gerry
Ammo Smith
- Mar 1, 2007
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Just got back on Sunday from my moose hunt after being gone almost 2 weeks and are now in the process of butchering it all up, should finish today. We were in the northern part of B.C. near the Yukon border. I was able to see parts of the Yukon I had never seen on the drive up and it's definitely beautiful.
We hunted hard for 6 days (10 days total) and had seen a few cows and a fleeting sighting of a young bull. There was fresh sign every day from a bunch of different bulls and cows but we could never seem to catch one of those bulls in the open until the early morning on the 22nd. We hiked in to our spot and there he was crossing the river. I ranged him at 312 yards and was able to hit him twice out of 3 shots before he reached the timber. The rifle was my 35 Whelen using 225 gr AccuBond's. Who knew that the Whelen would be good for moose? :lol: Then the work began of course but we had him back to camp by early afternoon and then hung up by evening. He was pretty big bodied so lots of meat for us both. We tried to get another bull for my partner but couldn't make it happen.
Sure was glad for the boat to get him down the river and back to camp. I shot him from the timber in the background basically in line with where his antler is pointing.
Cooking up the heart with some potatoes! Took two days to finish eating it and it was very well enjoyed by both of us.
Our pet Stellar's jay, he would come as close as 2 feet away from us so he could pick away at the antler's. Very beautiful bird up close.
We hunted hard for 6 days (10 days total) and had seen a few cows and a fleeting sighting of a young bull. There was fresh sign every day from a bunch of different bulls and cows but we could never seem to catch one of those bulls in the open until the early morning on the 22nd. We hiked in to our spot and there he was crossing the river. I ranged him at 312 yards and was able to hit him twice out of 3 shots before he reached the timber. The rifle was my 35 Whelen using 225 gr AccuBond's. Who knew that the Whelen would be good for moose? :lol: Then the work began of course but we had him back to camp by early afternoon and then hung up by evening. He was pretty big bodied so lots of meat for us both. We tried to get another bull for my partner but couldn't make it happen.
Sure was glad for the boat to get him down the river and back to camp. I shot him from the timber in the background basically in line with where his antler is pointing.
Cooking up the heart with some potatoes! Took two days to finish eating it and it was very well enjoyed by both of us.
Our pet Stellar's jay, he would come as close as 2 feet away from us so he could pick away at the antler's. Very beautiful bird up close.
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