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Old 09-22-2004, 07:42 AM
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Justin
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Default RE: Moose, weather, rut?

I didn't get a moose last year, but another member of our party did on the last day of the hunt. Called in a nice bull to about 20 yards, perfect double lung shot, and he didn't run more than 40 yards before he dropped over right smack in the middle of a logging road. Couldn't have been more perfect. I personally called in 2 bulls during our trip, unfortunately one got downwind of me and spooked, and the other was just out of bow range on the last night of my hunt. I'm fairly confident I could've made the shot, but with light fading on the last night of the trip, I didn't want to risk a bad hit and then having to leave the animal without recovering it.

Have fun up there, moose hunting in by far the most exciting and entertaining hunt I've ever been on.

Here's a pic of me a LONG time ago with my dad and his biggest moose to date. (Keep in mind this was 12 years ago!)

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