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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 08:21:30 AM

Title: This is one BIG moose
Post by: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 08:21:30 AM: I came accross this moose while bear hunting. About an hour after watching the moose I shot a bear. Sunday was a great day.
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Post by: archery288 on September 14, 2010, 08:23:22 AM: :drool: :drool: Awesome pics!!
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Post by: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 08:27:18 AM: I wish I could take credit for the great photos but my buddy and fellow member (DBZona) that was with me at the time took the pictures. He has a very nice camera.
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Post by: bearpaw on September 14, 2010, 08:39:24 AM: nice pictures, congrats on the bear... ;)
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Post by: Moose Eyes on September 14, 2010, 08:40:08 AM: Very nice! That's what I will be looking for in Three Forks.
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Post by: Hyde on September 14, 2010, 08:40:43 AM: It's already hard enough to get some sleep, tossing and turning dreaming about moose and my upcoming hunt. Then you post a pic like that...? HOLY $#(*&*&&#^$*(@@@)! I call dibs!
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Post by: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 08:42:32 AM: Sorry. Don't mean for you to lose sleep over. Just thought I would get the heart racing. haha.
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Post by: Moose Eyes on September 14, 2010, 08:45:25 AM: If you don't mind sharing, what unit were you in?
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Post by: whacker1 on September 14, 2010, 08:46:35 AM: great moose - congrats on the bear. I took pictures Saturday with the 35 mm of a nice bull moose, but doesn't hold a chance against this monster.
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Post by: jackelope on September 14, 2010, 08:48:08 AM: Thats an awesome bull. Pushing 50" I think.
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Post by: MichaelD on September 14, 2010, 08:56:39 AM: Wow - those things are big and beautiful :yike:.....and tasty too I bet. :drool:
Good luck to those with tags this year!
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Post by: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 08:57:50 AM: He very well could be 50''. I was guessing 45" give or take a few.
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on September 14, 2010, 09:16:40 AM: That's here in Washington? Holy chit batman!

-Steve
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Post by: rasbo on September 14, 2010, 09:53:11 AM: wow Im going to put that on the ceiling thats awesome...dreaming bout that
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Post by: TeacherMan on September 14, 2010, 10:07:47 AM: Its a 50" min in the area I'm hunting in AK or 4 brow tines. I would let him go, just to close to call. i would say 48" but maybe 50"

Crazy nice bull for WA!
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Post by: DBZona on September 14, 2010, 10:26:26 AM: Those Pics Suck!!! :chuckle: Can we see pics of the bear? :chuckle:
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Post by: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 10:29:12 AM: real funny DBZona.
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Post by: GoldTip on September 14, 2010, 10:59:21 AM: He is very close to 50 for sure, but yeah if he was in AK it would be to close to call. Damn nice Moose, you should let a tag holder for that unit know where he is if you know one. Judging from his bell, he may also not be a terribly old bull, and looking at his tines. He could be a bull that turns into a absolute gagger!
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Post by: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 11:03:55 AM: Yeah, I don't know how to judge the age of a moose. Another thing that impressed me was the size of his body as well. What do you look for when trying to age a moose on the hoof. What is the "bell"
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Post by: tmike on September 14, 2010, 11:04:51 AM: Holy Bull! If that's in the 49DN I'll trade you one of my kids for the location :chuckle: Thanks for the motivation, not that I needed any more.
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Post by: jackelope on September 14, 2010, 11:10:28 AM: Quote from: hunter-4-life on September 14, 2010, 11:03:55 AM
Yeah, I don't know how to judge the age of a moose. Another thing that impressed me was the size of his body as well. What do you look for when trying to age a moose on the hoof. What is the "bell"

The bell is the beard thing that looks like a bell that hangs off his neck.
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Post by: borntoslay on September 14, 2010, 12:21:28 PM: I think we got ourselves a honeyhole for when we draw someday! I gotta get me one of them monster whities up there this fall.. But neway...Wow, thats moose is as big as a wooly mammoth!!!!!! hahahahaha :mgun:
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on September 14, 2010, 01:10:23 PM: Sweet! I'd like to see the bear too...
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Post by: scout88 on September 14, 2010, 01:15:56 PM: holy crap! nice pics and congrats on the bear
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Post by: bowhunterforever on September 14, 2010, 05:21:08 PM: Thats a stud wa moose :drool: Nice pics
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Post by: DeerThug on September 14, 2010, 06:30:44 PM: I am printing that pic and taping it to the visor of my truck - just to keep me grounded on a great bull. Heading to mt spokane this friday to find his grandpa....

That is a fantastic bull
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Post by: cohoho on September 14, 2010, 09:16:34 PM: Anyone in Washington NOT going to shoot that Bull is outright nuts. Figure if it is a WA Moose between the antlers is about 6-7 inches at best. I would figure a Shiras Moose at that low end as alot of AK Moose range between 8-10. My 58" inch AK Moose is 8.5 between and it was a about four years old. So for arguments sake- lets say were conservative on this and go with 6 inches between. That is at least a 48" Bull, if it is 7, well you do the math it is over 50" trust me. Pop it and get to skinning cause it is a pig and will look good on the wall.... Tmike please tell me you'll tag this one...... Having gotten several Moose in AK, I honestly didn't believe folks when they were saying 50" for a Shiras, but this picture is worth it's weight for sure... Made me a believer! I was wrong when I discounted (privately) what I was reading and hearing.
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Post by: tmike on September 14, 2010, 09:36:19 PM: I don't know where that one is, but one anywhere near to it would be a dream.
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Post by: PA BEN on September 15, 2010, 06:04:26 AM: Here's my Washington bull 43". That bull is 50" at least, shoot it opening day.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2F109_3193.jpg&hash=fa9ea0a22cb639e0f32f314a01750c32ad201825)
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Post by: MuleySniper on September 15, 2010, 07:07:11 AM: Yeah what a stud WA moose. Nice pics too!
MS
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Post by: jackelope on September 15, 2010, 07:52:02 AM: Quote from: PA BEN on September 15, 2010, 06:04:26 AM
Here's my Washington bull 43". That bull is 50" at least, shoot it opening day.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi154.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs276%2FPABEN07%2F109_3193.jpg&hash=fa9ea0a22cb639e0f32f314a01750c32ad201825)

With my feeble attempt at judging the width of that bull with a bunch of time to stare at a photo and giving him 10" between the outsides of his eyes I am putting him at 52" wide.
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Post by: hunter-4-life on September 15, 2010, 08:17:39 AM: I sure wish I had the tag for that big boy. I know right where he is. One day I will have the tag. Till then the only shooting i am doing is with a camera.
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Post by: PA BEN on September 16, 2010, 10:16:18 AM: Quote from: hunter-4-life on September 15, 2010, 08:17:39 AM
I sure wish I had the tag for that big boy. I know right where he is. One day I will have the tag. Till then the only shooting i am doing is with a camera.
Buck Creek in 49?
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Post by: hunter-4-life on September 16, 2010, 10:31:30 AM: No its not Buck Creek.
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Post by: elkhuntindad on October 02, 2010, 01:04:14 PM: That's and awesome bull
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 02, 2010, 01:08:52 PM: a drean bull right there :drool:
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Post by: 300UltraMagShooter on October 02, 2010, 01:16:24 PM: how do you guys tell the difference between bulls? they all look "about" the same to me...
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Post by: Titan-1 on October 03, 2010, 12:51:49 AM: :yike:
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Post by: JCClement on October 03, 2010, 07:32:50 PM: :drool:
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Post by: boneaddict on October 06, 2010, 07:47:35 PM: Wow, I'm not sure how I missed this one. Great bull for sure. Def worth notching an OIL tag for. Wish I'd seen him with my camera.
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Post by: wiremonkey on October 06, 2010, 07:53:46 PM: how cool. that second picture is really something. i have never seen a moose, that must have had your heart racing. very nice pics