Checked my cams this morning.
11-10-2019 | 07:49 AM
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Checked my cams this morning.
<div style="text-align:left;">Hi all I went and checked 2 trail cams this morning. 1 of them was pretty much a dud with only a doe showing up. The other one had a spike and two does. But I also had a big bodied eight pointer show up and make a scrape right in front of it. Nothing big in the rack size but his body makes up for it. Man was I happy to see that fella. Any way here’s a few pictures of him. </div>
11-10-2019 | 10:59 AM
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Thank you Jake.. I took my blind in just a short time ago. I am hopeful that he will be back as he made a scrape right in front of my trail cam.
The moose meat is awesome and not tough at all . I expected him to be tough but he sure fooled me..
The moose meat is awesome and not tough at all . I expected him to be tough but he sure fooled me..
11-11-2019 | 04:53 PM
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Yes CI it is quite tender. I cut it up myself my wife and sister vacuum packing it for. What a pile of work that was. I cut it all thin like deer meat and cook it quick. I have a few friends that are Native Americans ( Indians) that told me to do that with them. Cooking it slowly allows the grain in the muscles to pull together toughing it up. Thank you CI.
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11-11-2019 | 05:02 PM
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You are right about that big C stuff. I didn’t think that I would ever be able to do all the things I am doing today. It has currently been 4 years since I started those dreaded treatments and while I still get run down easily I am still enjoying the stuff I like to do. I am also very great full of my sister making me her sub. She has let me keep his antlers which is currently being mounted. On a side note the antlers sizes were sent in by the tagging station for the Boone and Crockett standing. I am not sure how that works but suspect they will be on the low end of the scale. That really doesn’t matter to me as I am just as proud of it even if it was a spike.. Thank you Cal.
11-11-2019 | 09:58 PM
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- Yes Jake, but a young moose can be a spike as well. My first moose hunt was a four pointer between 500 to 550 pounds. A spike could from 450 to 550 pounds. That pretty much depends on whether a late or early born yearling moose.