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Title: Huckleberry Bull
Post by: bradslam on October 28, 2013, 01:02:05 PM: Finally got around to posting some pics from my moose hunt earlier this month. Maybe I just like to let the suspense build. ;) Anyway, it was a fun hunt, passed up several bulls, and shot this one on day six. I'd like to thank those who dispensed advice like Brian (pendoreilleadventures) and Jason (finnman). Also, a thanks goes out to ridgerunner for selling me his moose call. The cabin in one of the photos is owned by a friend of a friend who was gracious enough to let us stay there. It is awesome that there are still people out there who would be willing to do something like that out of the kindness of their heart. He wouldn't even take anything in return, but there will definitely be some salmon or steelhead heading his way. The live bull in one of the photos was a 50"+ bull that I passed up on day two. Saw him three different times that day. Once, he passed by me about 5 yards away, grunting like heck and all agitated, and came within 6 inches of stepping on the wheel of my mountain bike that was laying beside the road. That would have been a bummer.
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Post by: Ridgerunner on October 28, 2013, 01:05:02 PM: Awesome bull, one of the best of the year.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 28, 2013, 01:10:05 PM: GREAT Bull :tup:
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Post by: HUNT on October 28, 2013, 01:14:42 PM: Great Bull! Congrats! Way to do that tag justice!
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Post by: bradslam on October 28, 2013, 01:14:56 PM: Thanks, rr. I didn't use your call on this bull, but did on several others, including one on day two that probably would have scored better than mine. I was so close to him in the brush it was a little unnerving, especially because he didn't seem too happy that there was another bull so close to his cows. Fun stuff.
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on October 28, 2013, 01:24:29 PM: Great Bull Congrats!!!!! :tup:
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Post by: GurrCentral on October 28, 2013, 01:26:03 PM: Great bull! I'm heading over there this weekend to look for mine!! He has great fronts!
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Post by: sirmissalot on October 28, 2013, 01:27:09 PM: Very cool Brad, way to go that is a heck of a bull :tup:
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Post by: bradslam on October 28, 2013, 01:33:02 PM: Quote from: GurrCentral on October 28, 2013, 01:26:03 PM
Great bull! I'm heading over there this weekend to look for mine!! He has great fronts!

Good luck and be patient. My hunt could have been over very quickly, but I waited too long for a permit to let that happen. Let me know if you need any advice.
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Post by: blacktailer on October 28, 2013, 01:33:28 PM: Great looking bull. Way tto do your tag justice...
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Post by: bradslam on October 28, 2013, 01:34:32 PM: Quote from: sirmissalot on October 28, 2013, 01:27:09 PM
Very cool Brad, way to go that is a heck of a bull :tup:

Thanks Chad. Hope your season is going well.
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Post by: GurrCentral on October 28, 2013, 01:49:04 PM: Thanks! that's the plan! Pm sent.

Quote from: bradslam on October 28, 2013, 01:33:02 PM
Quote from: GurrCentral on October 28, 2013, 01:26:03 PM
Great bull! I'm heading over there this weekend to look for mine!! He has great fronts!

Good luck and be patient. My hunt could have been over very quickly, but I waited too long for a permit to let that happen. Let me know if you need any advice.
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on October 28, 2013, 01:50:14 PM: Great bull, congrats!
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Post by: pendoreilleadventures on October 28, 2013, 02:07:03 PM: That's the shooter bull I was telling you about you know when you see them :tup: Awesome bull congrats
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Post by: C-Money on October 28, 2013, 02:08:35 PM: Congrats on your bull! What a monster!
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Post by: benhuntin on October 28, 2013, 02:30:26 PM: Any guess on score yet?. Width? That is a stud of a bull.

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Post by: dewandgin on October 28, 2013, 02:49:17 PM: Very Nice bull :tup:. Congrats
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Post by: bradslam on October 28, 2013, 02:55:32 PM: 46" wide. By my calculations, he's right at minimum B&C. I'll get him scored officially after the drying period.
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Post by: mulehunter on October 28, 2013, 03:02:04 PM: Awesome Bull. Beauitful! :EAT:
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Post by: gunboats on October 28, 2013, 03:21:14 PM: Very nice, great job!
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Post by: MtnMuley on October 28, 2013, 03:26:54 PM: Awesome bull!! Congrats :tup:
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Post by: gunnarnewt on October 28, 2013, 03:39:26 PM: great bull! Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: finnman on October 28, 2013, 03:52:06 PM: Congrats Brad!
Thats an awesome bull! Its got it all!
Glad it all worked out and you were able to "hunt" for a few days! LOL!

Send me a pm with some specifics if you can!
Thanks,
Jason
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Post by: hunting4sanity on October 28, 2013, 04:18:35 PM: WOW! That's a great one, congrats.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on October 28, 2013, 04:20:23 PM: Great bull ... :tup:
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Post by: Jason on October 28, 2013, 04:48:25 PM: Congrats on a nice Bull! :tup:
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Post by: Mfowl on October 28, 2013, 05:14:08 PM: Congrats on your tag and a great bull to show for it! :tup:
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Post by: Annette on October 28, 2013, 05:21:30 PM: MERCY SAKES!! good for holding out for one you like!!
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Post by: Hoythunter on October 28, 2013, 07:56:54 PM: What a toad! You are the man passing up on that first one, I don't think I could've passed on him. Great call, it paid off.
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Post by: hogsniper on October 28, 2013, 08:20:01 PM: Congrats on a great bull! Your the man for passing the first one!
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Post by: MLBowhunting on October 28, 2013, 08:30:13 PM: Very nice :tup:
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Post by: mkcj on October 28, 2013, 08:31:23 PM: Way to get it done! I love seeing pictures of Moose :tup:
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Post by: JJB11B on October 28, 2013, 08:40:43 PM: AWESOME!!! CONGRATS!!!
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 28, 2013, 08:49:36 PM: Congrats on a awesome bull
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Post by: bow4elk on October 28, 2013, 08:52:43 PM: SWEET!!! Congrats, now you can check WA Moose off your bucket list :tup:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 28, 2013, 08:56:33 PM: Great bull.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 28, 2013, 09:02:54 PM: Very nice bull moose! If the one in the pic was 50ish wide how wide is the one you got?
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on October 28, 2013, 09:04:05 PM: That's a great bull. Congrats. .
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Post by: elkoholic1 on October 28, 2013, 09:13:16 PM: Great bull congrats!!!!! :tup:
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Post by: DeerThug on October 28, 2013, 09:27:15 PM: Great bull.

and good going Brianmooseman nice to see you in another moose thread
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Post by: bradslam on October 29, 2013, 07:22:19 AM: Quote from: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 28, 2013, 09:02:54 PM
Very nice bull moose! If the one in the pic was 50ish wide how wide is the one you got?

Mine was 46". The one in the crummy cell phone pic was really wide, but didn't have a very nice rack. Only a single brow tine on one side and not many points, plus his palms weren't very wide. I wish I had pics of each bull I saw, but in the willow brush, by the time I evaluated a bull and decided to pass him up, I usually didn't have time to get a photo. Should have had a GoPro.
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Post by: lokidog on October 29, 2013, 09:39:03 AM: Nice bull, and a lot of great eating. Both my wife and daughter prefer moose over deer.
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Post by: Jrod79 on October 29, 2013, 02:09:36 PM: Congrats :tup:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on October 29, 2013, 02:15:47 PM: Nice bull.
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Post by: buck man on October 30, 2013, 12:01:37 AM: Awesome bull! :tup:
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Post by: bearpaw on October 30, 2013, 12:09:07 AM: that's a great bull, congrats :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 30, 2013, 01:05:43 AM: Awsome bull :drool: Congrats
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Post by: Elkstuffer on October 30, 2013, 06:41:48 PM: Fantastic Bull!!! Congratulations!!
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Post by: bradslam on October 31, 2013, 11:20:29 AM: Thanks for all the congratulation messages. Here's one of the best parts about the whole deal:
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Post by: bradslam on October 31, 2013, 11:21:29 AM: Still waiting on all the summer sausage.
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Post by: PA BEN on November 22, 2013, 06:13:54 AM: Great bull. Looks a lot like the one that was hanging just s. of Addy off 395. :tup:
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Post by: bradslam on November 22, 2013, 07:48:39 AM: Did anyone ever get that one?