Old school to Fandangled plastic wreak havoc. Pic intense and long winded.

[Noel]

What's the story on that knife?

It is a home made knife from a saw blade(???) or some such material, bolster and heel are copper and the handles are either oak or hickory. Holds a great edge and has been used on every one of our animals this fall.

suggestions were made it may be a Hudson Bay knife but after some digging it appears not the case. Sadly, the blood has ripped the tarnish off, as you can see here:

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370705

 

[Why not?]

Come on! You really think we believe you decked an elk at 366 yd.....with a 7X57?

It has even less power than a 270 Win, and everybody knows the 270 won't kill an elk.

Get real !

ted

 

[Noel]

I know. Should have taken the 32-20 instead.

Just home from chasing moose and deer in some nice cool weather. A foot of powder and -20C before the wind chill. I am sure most are used to playing in that weather but not this kid.
Found the moose at last light....actually after last light Saturday. Got back there this morning at first light, yup they were still there but we flubbed it. Followed them in an effort to ensure the shots had missed and to maybe get in front of them (yeah right) but it was to no avail, 3 1/2 of slugging through that snow and bumping into three groups of feral horses is all we managed.

Back to the truck for lunch and then the afternoon went south from there.
Kurt noticed a buck in a thick poplar stand above us, the trees were very thick but I watched it stop running. Never had a great view of his rack but he seemed fairly big.
Up came the 250 HP and the 4X found an opening to thread one in there.

At the 80yd shot Mr. Buck dropped to the ground but sprang up again. It was obvious he was hit hard but in rising up he lunged forward and came right back down again. Turns out both front shoulders were broken so bad they would not support him, he tore thru the brush like a snow mobile without skiis for 100 feet one direction then did a switch back and came back another 80 feet. It was insane to watch.

He stopped in the thicket, with only his neck and head in view. Once he was down there I could see he was no where near the buck I thought at first. He was still up like any normal deer just lying there so one well placed shot in the brain put the suffering to and end PDQ. Who says vintage iron can't shoot? Not bad for off hand at that range.

I do wish however I had taken the time to get a better look at him or just let him go. So many deer I have put a tag on in this size category I wanted to get a big one this year.
Just being honest here but I am disappointed with my judgment here big time. Perhaps the fact that his body and head were as big as a year and a half old doe made his head gear look big? I don't know. Need to stay positive tho, someone will get some much needed venison in their deep freeze and maybe next year that big one will step out.

 

[thebuckhunter]

Awesome pics and a great story. Thanks for sharing.

-Jason

 

[Noel]

Pics from the weekend. Trying to help my Father in law locate a Cow moose, and maybe fill my Buck tag.
Saturday, -20C and a good breeze on top of it. Lots of layers. We covered close to 4 miles by lunch, and then only a couple more in the afternoon, not a moose track to be found! This little buck stepped out at 30yds, I am ready in case his big brother follows him, no dice.

Just at last light we spotted a Cow and her calf in a meadow. As much as we wanted to find a dry cow we were having very little success. We would return the next morning to see what was there.



Sunday morning, the cow and calf were still there but they vacated before Kurt could get a shot. So off we go, trying to route them. In the mean time we are skirting three groups of feral horses in an attempt to not alert them and A. get charged and struck by the hooves of the Stallion and B. not have them spook and run like idiots, scaring everything in their path. Note and bitterness here? It is from past personal experience, too many times. Seeing 60 fat sway backs in a day and not half that of wild game that belongs there is frustrating.

Anywho...the cow and calf had ran across this little meadow but that was eons before we got there. Good for them, hated to see them split up anyway. Kurt with his lefty 700 in 06. The snow has been falling steady today, blurring visibility across the meadow, and covering the scope lens. Frequent use of a grass stem to brush it off was needed no matter how you carried the gun.

Taking a quick breather when you know there is no possible way the moose are within two miles anymore. My little Savage from 1928.

Giving up the chase and taking a line back towards the truck, hopefully the shortest route cuz we are tired!

A few hours later, here is the thicket my monster buck was running into, this is from my shooting position standing offhand. He was 3/4 to the top of the hill when he stopped. I sure wish I had hit wood with my bullet instead of two shoulders.

As I mentioned before a quick follow up shot was used, hitting him in the noggin. This would make scoring difficult..... somewhere in the vicinity of 110-a whopping 115. If it was only a Coues I'd have been doing alright. Strange how they can look so big running in thick brush. If his dressed body weight was more than 90lbs I would be shocked, he was a total runt.

So I still have a partner tag with Kurt's moose. If all goes well there might be a couple more pictures and such to share. I certainly hope it goes that way.