Successful moose hunt!
10-27-2007, 05:27 PM
#18
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Magdalen Islands ,Quebec,Can.
Posts: 108
RE: Successful moose hunt!
Thanks for all the congrats guys, It was a great hunt ,got him on the second day of the season but we stayed 5 more days looking for another but never happened. That was ok because we were blessed with a nice one!!
thanks again,Rodney.
thanks again,Rodney.
10-29-2007, 12:37 PM
#20
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Magdalen Islands ,Quebec,Can.
Posts: 108
RE: Successful moose hunt!
here is the story;LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY!!!
I left camp at daylight for the usual walk of 35 minutes to my stand. I walked 10 minutes and came upon some fresh tracks-going my way-towards my stand. he stayed on the road for 500-600 yards then the tracks left the road.
So I continued on my way to the next fork and headed up the road about 200 yards up the road the tracks were there again, and kept on the road until 100 yards from my stand the tracks went off into the alders.So I went to my stand got installed and never made a sound for an hour, then I made a cow call... then 10 minutes after I almost had a heart attack!!! the cracking and smashing and snorting all from less than 50 yards into the alders and new growth....
It took a couple of minutes for me to get calmed down...and stop shaking and I kept looking in the direction of the noises that had since stopped.Then there he was 130yds(he must have winded me)because he was slowly leaving. First shot was from the stand, standing arms length and the first shot never touched him(because he was over a ridge if I got down off of the stand I would have lost sight of him)He ran 25 yards then I was down and after him I ran 50 yards and got another shot. this shot hit him but it was high-He ran another 25 yards then I got him good and he fell right there,30 feet from where we could back a truck.
He was down at 8;10 am and hanging at camp at 10;30am... so that is the story, Rodney.
I left camp at daylight for the usual walk of 35 minutes to my stand. I walked 10 minutes and came upon some fresh tracks-going my way-towards my stand. he stayed on the road for 500-600 yards then the tracks left the road.
So I continued on my way to the next fork and headed up the road about 200 yards up the road the tracks were there again, and kept on the road until 100 yards from my stand the tracks went off into the alders.So I went to my stand got installed and never made a sound for an hour, then I made a cow call... then 10 minutes after I almost had a heart attack!!! the cracking and smashing and snorting all from less than 50 yards into the alders and new growth....
It took a couple of minutes for me to get calmed down...and stop shaking and I kept looking in the direction of the noises that had since stopped.Then there he was 130yds(he must have winded me)because he was slowly leaving. First shot was from the stand, standing arms length and the first shot never touched him(because he was over a ridge if I got down off of the stand I would have lost sight of him)He ran 25 yards then I was down and after him I ran 50 yards and got another shot. this shot hit him but it was high-He ran another 25 yards then I got him good and he fell right there,30 feet from where we could back a truck.
He was down at 8;10 am and hanging at camp at 10;30am... so that is the story, Rodney.