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Title: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: D.Ellis on October 06, 2012, 01:47:00 PM
Not quite as much meat as a big bull, but tastes pretty good. Killed this spruce grouse with a 57# at 26" longbow that I made about 10 years ago..........I gave it to my son but borrowed it back for this season  :D  
We hunted 4 days without seeing a single moose  :(  , still a late season hunt yet to come, so I may be able to fill the moose tag and the freezer later.
Cheers from the great white north.
Darcy  :)  
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/45stomp/PA030040n.jpg)
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: Canadabowyer on October 06, 2012, 02:47:00 PM
Good shootin Darcy! Thats exactly what I have gotten on my moose hunt too. 1 spruce grouse. Way easier to pack out. I have two more mornings of archery only and then Oct 20-26 to try for a bull here in BC.  Bob
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: Keefer on October 06, 2012, 02:53:00 PM
Good shooting Darcy! I really like your shirt/jacket...Very nice colors in it...Hope it's o.k. to ask what make it is?   Thanks
Keefers <><
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: shick on October 06, 2012, 02:59:00 PM
Darcy, nice picture.  Like your longbow also.
Shick
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Post by: wooddamon1 on October 06, 2012, 03:02:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Post by: Big Ed on October 06, 2012, 04:31:00 PM
Very nice!!
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Post by: rastaman on October 06, 2012, 04:43:00 PM
Was quite a bit easier to pack that one out! Nice picture!
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: Bowshot on October 06, 2012, 04:43:00 PM
nice bird, keep after the moose. I was able to call in 5 bulls earlier this week, waited quietly in spots with good hearing potential, once I heard a moose in the brush, aggressively raking. Then once they started to respond, it was game on with grunts etc. Never had 1 bull come to a cow calling sequence, used a cow call to bring 1 into 3 yards once he responded to the raking, too close and no shot. Pretty fun though. Last year we couldnt get a bull to come to a call. A gentleman from Seattle whacked one at 15 yards with his Caribow.
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: D.Ellis on October 06, 2012, 07:20:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Keefer:
Good shooting Darcy! I really like your shirt/jacket...Very nice colors in it...Hope it's o.k. to ask what make it is?   Thanks
Keefers <><
Thanks, I made the Jacket myself, cost me about 40 bucks worth of wool fabrick and a couple days of cutting and sewing. I am gonna make another one in a different color when I get around to it.
Thanks for the replys everyone.
Darcy
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: far rider on October 06, 2012, 07:51:00 PM
Nice shootin'!
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: Bob Foster on October 07, 2012, 09:26:00 AM
DARCY, I had the same luck moose hunting last month except I saw a couple of cow moose.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/foster1/003.jpg)
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: D.Ellis on October 07, 2012, 11:28:00 AM
Great pic Bob!
I managed to get three chickens over the 4 day hunt..........but I had to take a pic of that one because I shot it at about 25 yards and a 45 degree angle up a spruce tree. Twas a beautifull thing. I might have used all my luck up at once on that shot though  :bigsmyl:
Darcy
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Post by: 3arrows on October 07, 2012, 11:40:00 AM
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: Bob Foster on October 07, 2012, 11:49:00 AM
That was the third bird I got out of I don't remember. I lost 2 cedar arrows with judo tips. I had a great time while I was there hunting and fishing with my son who just got back from Afghanistan a couple of months ago.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/foster1/AlaskaIII006.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/foster1/OlenesPond025.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/foster1/ValdezTrip119.jpg)
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: guspup on October 07, 2012, 09:08:00 PM
Grayling on a fly rod. This thread nails 3 things on my bucket list!
Title: Re: Moose hunt consolation prize
Post by: BrownA5 on October 07, 2012, 10:29:00 PM
Way to go Darcy!