BwanaDave™ Moose King Of The Internet?
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Ardent
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Yea he stood right in front of me and took a piss at 20ish yards, had a very good look at him while he considered the skinniest and weirdest looking bull he'd ever seen in front of him. He decided I wasn't worthy and turned to leave while I debated if I wanted to cut my tag on him. I regretted my hesitation and he gave the skinny weird bull another gander when I grunted and now he's dinner.
Ardent
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You know what, I say he's admissible, Yukon bulls are allowed and the world record's from there. Let's do the same as last time a poll at the end of the year here and all factors considered in the vote.
Cool! And terrific photography, as usual. Too bad you cluttered the pic up with that goofy little rifle...
Did you really think of passing just because of that battle damage? I love stuff like that, just adds to the story and the memory. Beautiful rack before the fight...even better afterwards.
Did you really think of passing just because of that battle damage? I love stuff like that, just adds to the story and the memory. Beautiful rack before the fight...even better afterwards.
Ardent
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Nope! I really thought of passing because there is a bigger bull around and I didn't like the look of the amount of work sizing me up, when I knew that bigger one is still out there. 
Regretted that reasoning as he started to leave, and the work doesn't seem quite so horrible now it's done.
Regretted that reasoning as he started to leave, and the work doesn't seem quite so horrible now it's done.bearkilr
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- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
It's my scientific opinion he was attacked by a large shark, on his right side.
Nice! Awesome fronts!
Went in a little later than I had been all week, sun was up for about 20 minutes or so, Thanksgiving day. As i was coming down a large hill I spotted him down and to my right, stopped and gave a cow call. Apparently I'm no good at that because he really didn't care for it and started to walk away so I gave a couple bull grunts and he stopped immediately. As I watched him I was wondering if I even wanted to get into this situation. From where I was parked immediately outside my passenger door was a 40 foot drop, I did notice one set of truck tracks down there so I figured what the hell. Pulled out my gun and loaded one in the chamber and two in the tube. He started for the trees but I knew there was a creek behind so I watched his direction as I headed down the hill, he turned south or to my right and I headed that direction to cut him off. When he popped back out I was about 250yds away, I gave a couple grunts and again he stopped. I walked in to about 60yds grunting a couple more times and he never moved at all, stood broadside the entire time. I crouched a bit and had to tell myself to breathe since I was shaking so hard full of adrenaline. Took one shot and I knew that was it, he moved about 10 feet and stopped, I took a second shot just to be sure (which was a bit further back than I would like) . Hiked up to the truck and drove in. I was alone so it took a while to get him out, 5 hours to gut, skin, quarter and load. As I was finishing it started to snow and never stopped for the rest of the day. Shot him with my Mossberg 835 with a rifled slug barrel I bought off a fellow CGN member a few years ago(just the barrel), Bushnell 1-4x scope and 300 grain Hornady SST sabot slugs. I'm in a shotgun/muzzleloader zone, no rifles if you're wondering my choice in gun. Buying a slug barrel was cheaper than a new muzzleloader. Both slugs were pulled out of the ribs on the other side and only one mushroomed. I hate that scope and yesterday ordered a Nikon Prostaff Slug Hunter 3-9X40 from Prophet River during their Thanksgiving sale. Sorry if my story was a bit long, also my pictures aren't too good I thought my phone would take better ones.
He was at the far end of the grass area just right of center and the hill is a lot bigger than it looks in this picture
He was at the far end of the grass area just right of center and the hill is a lot bigger than it looks in this picture
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Ardent
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Can I enter the one I shot a few years back?.................I won't be hunting them any time soon, I'm getting too old and the fun is REALLY over after the loud bang, these days !!!
He's a 65" Yukon bull, but he's a little weak in the fronts and scores just shy of 200"
He's a 65" Yukon bull, but he's a little weak in the fronts and scores just shy of 200"
Ardent
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Honorable mention! Spectacular bull Douglas, doubt I'll ever shoot a 65" bull as while they're out there, that's pushing the top do what BC can do. This one's 2016 bulls but certainly welcome all pics of moose! Know what you're saying about the fun ending, best way to ruin a moose hunt is to actually shoot a moose.
Those are two magnificent animals...congrats to both of you!
I like the taxidermy treatment of yours, Douglas. It reminds me of how expensive taxidermy can be. In my case, shooting a moose like that would cost at least $30000 to do the mount justice: one grand for the mount, another $29000 for the addition to my little house to display it!
I like the taxidermy treatment of yours, Douglas. It reminds me of how expensive taxidermy can be. In my case, shooting a moose like that would cost at least $30000 to do the mount justice: one grand for the mount, another $29000 for the addition to my little house to display it!
I didn't figure y'all would let me enter him, but I thought I'd just show him off anyway...............
And the two good looking young fellas in the photos are my two sons..........both obviously with me when I shot him. Thank God...........
And the two good looking young fellas in the photos are my two sons..........both obviously with me when I shot him. Thank God...........
Sorry to keep you waiting -- since I got home, about all I've done is cut, trim, grind, wrap, cut, trim, grind, wrap, cut, trim ... you know the drill
It's already been said in this thread that nothing ruins a moose trip like shooting a moose. But I think there are a few other things that qualify as well, such as:
a) Someone forgetting to pack a stove for the wall tent. Fortunately, we're a creative bunch!
b) Having one of the 2 argos in camp blow a transmission.
c) Having the second argo find a beaver run that the driver missed and sinking (yes, sinking) the machine in a lake. Did I mention the other machine having a blown transmission? So the sunk one stayed that way for 3 days, with the engine compartment filled with water, until we could get a new tranny and do a field install on argo #1.
d) Spending the better part of a day pulling spark plugs, spinning water out of the engine, draining the gas tank, pulling plugs and spinning some more, etc. etc. etc. until argo #2 came back to life.
e) Having a large pack of 10-12 wolves howling up a storm within a few hundred yards from camp all night before the first morning of hunting. That'll get the moose moving for sure! LOL!
f) Having a grizzly claim the gut pile of my bull, which dropped about 700 yards from camp (and a meat pole with 4 moose quarters hung in it...)
g) Having a good dump of snow on September 30th that stays with you right through to the hunt's conclusion on Oct. 9th.
When all is said and done though, I guess it's still always the same. Nothing ruins a moose hunt like shooting a moose. And nothing makes it as magnificent as shooting a moose
We found him 2 minutes into our first morning, with wolf howls still echoing across the lake. He was with 2 cows, all of them right against the shoreline on the far side of the lake -- presumably, they were thinking that water was about to provide a much needed sanctuary. It was a fair poke (393 yards on the rangefinder), but there was simply no way to get closer without swimming. Once again, my favourite 30-06 proved that a well placed shot with a Barnes 168 grain TSX can do just about anything you can reasonably ask of it.
52" spread, and my personal best to date.
Gotta run and get back to work. Still not done the cutting, trimming, grinding, wrapping, cutting, trimming ...
Leavenworth
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Great story's fellas but when I click on the X's to see the pictures they don't show .
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