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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: JimmerRae0421 on March 12, 2019, 08:02:18 AM

Title: Washington moose
Post by: JimmerRae0421 on March 12, 2019, 08:02:18 AM: After 16 years of applying, I drew a Huckleberry moose tag. The best part about the hunt was that we had three generations involved. My 75 year old father and 13 year old son were at my side when I shot the bull. He was about 1 1/2 miles from the where we could get the truck. All great memories!
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Post by: nwwanderer on March 12, 2019, 08:06:36 AM: Perfection, thanks for the share!!!!
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Post by: greenhead_killer on March 12, 2019, 08:11:51 AM: That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: 180-GRAIN on March 12, 2019, 08:15:17 AM: Great bull congrats 👍
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Post by: vandeman17 on March 12, 2019, 08:16:13 AM: Nice bull. Welcome to the forum
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Post by: Matth on March 12, 2019, 08:18:19 AM: Great bull congrats.
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on March 12, 2019, 08:46:51 AM: Awesome, glad you got to share the experience with your father and son!
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Post by: Brushbuster on March 12, 2019, 08:54:52 AM: Thank you for joining the forum & sharing the pic. Great memories! :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Buckjunkie on March 12, 2019, 09:19:38 AM: What it’s all about! Congratulations!!
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 12, 2019, 09:31:35 AM: That’s quite the jaunt of packing the big sucker back to the truck!

Good work on the bull and the family being there made it all the sweeter!
:tup:
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Post by: HntnFsh on March 12, 2019, 04:33:07 PM: What an incredible way to be able to share your hunt. Glad you all were able to participate. Cool looking unique bull too!
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Post by: RB on March 12, 2019, 04:54:54 PM: Wow right on that is awesome! Nice Bull too! :tup:
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Post by: HikerHunter on March 12, 2019, 05:04:48 PM: Absolutely awesome! Love that the family was involved
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Post by: wheels on March 12, 2019, 05:05:25 PM: wow thats awesome
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Post by: redi on March 12, 2019, 05:13:20 PM: Nice. Congrats
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 12, 2019, 05:24:40 PM: Congrats dandy bull and thanks for sharing
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Post by: CaNINE on March 12, 2019, 06:07:33 PM: :tup: nice bull
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Post by: elkrack on March 12, 2019, 08:21:17 PM: That’s a great way to enter the forum :tup: thanks for sharing I love nice bull pics. Any other picture angles?
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Post by: Dan-o on March 12, 2019, 08:53:43 PM: NICE!

Great 1st post.

Love that 3 generations were there. I grew up hunting with my dad and grandpa.
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Post by: coachcw on March 13, 2019, 06:50:54 AM: Outstanding ! thats what its about and a dandy bull.
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Post by: Falcon on March 17, 2019, 08:03:26 PM: Great bull.. thanks for posting and welcome aboard :tup:
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Post by: HillHound on April 23, 2019, 08:05:56 PM: Lucky enough to hunt moose this year. Got it done with this 49 degrees north bull. My brother was able to come with me a couple times and he was able to call several bulls in but none quite what we were looking for. Man that is intense when they are coming in grunting and raking trees. I was able to fill a Turkey tag with him and we saw a couple bears but none he could get a shot at. Of course I got this guy on a trip he was unable to come on. Not sure if he was more bummed he wasn’t there or me after packing the whole thing out by myself.
I had seen him the night before with a cow as it was getting dark. I knew by myself I would be hosed shooting it at dusk. He was only half mile from the road but up a very steep hill. So I backed out and headed back to camp. Called my brother to confirm there was no way he could call in sick and get there the next day... no go. So the next morning found me listening to bull grunts in the dark. As it got light I spotted the cow but it had a much smaller bull with it. It couldn’t be? I explained point numbers and width estimates with my brother on the phone and this bull looked nothing like what I had seen the day before. Then out comes another bull sending the smaller one trotting off. This one was a mature bull but had no paddles at all, still not the bull I had seen. That’s when the one from the night before came running down the hill towards the cow and the other bull. He chased the small bull further off and came back to do the same to the other one. Once he ran them off I started raking a tree and he turned and started closing the 300+ yards of steep brushy clearcut between us. I could hear and see branches breaking the whole way. He came out about 50 yards from me, eyes bugged out staring right at me. He cocked his head and started to circle me. I put the 300wsm high on his shoulder and dropped him with one shot. In all the excitement I ran up the hill to him and he jumped up running down into a crap whole snapping dog hair pines off the whole way expiring once he got as far in as possible. This all took place by 8:30 in the morning. I got back to camp done for the day after 10pm. Can’t wait for my brother to draw so we can do it again. Moose hunting is definitely addictive
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Post by: Falcon on April 23, 2019, 09:20:15 PM: Great write up and a beautiful bull :drool: Huge congrats :tup:
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Post by: HillHound on April 24, 2019, 02:05:55 PM: Thanks