After applying for 20 years in Idaho's Moose lottery I finally drew. Mostly due to the plummeting Moose population therefore less applicants.
What a great hunt I had saw lots of country, cool critters, and a couple Moose. I promised myself I would take the first legal bull that gave me a shot. I called this little guy in to 25 yards. A 4 blade Magnus with a 90 grain insert, 30 1/2 inch 340 from my 66# Trails End sealed the deal. No tracking required.
The only regret I have is it is a once in a lifetime tag, but it was worth the wait.
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Wow! What a great trophy! Very nice picture too! :clapper:
Congratulations!
Bernie
FANTASTIC and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
That is great. Congrats!
That's Great!!! Congrats!!!
Once in a lifetime, but a lifetime of memories!
Congrats on a great moose.
Sweet !! Congrats!!
Fantastic!! Enjoy the memories and the best meat on the planet!
Well Done, moose certainly is a bucket list animal for me.
Congratulations on the hunt of a lifetime.
Wow... Very cool. Great picture. Might you have any more to share?
Great job and congrats on your hunt of a lifetime.
That is awesome! It would be cool to shoot a moose.
Congrats!
Bisch
Awesome! Moose is my dream hunt.
Congrats!
Awesome! Well done!!!
Congrats on a fine bull!
Now that's awesome!!!
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Nothing in the world like moose hunting,congrats
That's awesome!
Congrats!
That's REALLY Good Stuff!! CONGRATS!
Awesome worth the wait,great pic
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Awesome, good for you... No regrets brother...
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Wow....thanks for the response.
I was bummed about my pictures as they did not show enough Moose. Although it looks sunny it was the shot was 10 minuets latter than my self imposed cutoff as I was hunting alone. I had about an hour and a half of light left so I snapped a few pictures and started cutting.Flies where bad, even after sundown.
I had 6 game bags in my pack which worked out well. I used the no gut method and the meat came off slick and clean. Even a little Moose was a bit to horse around alone. My next Elk will be a breeze.
I got the loads away from the kill site and emptied my Eberlestock pack of all I could spare and strapped a front shoulder on and headed for the truck. Once there I grabbed my frame and headed the mile and a half back up for a second load. I had the meat all propped up on logs to cool and if anyone has ever heard blow flies in the dark you know how worrisome that can be. I loaded up my frame and headed out. It is an awesome feeling to have meat on your back and heading off the mountain alone in the dark.
The next morning I was at the trailhead at first light to finish the job. The meat cooled well and no Bears or Wolves had found it.
Thanks for looking and listening. Rob
That's great! Congrats.
Some ground I covered
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Grouse dinner
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Preseason scouting with my son
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Great work! A hunt most of us will never be able to do.
Congrats!
What a great hunt! Congratulations! There is something about the moose that is really intriguing to me. I'd like to hunt them one day.
Congratulations!!
Awesome! Congrats!!
Awesome hunt of a lifetime! Congrats and thanks for sharing.
Stickbow, you just lived out my dream! Congrats man.
Congratulations...on drawing the tag ....and getting a Moose..!!
Great Job - Congrats!
Now you will be looking at Canada and Alaska/Yukon. Moose gets in your blood.
Congrats on a fine bull!
Mike
That is just great :) Glad it worked out for you and that is a real nice picture. Any taxidermy in the future?.
Wonderful job
superb!
*Trails End* - "no tracking required" Very nice! Congratulations!!
Congrats on the moose bro! That was a smart move taking your first good shot opportunity in my opinion..... sometimes waiting for the big boy doesn't pay off....
That is a Trophy of a Lifetime!!! Congrats!!!
Congratulations on a great hunt !
I have to say I am very envious. I have been putting in for a moose license for - I don't know- maybe 15 years now and have not been drawn yet. Gotta keep hoping tho.
Good for you on that decision. I remember letting a very nice whitetail buck stand in one of my shooting lanes at about twelve yards and let him go because there was a nicer 20" buck in the area. To date that was the nicest buck I have had a chance to shoot. Who knows if I will ever get a chance like that again.
Well done. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great. :)
Congrats!
Oh.. that's awesome....
congrats !! Moose are such awesome creatures!!
Congratulations on your once in a lifetime hunt. Very cool.
Chris
A well deserved congratulations!!
Congrats, that is a hunt I hope I am foruntate enough to draw one day.
Well, after the wait you definitely knew what to do with your tag. Well done my friend!!!
Awesome lifetime achievement, Congrats! :thumbsup:
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Awesome some day I would love to chase one of them
Thanks all, I get the feeling everyone here knows what qualifies as a trophy. :)
Congrats!!
Awesome job!! congrats on the bull very well done!!
Steve
awesome, awesome, awesome!
Congrats!
Can't beat that congrats!
Congratulations! Like others have said, moose is the dream hunt for this midwesterner.
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:thumbsup: Congratulations on your success.
Awesome job Rob!!! You are an animal packing a moose out alone!
Congratulations on your trophy of a lifetime !!!!!!!
Thanks again all.
Jesse if I killed where we were weeks prior I would still be eating him up there. :bigsmyl:
Fantastic. You give me hope. I have been putting in for Maine moose since 1988. Nothing yet.
The moose I could have killed during deer season.....oooohhhh boy. I have LOTS of huge sheds, but no moose. :(
Nice job! A fantastic trophy for your once in a lifetime hunt!
More Pics!
Congratulations. Moose - still my favorite to hunt and to eat. :archer: