cloverleaf
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Keep hunting Doc. Prayers for strength and health for your daughter. CL
Moose Opens Monday
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Hey sorry to hear to still have not found that Moose. We had a good day at Last Mountain Lake today. My boat that was in storage since last October worked well. We caught 7 nice walleye between 18 & 22 inches.
There were 2 boats of us the other guys caught 4 keeper and 3 over 6 lbs that they released.
All in all we had a great day. Came home and the wife just finished making crab apple pies :lol: life is tough to take sometimes.
Blessings,
Dan
PS still holding your daughter up in prayer.
There were 2 boats of us the other guys caught 4 keeper and 3 over 6 lbs that they released.
All in all we had a great day. Came home and the wife just finished making crab apple pies :lol: life is tough to take sometimes.
Blessings,
Dan
PS still holding your daughter up in prayer.
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DrMike
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Sunday won't permit much hunting. This will be a full day. I'm under the gun somewhat to push out a couple of more rifles. Though moose remains open essentially through October (and I have lots of time, in theory), I really enjoy dropping a young bull during this early season as you can tag any bull without counting points. It simplifies matters. Bill, you are correct--few moose are ever taken from my house. I have to get out to cut my tag. I really appreciate the prayers for my daughter. She is still having some pain, and no diagnosis yet. At least, she made it home safely.
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DrMike
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Well, the early season closed on Wednesday (August 31st). I hunted hard for the past two weeks, and though I've seen quite a few moose, most were cows or calves. Now, we are into the regular season, and I will need to count points (fork horn, tri-palm or ten points on one side). I am seeing quite a few moose, but because the conditions are so favourable, they are staying in the bush. I'll be making a trip up north to look for caribou shortly, and there are plenty of moose in that area as well. Hopefully, I can shortly tag a good bull that isn't rutted up. The rut will start in about a month, so I still have time to find a good bull. I spent the day in the bush on Wednesday, hunting hard. However, I only saw one bull about 2500 meters away. We gave pursuit, but were deterred by elk that we didn't want to disturb. But, that is another story.
Guy Miner
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Elk, caribou, moose...
Okay - you win - I'm jealous! :mrgreen:
Best of luck the rest of your season!
Okay - you win - I'm jealous! :mrgreen:
Best of luck the rest of your season!
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DrMike
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The season runs for another two months in this particular zone. It would be most unusual for me not to get a moose. I simply need to put in the time. However, I get very busy after Thanksgiving (early October here in Canada), so I do feel a bit of pressure to get this out of the way.
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Best of luck Mike.
Go out in the AM, sit under the big hemlock with the wind in your face.
Go get him!
JD338
Go out in the AM, sit under the big hemlock with the wind in your face.
Go get him!
JD338
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DrMike
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Jim,
This is the time of year when each afternoon, I find a balsam to sit under. With the warm sun streaming through the forest or trailing down the mountainside as the sun slips toward obscurity behind the summit, I close my eyes to remember past hunts and to recall good friends who have enriched my life. More than once, I've been startled awake by a moose staring at me. I guess the snoring sounds like nothing they've ever heard before! :mrgreen: And people say moose aren't curious.
This is the time of year when each afternoon, I find a balsam to sit under. With the warm sun streaming through the forest or trailing down the mountainside as the sun slips toward obscurity behind the summit, I close my eyes to remember past hunts and to recall good friends who have enriched my life. More than once, I've been startled awake by a moose staring at me. I guess the snoring sounds like nothing they've ever heard before! :mrgreen: And people say moose aren't curious.
Guy Miner
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OK - another tidbit of hunting info to file away - snoring works as a moose call... :grin:
Guy Miner":1ebwek3p said:
Yeah, I could imagine it probably sounds like the end of the world to a poor old moose. Everyone wants to see what is going to put them in their final resting place. Imagination their relief when they see it is only the good Dr.!
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DrMike
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Now, Guy, this is strictly anecdotal at this point. It needs to be tested. I wonder what I could use as a control? I try not to do this in a patch of mountain raspberries (which are fully ripe at the present); I don't mind the moose staring at me when I first waken, but I'm less keen on finding a grizzly wanting to snuggle up to me.
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DrMike
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Scotty,
I can't honestly say that I've witnessed relief writ large on their faces, but the grunt they give as they whirl and trot away sounds suspiciously like a guffaw.
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DrMike
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Dan,
I'm beginning to want to see a few photos! :x
I'm beginning to want to see a few photos! :x
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Me also, good luck though DrMike.
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DrMike
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Thanks, Charlie. I'll likely go out to the hunting area again tomorrow morning.
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DrMike
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I had about decided to let moose rest for a while, especially since I'm going up north Sunday afternoon. However, I went out this morning looking for elk. I had just come down into a valley when I espied precisely the type of bull I've been looking for. He was a two-year-old, and legal for taking. He was grazing about 600 yards away as I moved out of some trees and into the clear. It was a bit far for offhand, and I didn't have a rest nearby. He was still hanging around with mama; he'll be run off in a couple of weeks when she begins to get strange urges and the big bulls come courting. At this particular time, however, she wanted nothing to do with me. They both boogied off to the north. I cut a hot one mile circuit, hoping to see where they went and cut them off. I just missed them, but finally found them standing next to the tree line about 220 yards from me. She was broadside, but he kept his back to me. I tried some calling, but he ignored me and walked into the woods, always keeping his back to me. I watched as they drifted east and disappeared into the woods. Well, at least I know that a young'un is hanging around. I'll be back out at first light tomorrow to see if I can see him again. I'll try to set up so as to get a clean shot. If not, then it will be a more mature bull from up north.
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DrMike
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Oh, yeah, Dan. I'll be looking for him now. He may get a rest, however, as I'm leaving Sunday after church for the far north, just under Yukon Territory.
