Our hunt camp is just north of Dorset and we got a bull moose on day one at noon. Three of us took stands at an L shape marsh area. I sat at one end, my partner in the middle and the other at the far end of the other stretch. Each stretch is about 400-500 yard long (lasered).
Just as I was about to take a bit out of my lunch my partner fired two rounds, as I watched he ran into the marsh and put two more rounds in (semi auto 30-06). He signaled me over. I knew he shot something but wasn’t able to see anything. So I put away the lunch and walked over. As it was wet and muddy I couldn’t get through the marsh. I had to walk back into the bush. By the time I got there three other guys from the camp also arrived. A young bull was down in the middle of the marsh with water up passed the knee. Two hours later, we gutted it before we pulled it 50 yards to dry land and hoisted it up a pine tree.
The question was how do we get the moose back to the camp. As we came in by boats, we had to walk 2 hours back to the boat. By the time we were back to the camp. It was around 5:30pm. The game plan was to retrieve the bull the next day.
Nine of us went on a long detour with the trucks over a 20 km logging road. Four guys took the ATV along a skiddo trail to the nearest point where the bull was hung. I didn’t follow them, as there were enough men to do the job. The folks had to cut a 100-yard long trail to get to the marsh. They dragged the bull out back to the truck. By the time they came back to the base camp it and hung the bull up it was around 4:30pm. No one weighted the bull but my guess was around 500 lbs.
I have been to moose hunt three times and this is the first successful hunt. The CO was very active around that area. He met us a few times on the road, asked all the questions (how manay the camp, what tags we have got, location of our camp etc) and visited us at the camp. I left on Tuesday night for work the next day.
Pound of pound, there is a lot more work for a moose hunt than a deer hunt. I like the teamwork and will go back the next season.
Sorry I don't have pictures to share.
Danny Boy
Just as I was about to take a bit out of my lunch my partner fired two rounds, as I watched he ran into the marsh and put two more rounds in (semi auto 30-06). He signaled me over. I knew he shot something but wasn’t able to see anything. So I put away the lunch and walked over. As it was wet and muddy I couldn’t get through the marsh. I had to walk back into the bush. By the time I got there three other guys from the camp also arrived. A young bull was down in the middle of the marsh with water up passed the knee. Two hours later, we gutted it before we pulled it 50 yards to dry land and hoisted it up a pine tree.
The question was how do we get the moose back to the camp. As we came in by boats, we had to walk 2 hours back to the boat. By the time we were back to the camp. It was around 5:30pm. The game plan was to retrieve the bull the next day.
Nine of us went on a long detour with the trucks over a 20 km logging road. Four guys took the ATV along a skiddo trail to the nearest point where the bull was hung. I didn’t follow them, as there were enough men to do the job. The folks had to cut a 100-yard long trail to get to the marsh. They dragged the bull out back to the truck. By the time they came back to the base camp it and hung the bull up it was around 4:30pm. No one weighted the bull but my guess was around 500 lbs.
I have been to moose hunt three times and this is the first successful hunt. The CO was very active around that area. He met us a few times on the road, asked all the questions (how manay the camp, what tags we have got, location of our camp etc) and visited us at the camp. I left on Tuesday night for work the next day.
Pound of pound, there is a lot more work for a moose hunt than a deer hunt. I like the teamwork and will go back the next season.
Sorry I don't have pictures to share.
Danny Boy
