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Here are a couple of pics of my first moose, taken last week in the North Slave Region of the NWT.

99 Savage in .308

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Awesome picture, what a majestic animals. That things sheer size is incredible. Congrats!

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looks like it would be an EASY drag out of there:D

Very Nice. You want to tell us the story behind it?? Don't make one of the other members here beg:D

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Dang thats a Monster!!!!!!!

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Real Nice! Congrat's

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This was on our third trip out for moose. The guy I hunt with had shot 2 a couple of days earlier--he is a First Nations hunter. We boated around the lake and called in a few spots and then canoed up a small stream and into a small lake. As we rounded the bend into the lake there was a bull and a cow standing about 150yrds from the shore--upon a small riseand we paddled in. They were distracted with each other and we put ashore. He was semi-broadside and I put one just behind his front shoulder and out through the ribs. He ran a few yards and dropped. The other guy went for the cow, but it was gone.

We don't really have to drag it at all--we just quarter it up and bring it home---I just tag it and go--it makes for a pretty well loaded canoe. There is no formal reporting, though I do get a game survey from the gov each year.

It was intense to be paddling into shore with our eyes glued on the moose--I have never paddled so quickly, so quietly in my life. I can't wait to do it again next year.

Caribou are up next--probably in couple of months.

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We don't really have to drag it at all

:D:D:D

I kinda figured that. Sounds like an awesome experience though. I'd like to go to AK and do a float trip (DIY) for Moose and caribou one day.

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Thats a huge moose you got there congrats. Im amazed as to how light the coat of it is. Ive never seen a moose with a coat that white before (besides and albino of course)

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Nice shot, camera & rifle.

Makes me wonder...does anyone make a "moose handle" to, you know, make it easier to drag them to the truck?

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he's a brute man nice shot!