Bighotdog 3 Report post Posted October 8, 2007 [attachmentid=257][attachmentid=256][attachmentid=256]Well what can I say this weekend was amazing minus the damm rain. Anyway we started out the morning a bit late getting up at around 4:00 just to make sure we got to our spot early and of course first. The rain was just coming down hard all morning but we kept going. I was in my hideout calling and thrashing the occasional brush without hearing a thing for a few hours. It was very hard to hear anything because of the wind howling so hard. I kept my cool and stayed to the game plan for as long as I could. Then of course the unexpected had to happen, just as I was ready to take my morning nap out of nowhere comes this moose. Well like a silent ghost walking through the bush I was able to see the moose at about three hundred yards but by the time I got my scope on it the moose was heading in the bush line. Now the reason why I didn't shoot was because my brother and his son had walked over the ridge basically behind that moose and I wasn't about to even think of shooting in the direction especially when I wasn't sure where they were. So I let the moose go as much as it damm well hurt. My lesson hear though was that when the moose had come out and I could only see with the naked eye I tried to stop it with a call but not realizing that this was infact a cow and not a bull I made the wrong choice of call and basically didn't get her to stop. I should have put my binos on her first then seen if it was a bull or cow and then went to town on her. Oh well another lesson learned and another lesson to teach others. We had to end the day on a much better note then this so we worked hard and walked a tone and finally when luck was there we bagged our moose a beatiful and I mean beatiful bull that was definetly in his prime . All that hard work sure payed off in the end and it makes the picture so complete when you think of what I gave up that morning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Big Moose Report post Posted October 8, 2007 Nice Donkey! Cheers, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TerryK Report post Posted October 8, 2007 Nice looking animal. Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smokey 1 Report post Posted October 9, 2007 Very nice, congrats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Some Old Guy 968 Report post Posted October 9, 2007 Way to go BH! Gonna give some to your brother? Roger Quote R.T.R. Respect the resource! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
