swinging selkirk moose sides

[norsepete]

The beginning of the end of my moose hunt began on the evening 11/02 when I glassed a big bull elk across mill creek from the 1920 rd,but with not enough daylight left to stalk him so I drove down to the gate on the 400 spur off the 250 rd in mill creek and slept there.In the morning I went up the400 spur and when I glassed the bitterbrush hillside below the 306 rd I saw the elk feeding about 300 yards from where he was the nite before,Also saw a 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 year old bull moose feeding to the south of the elk. With the north wind that day I decided to go up to the 306 rd by the pelke warming hut and work down to the elk as he had fed into some old growth timber between mill creek and nola creek and hope he would have bedded down in or close to the timber.I went down thru the bitterbrush below the 306 rd about 250 yards went I jumped this moose out of some populars,He ran out and stopped.He was tall on his left side and I quickly decided to take him.With tall bitterbrush the shot from my 3006 hit him high and broke his back anchoring him rite there,Which was a good thing.I got him gutted and on the way back down to my truck I hunted for the elk but didn't find him in the old growth,Would have been nice,but I got what I came for.I called my friend Mark wells and my two sons,by 6:00 am they were there with enough rigging to drag the moose up whole.8:00 pm I was home and in the morning I took the quarters to stewarts meats,he weighed 543# and had a 46.5 spread.Thanks to everyone on this site.

[teanawayslayer]

congrats on the moose.  What is the other meat hanging?

[CAMPMEAT]

Cool. Show us pictures of his head mounted too.

[PolarBear]

 What is the other meat hanging?

That's rather personal!  
Good job, congratulations!

[Alan K]

That's rather personal!  

 

What is the other meat hanging?

They split it down the backbone, one moose, two sides. . . Unless PolarBear was on the right track, then I don't know lol


Dandy bull there norsepete, thanks for sharing!

[Boss .300 winmag]

Nice bull, wow thats alot of eating.

[BoomWhop]

i think i saw that moose riding ontop of a rig on I-90 on friday.  He looked happy any chance on that?

[runningboard]

awesome! congrats to you. pretty cool that you were able to get him out whole like that. while up goofing off in the early snow we had I ran into a woodcutter who told me he saw a big bull right by the warming hut.

[PacificNWhunter]

Nice bull!! That allot of meat hanging.

[SkookumHntr]

Hell Yeah! Neat looking Rack!

[carpsniperg2]

great bull! congrats on your moose.

[Wea300mag]

Congrats on your success, that will fill a freezer.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Good  looking bull congrats!

[mdbuck5x5]

Very nice bull congrats! I saw 2 big bulls in that clearing last year. How big was the bull elk you saw?

[cle elum bowhunter]

Nice bull, congrats and welcome to the moose club. 

[hunterofelk]

I knew you would get it done.  Those bull moose are huge!  I want to get one someday, I hope I have some strong backs ready to help me, too. 

[norsepete]

In response to how big the elk was.the evening light kept me from counting points.His antlers were dark with ivory tips. When I saw him the the next morning I didn't take the time to set up my spotting scope.I taked to a local couple who were hunting around there and they said they,d been seeing a 6x7 in there before season.

[mdbuck5x5]

Ok thanks sounds good, I was just curious. There is some big elk and moose in that area. I really wish I would of had a tag to drop the big bull moose I saw last year that was just about a quarter mile west from where you dropped yours. Anyhow great job on a good hunt!

[mkcj]

Great Moose! Thank's for the story most guy's don't even tell what unit there in let alone the roads for a late Quality tag! Again great Moose 

[C-Money]

Congrats! Quite an accomplishment! Nice!

[sakoshooter]

Great moose harvested by a great guy. Couldn't ask for a better huntin partner. Had a ball helpin ya Pete.

[FSTaxidermy]

Great bull! sounds like you guys had a great time, should be tasty!

[Michelle_Nelson]

Whats up with the back leg on that moose?

[norsepete]

The back leg was fine,but he had several abscesses on him which would account for his odd rack.

[rasbo]

awesome bull there,had to be some work getting him in the truck

[granola/hippyslayer]

nice bull

[Tman]

In response to how big the elk was.the evening light kept me from counting points.His antlers were dark with ivory tips. When I saw him the the next morning I didn't take the time to set up my spotting scope.I taked to a local couple who were hunting around there and they said they,d been seeing a 6x7 in there before season.

I'm sure there will be a few more people there next year.. You give pretty good directions.

[Skyvalhunter]

And we are revisiting this because?