroghbred and two re-hab mustangs made the pack out nice. Grandson Max had fun leading the way! Special shout-out to Harold for his help!

[tracksoup]

That’s great!!
How did he fare on the table?
Love moose meat.

[mountainman]

That’s great!!
How did he fare on the table?
Love moose meat.

It was/is amazin!