It has a been a bit of a bumpy road but I can finally get off one good shot with this bow...and that is all I should need...let the fun begin
DDave
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That is a very small moose :smileystooges:
Good luck on your hunt and share the story. Gotta love them blacktails
Dave,you have choosen a great bow for that job good luck in bagging a big bull.
Dave,
That is a great looking bow, good luck with your hunt!
man, you have some nice bows!
Charlie
Good luck with the Moose hunt. You have chosen a great bow for the hunt!
Go get em Dave!
Good luck Dave, the moose is a dream of mine.
Best of luck in your quest for a moose, you have picked a great bow for the job.
:archer2:
Go shoot a monster for me and Paul.
Please share the details of your set-up?
Good luck Dave!
I wish you well. Get a big one!!!
Good luck, hopefully we will see some pics!
That is a little moose and a beautiful bow.
Good luck Dave. I'm looking forward to the follow up story. :-)
That sounds like a fun adventure...good luck and have fun!
As these things go it is going to be a little trickier to shoot a moose with that Blacktail since I am now restricted to hunting in November...my friend I was going to hunt with early has only a small window when he can be at home to hunt with so I opted to go it on my own in a different area...the nice thing is I was not even thinking about the possibility of moose hunting a week ago...if you are feeling a bit sorry for me let me tell you how my year will go:
1. I can hunt elk as early as Monday if I decide to do a little travelling
2. I can hunt elk and mule deer close to home starting September 1 and going until October 31
3. I can hunt in the Bow Zone an hour away, anything but moose now, for three months starting September 1
4. I kind of regard whitetail as a target of opportunity and will simply take them as they come
5. I may very well make and elk hunt in the rut in a very good area I discovered back in 2011
6. If, by November 1, I still do not have enough game meat in my freezer I am off to the moose hunt
Alberta is just a wonderful place to live for a bowhunter.
DDave
QuoteOriginally posted by damascusdave:
As these things go it is going to be a little trickier to shoot a moose with that Blacktail since I am now restricted to hunting in November...my friend I was going to hunt with early has only a small window when he can be at home to hunt with so I opted to go it on my own in a different area...the nice thing is I was not even thinking about the possibility of moose hunting a week ago...if you are feeling a bit sorry for me let me tell you how my year will go:
1. I can hunt elk as early as Monday if I decide to do a little travelling
2. I can hunt elk and mule deer close to home starting September 1 and going until October 31
3. I can hunt in the Bow Zone an hour away, anything but moose now, for three months starting September 1
4. I kind of regard whitetail as a target of opportunity and will simply take them as they come
5. I may very well make and elk hunt in the rut in a very good area I discovered back in 2011
6. If, by November 1, I still do not have enough game meat in my freezer I am off to the moose hunt
Alberta is just a wonderful place to live for a bowhunter.
DDave
I'm up for adoption! :wavey:
Dave,
Now I an jealous of your bows and your hunting opportunities :D
Charlie
Always willing to adopt traditional bowhunters with better eyesight than I have...elk calling skills greatly appreciated as well as I am new to the whole bugling process...and I was just thinking this morning about all the work involved in disassembling a moose once it is on the ground...in return you can of course hunt with any of my bows...I only need one of them at a time
DDave
Seven inches off centre at 22 metres...735 grain arrow...this is gonna work out nicely
DDave
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And this evening I shot this 700 grain 2317 Super Slam at 15 paces...may not seem all that significant to you but to me it is huge...when I bought that bow I took a huge leap of faith in my ability to heal...I had bursitis so badly in my left shoulder that I could not really even lift a light bow to shoot let alone one that weighs 3 pounds like the Snakebit...the deal was too good to pass up since I had already missed out on that bow when Paul sold it to Dave...long story short I am now drawing that bow to its full 30 inches and 58 pounds and for at least one arrow I am pretty accurate...all I need for Bullwinkle...and I still have until November 1 to rehab further...truth is for the cold of November I will likely drop back to the 54 pound limbs anyway...never count on being able to pull the same weight when you are cold
DDave
I suppose you would like to see the picture, eh?
DDave
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For those of you who wonder how little fletch you can get away with let me tell you that I have tuned those arrows with that 1.875 inch parabolic fletching and 160 grain Thunderheads...a properly tuned arrow with good broadheads really does not need as much fletching as many think...still my default fletching with those arrows is 5 inch shield cuts with 6 degrees of helical because in a hunting situation I cannot always guarantee a faultless release
DDave
Looks like this is shaping up to be an epic year for you. I had bursitis in my upper leg by the hip. I know what you went through. Good to see you're able to use that beauty after all.
I echo your comment on a well tuned arrow. When guys fletch with 5 1/2" fletching I know they must trying to mask a problem.
Good luck DDave. Take pictures.
Bob
Good shooting Dave!
And if you have a sister resident in your area I would marry her,I need to hunt more!
Im with ya bro... good luck!
don't need adoption but I might consider moving! LOL
I have sat with a NHL hockey player who lives locally fishing reds one summer....got to see some amazing pictures.
not to mention access to some monster bighorns!!! and stones..and Dalls....jeesh to heck with elk!!!
No pressure eh guys...I was watching for elk while driving tonight and I realized that by the time the November moose hunt rolls around I could very well have all the game meat I can handle which then would leave me in the very enviable position of hunting only for a Pope and Young bull, passing on anything smaller...and thanks for the good wishes team...I will be taking you along in spirit and as Bob suggests will take lots of pictures...if you go to the Alberta regulations I will be hunting in Wildlife Management Unit 542 travelling the oil lease roads until I spot a bull and then trying to put a stalk on him...just have to hope that it snows some to easily read tracks but not so much as to make it hard to get around...when I guided a couple of years ago the snow became crusty from rain and was way too noisy for walking up a bull...my hunter did shoot one at about 50 yards with a rifle so it is conceivable I could get within bow range right beside a lease road...unlike deer a moose will often simply stand and watch a vehicle in oil patch country...only when a human gets out and starts moving around will they get edgy...and btw AkDan my outfitter buddy has a non trophy sheep permit for the Cadomin area where the World Record bighorn was taken...he does not like sheep meat so I am looking forward to having some of that...and Felix, sorry but I do not have a sister,or a wife these days, so I tend to be a little possessive of local eligible women...I suppose you could have my leftovers
DDave
No trophy sheep tag......
Now there's an oxymoron if ever such a thing existed! I am familiar with the area (reading) If nothing else I'm going to spend time camera in hand!
He has a trophy sheep tag for another WMU...could shoot both a ram and a ewe or lamb...just chronied that bow with 730 grain arrow and I am getting 155 fps...do you think that will be enough for moose (he asks innocently)
DDave