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Title: Idaho Moose Hunt was exciting
Post by: buckhorn2 on October 05, 2011, 09:40:51 AM: Just got home from our Idaho moose hunt and it turned out to be a great hunt but exciting. We saw elk and one was really big well into the 300 class and one black bear but the weather was really warm and we were seeing moose only in the early morning . Trying to get stuff unpacked and meat to be delt with will send pictures and story when I can find my camera but had a great time hunting with my son and grandson.
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Post by: Machias on October 05, 2011, 09:44:48 AM: :tup:
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Post by: Hornseeker on October 05, 2011, 09:45:52 AM: Cant wait to hear more and see the pics!! Congrats!!!!
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Post by: bearmanric on October 05, 2011, 10:32:20 AM: cool cool. heading to the coast in a bit last real chance to call bear. Rick ;)
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Post by: buckhorn2 on October 05, 2011, 07:31:28 PM: Just finished the meat cutting and taking the meat to the butcher for hamburger and down to the taxidermist. Man just shooting then what comes after takes some work and some help. The first couple days of our hunt it was about 75 degress and we only saw a few moose. We turned down a bull that was 40 something wide with double brows the first day and the next couple days wondered if we had made a big mistake as nothing was moving. Yesterday it rained and we found a little water hole with 3 different trails coming into it with lots of fresh trakes. We set up and called and a small bull came out to see what was up then we heard another bigger sounding one on the hill behind us. The fog set in and cow calling was only getting answers so we tried a bull call and thats when things got exciting, We were on a little 4 wheeler trail that was solid rock and steep when we heard a loud call and the sound of something coming full speed down the trail. You could only see about 30 yards up the trail in the fog but it sounded like a whole herd of horses coming and it felt like you could feel the ground shakeing. Out of the fog came two cowes hho saw us and cut up the hill and right behind them you could see paddles coming in the fog right down the trail. He came out of the fog at 25 yards and my son shot hiting him in the chest he stumbled but kept coming right at us thats when my grandson and friend started running down the trail hollering shoot shoot. The next shot he stumbled again but still has his head down and I mean really coming my boy shot again and he went down at 15 feet on the trail then flipped over and rolled down the hill about 30 feet. Man we were shaking in our boots I know that thing had us in his sights and bad on his mind. We were able to pull him up onto the road to cape and quarter him with 2 4 wheelers one that had a winch. We may have not got the biggest but we think it was the baddest.
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Post by: buckhorn2 on October 05, 2011, 07:37:39 PM: Some more pictures.
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Post by: boneaddict on October 05, 2011, 07:38:53 PM: WOW! Thats NICE!
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Post by: Jason on October 05, 2011, 07:41:26 PM: Awesome Man!!
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Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 05, 2011, 07:46:15 PM: nice story and bull dudes!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on October 05, 2011, 07:56:48 PM: Thats so awesome! Congrats!
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Post by: benhuntin on October 05, 2011, 07:58:19 PM: Looks like lots of smiles Congrats :tup:
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Post by: runamuk on October 05, 2011, 08:04:46 PM: AWESOME....so happy for you looks like it was a good trip and like I said before I would be the first one running down the trail screaming like a girl :chuckle: :chuckle: moose scare me :yike:
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Post by: denali on October 05, 2011, 08:05:37 PM: Wow :tup: :tup:
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Post by: TheHunt on October 05, 2011, 08:06:20 PM: I love that quad picture... I am not sure you could load any more on it. :chuckle:
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Post by: bucklucky on October 05, 2011, 08:14:29 PM: Lots of fun and great memmories there!! Nice job guys!!
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Post by: Hunterman on October 05, 2011, 08:33:07 PM: Welcome home Del..Nothing like a running train wreck coming at you to start the hunting season :yike: He looks like a nice bull to me :tup: Heck any bigger you'd have needed 3 more quads :chuckle: :chuckle: Tell the boys nice job and congrats..

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: HUNT on October 05, 2011, 08:39:33 PM: What a great moose your son shot. Congrats to him and sounds like you had a great hunt! Things get pretty exciting when they are charging in on you! ;)
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Post by: seth30 on October 05, 2011, 08:43:27 PM: Great job on your father/son hunt!
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on October 05, 2011, 08:52:11 PM: very nice :tup:
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Post by: buckhorn2 on October 05, 2011, 09:29:46 PM: We were stopped in Ritzville for fuel and a burger and got to talking to a hunter and sharing moose stories and pictures then get home and find out it was the Hunt man we got hunters all over the place my truck has a hunt wa, sticker on it but we were in my boys sure would have been to know we were both on this site.
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Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 06, 2011, 01:54:06 AM: Good looking bull guys!
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Post by: Lunchbox1981 on October 06, 2011, 02:32:17 AM: That had to be rush with him charging down hill on you guys. Congrats.
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Post by: shanevg on October 06, 2011, 07:14:35 AM: Great bill and awesome story! Congrats!
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Post by: jager on October 06, 2011, 07:28:47 AM: Crazy! Cool pics!
Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: Machias on October 06, 2011, 10:54:50 AM: Fricken awesome, congrats to you all! Thanks for sharing the photos and the story!! :tup:
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Post by: Hornseeker on October 06, 2011, 11:12:08 AM: Thats a great bull Del! Congrats to the kiddo!!! You guys gonna get to Montana this year?
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Post by: engelwood on October 06, 2011, 11:57:27 AM: Looks like a blast. Nice work boys :tup:
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Post by: bearpaw on October 06, 2011, 12:06:22 PM: Sounds like you had another great hunt, congrats to your son, and thanks for sharing.... :tup:
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Post by: rasbo on October 06, 2011, 06:11:37 PM: damn del while I was eating tacos and farting fire,I was hoping you guys did well.And well you did.That is awesome....