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Title: Aladdin A early any moose, Yay me! Story and pics added
Post by: Ripper on June 16, 2015, 06:03:15 PM: I can't believe I finally drew a moose tag, so stoked. Now I have to decide how I want to do it. Better call Bearpaw. I don't want to waste this OIL opportunity. Come on Oct 1.
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Post by: RadSav on June 16, 2015, 06:07:17 PM: Not sure anyone knows that unit better than Bearpaw.
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Post by: Whitpirate on June 16, 2015, 08:34:52 PM: Dale can put you in the best spots in the unit I'm sure. Good luck and shoot one uphill from the truck!
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Post by: Ripper on June 17, 2015, 04:51:54 AM: Yes I will be on the phone with Dale today. I w@was in the Aladdin unit a little years ago when I did an unguided white tail hunt with Dale. I will probably do a guided or partially guided hunt with him. It's a 6 hour drive just to scout so I will probably let Dale do my scouting. :chuckle:
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Post by: huntnnw on June 17, 2015, 04:54:50 AM: Scouting for moose is pretty pointless for the October season...the only thing scouting would be good for is looking at areas to hunt and roads.
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Post by: wheels on November 01, 2015, 07:54:14 PM: conclusion? unless i missed somewhere else
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Post by: hirshey on November 02, 2015, 05:53:19 PM: Quote from: wheels on November 01, 2015, 07:54:14 PM
conclusion? unless i missed somewhere else

:yeah:
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Post by: benhuntin on November 02, 2015, 06:02:04 PM: Quote from: wheels on November 01, 2015, 07:54:14 PM
conclusion? unless i missed somewhere else
X2
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Post by: D-Rock425 on November 02, 2015, 06:07:31 PM: I know the conclusion :chuckle: :chuckle:. But I'm not telling.
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Post by: JJB11B on November 02, 2015, 06:12:14 PM: can someone link the other thread?
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Post by: wheels on November 02, 2015, 06:17:20 PM: i remember that just cant kind
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Post by: Ripper on November 03, 2015, 11:13:22 AM: I had the other thread removed due to personal reasons. I'm not ready to talk about my hunt yet. I thought I was but I felt my blood pressure rise as I started to type. I will post my story when I can do it in a diplomatic way. I ended up shooting a young bull on my own because I was out of vacation time and needed to get back to work. Meat in the freezer, Yum.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on November 03, 2015, 11:23:10 AM: Very happy you got one Ripper.
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Post by: Buckmark on November 03, 2015, 11:25:45 AM: Good to hear Ripper :tup:
Young bull, Old bull, Cow you still got to hunt and for an animal alot of us may never draw the tag for in this state...
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Post by: h20hunter on November 03, 2015, 11:26:06 AM: Agree with D...glad you notched your tag and made some meat.
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Post by: Rainier10 on November 03, 2015, 12:24:45 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on November 03, 2015, 11:26:06 AM
Agree with D...glad you notched your tag and made some meat.
:yeah:
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Post by: Buckblaster on November 03, 2015, 12:30:52 PM: Sounds like you are going to have some fine tender eating with that one, unlike the old rubber moose I got this year in Wyoming. Mine tastes great, but even the backstraps are chewwwwy. Congrats on a tender moose!
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Post by: Fishhuntmike on November 03, 2015, 12:32:18 PM: Congratulations!

Glad you got er done.
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Post by: huntnphool on November 03, 2015, 12:45:18 PM: Quote from: Fishhuntmike on November 03, 2015, 12:32:18 PM
Congratulations!

Glad you got er done.

+1 :tup:
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Post by: X-Force on November 03, 2015, 12:57:25 PM: Congrats on Notching your tag. Hope the overall experience was fun.
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Post by: 92xj on November 03, 2015, 01:47:43 PM: But stories are so much better told with high blood pressure.

Congrats on seeing and shooting a moose.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 03, 2015, 01:52:18 PM: Congrats! :tup: Real good accomplishment in life!
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Post by: 1bugman on November 03, 2015, 01:56:17 PM: Congrats! I will agree, once you are drawn for a permit and start hunting is when the stress starts!
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Post by: lonedave on November 03, 2015, 08:19:26 PM: Congrats...good eating. A smaller rack fits on the wall better anyway!
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Post by: X-Force on November 03, 2015, 08:24:24 PM: Quote from: 92xj on November 03, 2015, 01:47:43 PM
But stories are so much better told with high blood pressure.

My brother has 2 or 3 that are epic. You can see him starting to boil just by bringing them up... The best is probably the new guy in camp, last day and 2 true spikes. New guy only came one weekend but he will always be remembered.
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Post by: Ripper on November 04, 2015, 05:02:21 AM: Thanks everyone, I am thrilled with my bull, its my first moose and it is delicious! I will do a euromount with the antlers.
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Post by: Buckblaster on November 04, 2015, 08:57:18 AM: I'm having my moose done in euro this year too. I love the euro's, they're cheaper than a head mount and take up less space, without the dust collecting hair. Its not just those things that I like about them though, they look cool!! Good choice.
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on November 04, 2015, 10:36:36 AM: Hey Ripper, congrats on your moose!
I have been following your hunt, and although I don't know the entire story, it sounds kind of like the experience I had. :dunno:
I did the research, practiced calling, used cameras for 3 months, scouted for 10 days, hunted all day for 25 days and ended up seeing very very few bulls, finally shooting a small bull. (and to top it off, my bulls meat was extremely tough, most ended up being burger & pepperoni sticks) :(

This is a hunt that we have dreamed about for many many years, we have super high expectations of how it should play out and end. We read the stories and see the pictures of others success, thinking this will be us soon.

Unfortunately things do not always work out like we had hoped. Others can not understand the let down after working so hard on a OIL hunt, to end up shooting a small bull. This was our one and only chance at this moose thing, and in the end is was extremely disappointing. I know how much it sucks!!!
Please don't get me wrong, I am happy with the moose I got :tup: (just wish it was a little bigger) :chuckle:

Our only saving grace is to continually remind ourselves that we were VERY fortunate to even get the chance to hunt moose in WA state, seeing as how most hunters will never get that opportunity. I made some new friends in the process and had a blast spending time in beautiful country!!

This year I was able to reach out and give advice to 2 others that drew the same permit I did. (both successful with nice bulls)
That made me feel awesome that I was able to help out another hunter to not have the same difficulties that I did.

REMEMBER....YOU SHOT A MOOSE :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL:

Congrats again, NOCK
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Post by: Ridgeratt on November 04, 2015, 07:10:13 PM: Quote from: Buckblaster on November 04, 2015, 08:57:18 AM
I'm having my moose done in euro this year too. I love the euro's, they're cheaper than a head mount and take up less space, without the dust collecting hair. Its not just those things that I like about them though, they look cool!! Good choice.

Along with doing the euro you can have the hide tanned hair on and it makes a great wall hanging if you don't have the room for a full shoulder mount.

Be prepared for a bit of sticker shock when they figure up square feet on one.
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Post by: Ripper on November 05, 2015, 01:27:24 PM: Thanks Nock Nock. It was a little bit of a let down shooting a small bull even though I had myself convinced that it was more about meat in the freezer than the size of the horns. I was hoping for my "smaller bull" to be more around 38" than 30". :chuckle: It's all good though. I just got it back from the butcher and boy is it good. Plus I have a new stand up freezer now! I have already passed on some of the knowledge I gained on this hunt to others with the late tag and I can't wait to read their stories and see their picks. One of these days I'm going back over to hunt deer, grouse and bears There are lots of those around. Turkeys also.
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Post by: Ripper on November 05, 2015, 01:30:34 PM: My moose
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Post by: Buckblaster on November 05, 2015, 01:50:55 PM: Right on! Even the young ones are big, and the meat is awesome, so I know you are enjoying it. That's what its all about. Good job, thanks for the pic!
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Post by: Carl on November 05, 2015, 01:52:47 PM: Moose - Way to go Ripper! That's very exciting.

Carl
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Post by: Skillet on November 05, 2015, 01:54:46 PM: Right on Ripper - glad you closed the deal. :tup:
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Post by: dewandgin on November 05, 2015, 03:38:30 PM: Very cool. Good eats.

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Post by: X-Force on November 05, 2015, 03:43:32 PM: :yeah: :tup:
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Post by: Rainier10 on November 05, 2015, 03:47:23 PM: Man those moose are big. Has to be a work out to gut and quarter one. Do you have any more pics of the right side of the antlers? That looks kind of crowned over there.
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Post by: Fishhuntmike on November 05, 2015, 06:04:58 PM: Outstanding! Congratulations again!
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Post by: Falcon on November 05, 2015, 08:14:57 PM: Ripper.

Way to get it done on your own. I am hunting the Douglas late hunt as we speak. There are moose here but not behind every tree😁

Glad it worked out👊
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Post by: gunnarnewt on November 06, 2015, 11:56:34 AM: :tup:
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Post by: lokidog on November 07, 2015, 06:38:31 PM: Congrats on a successful moose hunt.

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Post by: C-Money on November 09, 2015, 09:49:56 AM: Glad you got a moose, Congrats to you!
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Post by: The100Road on November 09, 2015, 11:46:04 AM: Quote from: Ripper on November 03, 2015, 11:13:22 AM
I had the other thread removed due to personal reasons. I'm not ready to talk about my hunt yet. I thought I was but I felt my blood pressure rise as I started to type. I will post my story when I can do it in a diplomatic way. I ended up shooting a young bull on my own because I was out of vacation time and needed to get back to work. Meat in the freezer, Yum.

has your blood pressure dropped yet?? Or did I miss the story?
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Post by: Ripper on November 11, 2015, 12:46:15 PM: Ok, here we go. After my first trip over I waited a few weeks to go back since I had heard that hunting would be better later in the season. I also had to schedule time off of work and so did my 2 friends that wanted to assist me. I went over a day earlier than them so I went back out to one of the areas I'd seen fresh sign in. Nothing new so I went back to the hotel and picked up Glen and Robin for the afternoon hunt. We went to the other area I had in mind and decided this is where we would go the next day. First thing in the morning we hunted an area someone told us they had seen 3 moose the week before. Nothing, so we hit our area that we had planned to hit first thing. While glassing a clearing and the surrounding tree line I noticed movement about 150 yards up in the timber. It looked brown so I thought it was a deer but it turned out to be a bull moose! I grabbed my gun and tried to get him in my scope but he moved off a bit. He looked to be about 36-38 inches wide, ok paddles and a few points. I headed into the timber to try and get on him but he gave me the slip. I was excited, on my 7th day of hunting I finally saw a moose! I would have never seen him road hunting. Makes me wonder how many we just drove past the first 5 days over there. Anyway, we spent the whole day out in that area. We drove around to the other side of this patch of timber and found where the clearing we were in circled around to this side. According to our GPS it was 650 yards from where we spotted the bull to this side of the timber. We made a plan to come back here in the morning to see if he or any other moose would be out at first light. Since we were running out of daylight we decided to go back down to see if the bull would step out where we could see see him. As we rounded a corner we caught movement inside the tree line and it was another bull! I grabbed my gun and jumped out. He was down in a hole and not very big so I decided to pass. It was almost dark and I didn't want to spend half the night getting this "small" 700lb moose out. Down the road we went when another little, spike, moose stood in front of us. Not for long, he took off up the hill so on we went. I thought, wow, 6 days of nothing now 3 in one day! There was nothing out in the clear cut so we decided to drive out slowly and see if anything else would show itself. Well after we left the first bull of the evening, he decided to make his way out of the hole and up above the road about 30 yards. The next day would be my last to hunt since I was out of vacation time and this looked like a gift. Something inside of me said don't be greedy, this a gift and it wont get any easier. I got out and took him. One shot through both lungs and top of the heart. He reared up like a horse and fell over backwards. I took the shot with 11 minutes of legal shooting light left. I was able to back my truck up to the edge of the hill and we dragged him right into the truck. Now we needed some place bright so we could skin and quarter him. In Coleville we came across the do it yourself car wash. It was bright and had water, perfect! I thought for sure the police would come around and question us but for 2 1/2 hours not one person said a word to us. Gotta love Coleville! We got to the Motel about 1:00am or so. The next day we drove outside of town to bone out the rib cage, remove the back straps, tenderloins and roast. Then it was back to the West side to drop off the 4 quarters and 55 lbs of meat. the backstraps, tenderloins and roast went home with me to clean up and vacuum pack. Oh yeah, we grilled up some back straps for dinner. Kinda tough but tasted good. I'll have to figure out the best way to grill moose so it's not so chewy. You don't want to sear it like a regular steak I learned. I have more pics on my wife's camera, I'll get the SD card and load them when I remember to do it. :chuckle: There was some negative stuff that happened prior to this weekend but there is no need to delve into that. This weekend spent with 2 good friends and a moose in the back of the truck is what I will remember about the hunt and I will savor every moment. Especially the Coleville car wash, that's my favorite part.
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Post by: 1bugman on November 11, 2015, 12:52:52 PM: Great Story! :tup:
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Post by: h20hunter on November 11, 2015, 01:13:32 PM: hey buddy. glad to see your post. I enjoyed the story and the pics are cool.
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 11, 2015, 01:17:21 PM: Congrats on the moose. Yes you have to love colville we stayed at Bennys carried my rifle into the hotel room, no swat team! Four moose quarters spread out in the bed of the pick.up, one up on top of the tool-box seemed to be no problem :o.
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Post by: bobcat on November 11, 2015, 01:23:39 PM: Glad you finally had success!
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Post by: TheHunt on November 11, 2015, 01:27:09 PM: Congratulations on your moose. Don't forget you can can some of it as well. Canning will tenderize the meat.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 11, 2015, 02:14:06 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Tbob on November 11, 2015, 04:43:08 PM: Dude, that's a great moose! Cool story too! I was lucky enough to have shot a moose as well and I gotta say, it's my favorite thing to eat of any thing I've taken. I did a lot of my larger cuts of moose in the slow-cooker, and it was always amazing. I had no idea how much meat there would be! I filled my freezer in the house, and then had to quickly run to Sears and buy a new 2nd freezer.. That one was completely full as well! ( there was a bunch of caribou sausage too), but damn was there a lot of moose! Congrats again and nice job! Sounds like yall had a good time!
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Post by: Shawn D on November 11, 2015, 05:05:52 PM: Way to go Ripper! Thanks for adding the story. Nice call using the carwash.
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Post by: jae on November 11, 2015, 09:17:55 PM: Nice Trophy, Congratulations!
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Post by: 250savage on November 13, 2015, 11:22:21 AM: Congrats on your moose. That was a good story too.
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Post by: Heartsblood on December 04, 2015, 04:16:46 PM: No pictures of me... :( I swear I was there... :chuckle:

The carwash is such the cool story to tell. You just coouldn't ever pull that off over here... :o

I'll never forget this trip, Mark. Thanks for inviting me!
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Post by: lokidog on December 04, 2015, 06:08:43 PM: I missed the story. The car wash is hilarious and a great idea. I butchered a deer hanging it in a tree behind a hotel in WY once, but then again, that was WY, not WA. :chuckle:
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Post by: bearhunter99 on December 04, 2015, 06:39:09 PM: Quote from: Heartsblood on December 04, 2015, 04:16:46 PM
No pictures of me... :( I swear I was there... :chuckle:

The carwash is such the cool story to tell. You just coouldn't ever pull that off over here... :o

I'll never forget this trip, Mark. Thanks for inviting me!

That's because you took all the pictures. :chuckle: I still can't believe I forgot my camera. :bash: might not have been the outcome we dreamed of but it was still a lot of fun and good memories were made!
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Post by: Ripper on December 08, 2015, 01:22:33 PM: As soon as I find my wifes camera I will load up more pics. Yes Glen, there should be pics of you on there.