BwanaDave™ Moose King Of The Internet?
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Great looking bull.Thanks fellas. It was the first moose I ever killed with Something besides a bow. The terrain was new to me aswell - it was a southern hunt not the northern bush country I'm usually in. On the flip side, I made my brother back HIS truck right up to it so that was nice. 
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My Kootenay Moose - LEH 45.5 inch green spread
I took my boys, 6 and 2, out hunting hoping to find a whitetail doe or something for us to shoot. I was in moose ish country but was not expecting to see one... Anyways, they both passed out in my suzuki before we were 10 minutes from town and had a good 45 minute nap before I stopped and jumped out to get a better look at a herd of 6 or 7 mule deer. One had a decent rack so I threw my binos onto the seat and grabbed my gun to run up the bank and get a good look (they have to be 4 point or larger in our region) and when i closed the door i just happened to look behind me and in the middle of the block there was this beauty of a moose. We were above the fog so he was sky lined down hill from us about 200 yards but facing straight away from me... Now I could have gone for the 'Texas Heart Shot', but the road wrapped around for a better shot. So I hopped back in my sidekick, reached behind the seat and smacked both my kids and yelled "Boys theres a huge moose, wake up!!" haha, now I was full moose fever, ground a couple of gears and we went about 400 years around block and stopped with him almost perfectly broadside. Now I am a novice hunter but I knew I had time to get a good rest and take a quality shot, but that went right the hell out the window, I got out, loaded my mag into my 30-06 and blasted him freestanding. Noticing my VX-3 was on 12 power, for a shot less than 100 yards, I immediately doubted my shot, so I ran to where the moose was... And by run I mean I RAN, out of breath and trying to grunt I got him to walk back up and I drilled him at about 60 yards. The pics tell the rest of the story, I gutted him with my boys, had my father in law and his brother help me finish field dressing him and hauled him out the next day. On a side note, both bullets hit through the liver and one stopped against the hide and the other in the flank meat about 1.5 inches apart.
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I took my boys, 6 and 2, out hunting hoping to find a whitetail doe or something for us to shoot. I was in moose ish country but was not expecting to see one... Anyways, they both passed out in my suzuki before we were 10 minutes from town and had a good 45 minute nap before I stopped and jumped out to get a better look at a herd of 6 or 7 mule deer. One had a decent rack so I threw my binos onto the seat and grabbed my gun to run up the bank and get a good look (they have to be 4 point or larger in our region) and when i closed the door i just happened to look behind me and in the middle of the block there was this beauty of a moose. We were above the fog so he was sky lined down hill from us about 200 yards but facing straight away from me... Now I could have gone for the 'Texas Heart Shot', but the road wrapped around for a better shot. So I hopped back in my sidekick, reached behind the seat and smacked both my kids and yelled "Boys theres a huge moose, wake up!!" haha, now I was full moose fever, ground a couple of gears and we went about 400 years around block and stopped with him almost perfectly broadside. Now I am a novice hunter but I knew I had time to get a good rest and take a quality shot, but that went right the hell out the window, I got out, loaded my mag into my 30-06 and blasted him freestanding. Noticing my VX-3 was on 12 power, for a shot less than 100 yards, I immediately doubted my shot, so I ran to where the moose was... And by run I mean I RAN, out of breath and trying to grunt I got him to walk back up and I drilled him at about 60 yards. The pics tell the rest of the story, I gutted him with my boys, had my father in law and his brother help me finish field dressing him and hauled him out the next day. On a side note, both bullets hit through the liver and one stopped against the hide and the other in the flank meat about 1.5 inches apart.
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http://s894.photobucket.com/user/Wiebe323/media/Mobile Uploads/FullSizeR1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
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Leavenworth
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Lowermainland B.C.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
So far we have, and not that it's a competition but stats are interesting,
BC - 4
AB - 2
MB - 1
AL - 1
SK - 1
NL - 1
NL-Hunter 13" .375 H&H- First Moose Down! A NL tender freezer filler.
BwanaDave 44" .300 WM 168gr TTSX- Central BC Moose Bear Combo
jjohnwm .375 H&H 250gr TTSX (presumed) beautiful, weathered Manitoba fighter of a bull.
Gone_Fishin_ 45 1/2" .30-06 165gr Trophy Copper, beautiful south BC bull with a long pack out.
Neo 52" .30-06 168gr TSX, brute of a northern AB bull with an adventure to match, Grizzlies to sunk Argos.
Ardent 57" .308 Win 150gr Fusion, Sharkbite Northern BC bull.
OriginalGrouse 12g Sabot 300gr SST, lovely SK coulee land bull.
rsp1761 65" Monster of an Alaska bull, just awesome.
doublegun .458 muzzleloader 300gr Ballistic Tip, self made custom rifle, for a spectacular southern AB bull.
Wiebe323 45 1/2" .30-06 nice SE BC bull with his young sons, aged 6 and 2.
BC - 4
AB - 2
MB - 1
AL - 1
SK - 1
NL - 1
NL-Hunter 13" .375 H&H- First Moose Down! A NL tender freezer filler.
BwanaDave 44" .300 WM 168gr TTSX- Central BC Moose Bear Combo
jjohnwm .375 H&H 250gr TTSX (presumed) beautiful, weathered Manitoba fighter of a bull.
Gone_Fishin_ 45 1/2" .30-06 165gr Trophy Copper, beautiful south BC bull with a long pack out.
Neo 52" .30-06 168gr TSX, brute of a northern AB bull with an adventure to match, Grizzlies to sunk Argos.
Ardent 57" .308 Win 150gr Fusion, Sharkbite Northern BC bull.
OriginalGrouse 12g Sabot 300gr SST, lovely SK coulee land bull.
rsp1761 65" Monster of an Alaska bull, just awesome.
doublegun .458 muzzleloader 300gr Ballistic Tip, self made custom rifle, for a spectacular southern AB bull.
Wiebe323 45 1/2" .30-06 nice SE BC bull with his young sons, aged 6 and 2.
freddyfour
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
Did we have a picture of this one? I think I need to see!
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
.275 gr Remington Cor Lokt.
I decided to post another one from this year. My sister-in-laws first big game animal, a hard to get moose draw in Saskatchewan (if the terrain wasn't enough of a giveaway). With 4 kids at home, it was hard for the two of them to get out together. She passed several bulls, and decided on this guy(46"). Perfect shot, from a custom 260 Remington I built her using 125gr nosler partitions. When they were taking pictures, others may have been sneaking their own pics - although it doesn't showcase the antlers perfectly, I like this one the best.
- although it doesn't showcase the antlers perfectly, I like this one the best.
bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
I decided to post another one from this year. My sister-in-laws first big game animal, a hard to get moose draw in Saskatchewan (if the terrain wasn't enough of a giveaway). With 4 kids at home, it was hard for the two of them to get out together. She passed several bulls, and decided on this guy(46"). Perfect shot, from a custom 260 Remington I built her using 125gr nosler partitions. When they were taking pictures, others may have been sneaking their own pics
That's a cool picture, and like you said, not one where one would normally expect moose to hang out. Almost looks like the terrain of brown bear on Kodiak Island.
