My Moose Hunt Ended Abruptly

[DrMike]

I always say, "Wait 'til you feel fur." I also say, "If you feel teeth, go to the other end." :mrgreen: The Texas heart shot works every time, provided you use enough gun. :shock:

 

[.280 Remington]

Excellent hunt, story, and help! Glad those boys were there to help!

Heck of a hunt Doc!

 

[DrMike]

Thank you, Mike.

 

[CanuckBen]

Congratulation on taking that young bull Mike.

Our season opens in exactly a month and two days from now. We bow hunt, which may not appeal to many folks on the board, but it’s the way to go here if we want to hunt during the prime rut season. There’s really nothing like taking a 1300lbs+ bull from 40 yards away!

Best of luck for the rest of the season for your other hunts.

Ben

Ben,

I am a bow hunter. I love that up close and personal experience.
I'm pretty sure 1300 lbs of rutting love sick bull at 40 yds would give me a good cardiovascular work out! :mrgreen:

JD338

Definitely!

I've been very fortunate to have live it 3 times now (our success rate is fairly low in this southern part of our province, up North it’s a whole other ball game). Thus the new management plan that is in place until 2019. Tags for Cows and Calf will only be issued every four years now (and I’m totally fine by it). Other regions as I said are not affected by it as they are maintaining their population.

A dream bow hunt on my to-do list is an Elk hunt. I can only imagine the rush it must be to be so close to them as they are quite big as well.

The deer in my region are small(er) guys, nothing compared to the ones out West in Alberta & Saskatchewan and we tend to pass up on that hunt. The overall population was greatly affected by the last few winters with record snow falls, long winters, increase in predator population, etc. Hopefully the new management plan that is to kick in soon will help mitigate that.

Best of luck in your upcoming hunts
Ben

 

[DrMike]

We're pulling for you in Quebec to build your populations, Ben. I do hope you get the opportunity to conduct a bow hunt here in the west. It is a rush when a bull elk comes into the set.

 

[CanuckBen]

Thanks Mike.

I've mentioned it before as well...I HAVE to get out West for a mountain goat hunt one day, which I hope will be sooner rather than later!

I'd say that half of the hunting zones in all of Qc (all in the southern part of Qc) have the 4-1 rule in place until 2019, but just 6hrs North of here and there are plenty of Moose. The difficulty is a) getting a spot and b) maintaining that spot (food plot from spring to fall) can get very expensive (travel/gas) so we hunt at our cottage just an hr and half out of town. It's a fully renovate place with all of the comfort, so we certainly can't complain on that.

 

[35 Whelen]

Mike,
:lol: Nice looking eater moose.............................. I like the ribs done in a preasure cooker till they fall off the bone! First time I noticed a picture of you on here! You look a dead ringer for the singer of yesteryear...................... Burl Ives.........................
I am headed up your way in a few days......... going to see if we can get an old goat off his feet over in Petersburg. AK.
E

 

[DrMike]

Earl,

I've never been compared to Burl Ives, but I suppose there is a resemblance, if only in the girth. In younger days, I was accused of being Richard Dreyfuss. On one occasion, I was actually pestered until I gave an autograph; the woman went away so excited that it almost made me wish I was Richard Dreyfuss. I wish you every success on toppling the old goat.

 

[DrMike]

Well, I found the bullet! 199.92 grains. I'll get a picture up by this evening. That is essentially full weight retention. The muzzle velocity was ~2700 fps. Impact distance was ~40 yards. The bullet was lodged under the T-bones on the opposing side. It travelled through well over three feet of moose, destroying both lungs in the process. Not bad, I'd say.

 

[Oldtrader3]

DrMike, I would expect nothing less in penetration and performance from the .338 Federal. I would expect the same from the 210 gr Partitions in that caliber as well.

 

[DrMike]

Here are a couple of pictures of the bullet from the moose I took on August 15th. Again, essentially 100% retention of weight (99.96%) and a dead moose. Not bad performance!

I'll take that performance.

 

[Elkman]

Dr. Mike

Congratulations on the moose, that on is just the right size and age for eating. As you stated short hunts are sometimes to shoret but it beats carrying your tag home on the last day. Enjoy !!!!!!!

 

[DrMike]

Thank you, Bill. Good to have you back. I cut the moose yesterday (my wife wrapping and labelling the packages) and we enjoyed some excellent burgers last evening.

 

[sask boy]

Mike we had a bit of a NW wind last night I thought I could smell fresh Moose burgers :mrgreen:

Blessings,
Dan

 

[DrMike]

That was just the garlic powder my wife added. :grin:

 

[Greg Nolan]

Mike I'm sad to hear about the untimely demise of your moose and the obviously underpowered caliber that caused it. I hope a couple of moose steaks help ease the trauma.
What a great but quick end to moose season for you. Congrats
Greg

 

[DrMike]

Thank you, Greg. I appreciate the condolences. I'll manfully carry on until elk opens on Saturday. :twisted:

 

[CatskillCrawler]

Superb performance there!

Butchering has always given me an overwhelming sense of satisfaction. I'm sure you felt the same when burger juice ran down your chin. :grin:

 

[DrMike]

Burgers, minute steaks and soup last evening. Frosty mornings now (-1 C today), and the fruit of the harvest is gratifying. My daughter tells me that she is enjoying the steaks and roasts. At least three other families are enjoying meat in the freezer here in town. I was out with Kurt last evening and will be out again this evening. Then, Saturday morning, elk season opens.

I had a fascinating experience last evening. Kurt was watching a largish slough; I was about 500 meters away watching a small watering hole. I had heard a couple of bucks grunt during the evening, and something large had been moving about in the thick bush. I couldn't see, but I was hopeful. Suddenly, along the edge of a clearing I saw a young bear loping toward me. He looked like a two-year-old, and he was quite handsome. His pelt was sort of a dusky, blue colour. He loped about sixty yards or so and darted into the tall grass near where I was secreted. He ambled along in the grass, alert, but unalarmed. He stopped to eat a little grass, not fifteen feet from me. I had a bear tag, and briefly considered dropping him. He would surely have been tender, but there wouldn't have been much of him. Instead, I watched him for a while before huffing at him. He was startled, of course, He froze, carefully turning his head to see what had made that frightful noise. I don't believe he ever saw me, because he suddenly crashed into the bush where I could hear him working his way around me in an effort to wind me. Man, I love being close to nature. It is a rush. Other than three deer, it was all the game I saw last evening, though Kurt saw a cow moose. There are a couple of bulls in the area we are hunting, and I'd surely like to get him on a moose. Perhaps tonight. I'm carrying the 9.3X64, just in case I get a crack at a good black bear.

 

[sask boy]

Good luck my friend tonight and then tomorrow for your opening day Elk hunt. Remember lots of photos and I know there will always be a good story.

Blessings,
Dan