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Title: Raffle moose down
Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 08:06:18 AM: This story starts earlier this summer with an evening check of messages on my phone. I find a message from dept. fish & game asking me to call at my earliest convenience. This makes for a long night; I call about one minute after the office opens. I am informed that my raffle ticket had been drawn for one of the raffle moose tags, Will I accept it? Uh yes!!!! A trip over to the Colville area mid-august for maps talked to two biologists, drove thru 49 north. This was pre-fires, after this it seemed like a good idea to wait until the fire danger dropped. On Sept 18 my oldest son and I went over for our first hunting trip a short three day adventure. We only saw one bull but it was a nice one (this one haunted me for a couple weeks) it was with a cow and really didn’t seem too worried about us. The following Thursday a friend and I drove back over for a five day hunt. Benny’s in Colville was starting to feel like my home away from home before we were done. We saw eleven bulls on this trip no shooters, but heard several more in the brush. They seemed to be with cows and unwilling to leave them. They would come to our calling but then we would hear a cow and the bull would hang up. Oct 8 back over for another three days saw one young bull. I farm in Whatcom County and it is easier for me to make several short trips rather than one long one. Back to farming for a bit, then deer season. Couldn’t stand it two friends and I abandoned deer camp in the Sinlahekin back to Colville for two days no moose sightings this time! Nov 3 head back over with my youngest son, we have half a day so decide to try a different area in the Huckleberry unit, and we had spent the bulk of our time in the 49 north unit. We found a drainage that was lightly burnt surrounded by more severely burnt areas. This basin had a lot of fresh sign! Just starting thru we see a bull on the side of the road. He a younger bull but is close to 50” wide just not a lot of points. After he ran off we glass another small bull across the canyon. We talk to a logger who suggests anther clear-cut four miles up the road; this does not work out so we head back to the first drainage for the last hour of daylight. Once there we see a third bull, smallish; and two cows. Then just before dark we see a large bull across the canyon! We drive around I bail out, walk as quietly and fast as I can (yah right) the last 300 yards of road. Over the edge about 150 yards thru the willows breaking into the clearing the bull was standing in. He’s still standing there broadside at 50 yards he knows I am there but does not move. The problem is now it is getting dark he looks big but I can’t see his horns well enough to be sure. He finally walks off and we head out. We spent the next day in 49 north, saw two small bulls early in the day but nothing the rest of the day. That evening Matt my son wants Chinese food ok. I’m not partially superstitions’ but I like the fortune in the fortune cookie. The following morning we head back in to try and get another look at the bigger bull. We glass across the canyon, no bull but have a cow run across the road right next to us. On another half mile and we spot a 40 inch bull, still not the right one. Ten minutes later and approx. 400 yards from where we had seen the larger bull two days earlier, I spot him above the road (above the road is good!!!) . He looks good, 8:10 AM bull down. We spent the rest of the day field dressing, quartering, loading and savoring the moment! And yes a Chevy S-10 can haul a moose!
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Post by: bracer40 on November 10, 2015, 08:12:03 AM: Sounds like lots of great moose sightings. Congrats! Any pics to share?
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Post by: CNELK on November 10, 2015, 08:12:18 AM: Sounds like a awesome hunt! Congratulations

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Post by: bobcat on November 10, 2015, 08:13:34 AM: Sounds like you earned that moose! Thanks for posting the story.
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 08:16:19 AM: cookie
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Post by: bobcat on November 10, 2015, 08:17:25 AM: Quote from: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 08:16:19 AM
cookie

:tup:
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 08:22:15 AM: I am trying to post pictures, but having technical difficulties. :bash:
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Post by: quadrafire on November 10, 2015, 08:40:59 AM: LOL. love the fortune cookie bit.
Congrats, sounds like you had fun. I'd like to see a pic of him in the s-10
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Post by: WALLEYEGUY on November 10, 2015, 08:49:12 AM: Without pics never happened; Just kidding way to go :tup: Nice to see time and effort pay off.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 10, 2015, 08:50:47 AM: Fortune cookie and a S10 full of moose! Must see pics!!! Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: hunting4sanity on November 10, 2015, 08:51:40 AM: Anxiously awaiting your photos. In the meantime, do you know where I could get myself a fortune cookie like that one?
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 08:51:41 AM: as it lay
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Post by: hunting4sanity on November 10, 2015, 08:53:14 AM: Whoa! WOW! Holy $#%! Congratulations!
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on November 10, 2015, 08:54:20 AM: Oh ya nice Bullwinkle! Now the S10??????
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 08:54:56 AM: moose
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Post by: Buckblaster on November 10, 2015, 08:56:20 AM: Very nice! That is one worth holding out for, good job! The best part is all the meat, you are going to love it.
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Post by: benhuntin on November 10, 2015, 08:56:30 AM: Nice bull
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Post by: X-Force on November 10, 2015, 08:58:07 AM: Stellar!
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Post by: RaffleMule on November 10, 2015, 08:58:17 AM: Great looking bull. Congratulations!
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 08:58:48 AM: more moose
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 09:01:08 AM: cold moose
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 09:03:49 AM: moose in the truck
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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 09:10:40 AM: headed home
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Post by: CNELK on November 10, 2015, 09:13:12 AM: That's a bull every moose hunter would love to get! Congratulations

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Post by: Cat hunter on November 10, 2015, 09:13:36 AM: Having this tag has been a great experience, getting to hunt moose with two of my boys Wes and Matt. Friends Cal, Brian, Loren, thanks to Brian (pendoreilleadventures) and several others from this site that helped!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 10, 2015, 09:44:27 AM: Dandy bull congrats :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Widgeondeke on November 10, 2015, 09:45:59 AM: congrats! :tup:

love the S-10 pic
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Post by: Woodchuck on November 10, 2015, 09:50:38 AM: Congrats on a great bull. :tup:
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Post by: Bob33 on November 10, 2015, 10:05:09 AM: It's great to see raffle winners do well.

Congratulations. You worked for, and earned a very nice bull.
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Post by: Rainier10 on November 10, 2015, 10:11:57 AM: Great moose, would have never guessed it would fit in a S10, thanks for the proof.

Congratulations and thanks for sharing the story and the photos.
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Post by: C-Money on November 10, 2015, 10:12:16 AM: Congrats on your moose!! He is a dandy!!

Had a ZR2 S-10. Loved it. Wife talked me into trading it. That was one of my biggest mistakes in car buying.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on November 10, 2015, 10:15:42 AM: Awesome Bull!! Congrats on the draw, the hunt and the bull. :drool:
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Post by: Timberstalker on November 10, 2015, 10:17:59 AM: What a dandy. Congrats and thanks for sharing!
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Post by: HUNTaHOLIC5 on November 10, 2015, 10:19:44 AM: Incredible animal. Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Whitpirate on November 10, 2015, 10:41:22 AM: Beautiful mooose. He's a shooter and looks like a freezer full too. Caping and carrying that head is a bugger isn't it?
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Post by: lokidog on November 10, 2015, 11:00:01 AM: Very nice, dandy animal!
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Post by: huntnphool on November 10, 2015, 11:15:09 AM: Dandy bull, well done. :tup:
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Post by: WALLEYEGUY on November 10, 2015, 12:20:12 PM: AWESOME :tup:
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 10, 2015, 12:30:03 PM: He makes that S-10 look big. :chuckle:

Nice bull, congrats. :yike:
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Post by: 724wd on November 10, 2015, 12:40:46 PM: Good Stuff!!!! :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: KevinClimbs on November 10, 2015, 12:54:07 PM: Cool! Really like the photo of the bull in the S10.
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Post by: WildBear on November 10, 2015, 01:02:20 PM: Nice bull! What a great and memorable hunt. Love reading about these hunts and seeing pictures, thanks!
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Post by: scree on November 10, 2015, 01:10:12 PM: :tup: Good use of that winning ticket!
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Post by: Shawn D on November 10, 2015, 05:32:12 PM: That's a great bull. Nice work!
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Post by: MtnMuley on November 10, 2015, 05:37:43 PM: That's awesome! A season for the books right there :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on November 10, 2015, 05:48:41 PM: Beautiful bull :drool: Congrats :IBCOOL:
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Post by: runningboard on November 10, 2015, 06:41:25 PM: very nice bull :tup: :yike: :drool:
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Post by: 280ackley on November 10, 2015, 06:43:48 PM: Very Nice!!! :tup:
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Post by: BullMagnet76 on November 10, 2015, 06:57:26 PM: Great bull congrats!!!!!
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Post by: dewandgin on November 10, 2015, 08:45:08 PM: Great bull. Congrats :tup:
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Post by: mkcj on November 10, 2015, 08:58:45 PM: WOW, what a great Bull :tup:
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Post by: BAR C3 on November 10, 2015, 09:05:12 PM: Congrats! Nice Moose.
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Post by: X-Force on November 10, 2015, 09:06:39 PM: Awesome trip. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on November 10, 2015, 09:09:06 PM: Sweet, congrats!
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on November 10, 2015, 09:21:47 PM: Great moose. Looks like you needed airbags on your truck...... :chuckle:
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Post by: starbailey on November 11, 2015, 06:34:14 AM: Great bull! thanks for sharing. :tup:
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Post by: Ripper on November 11, 2015, 11:07:35 AM: :yike: What a great bull! :tup: I'm really happy for you, I never saw anything even close to that on my hunt. Trophy of a lifetime right there! The rack is as wide as your truck, and it's a shira's! Wow
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Post by: Falcon on November 11, 2015, 11:32:56 AM: What a bull :drool:

That is a trophy of a lifetime.
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Post by: gunnarnewt on November 19, 2015, 10:48:13 AM: Great bull! Congrats!
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Post by: jae on November 20, 2015, 06:26:07 PM: Congratulations on a great Bull!