1st moose hunt emotions

[holder171]

Hey guys, I've been planning my first moose hunt for the past 3 years and the time is finally getting close! Myself and and buddy are getting dropped off by air taxi this fall for a 10 day hunt. I've been coyote hunting hard here in the Midwest for the past few months and the moose hunt was kind of pushed to the back of my mind a little but with coyote hunting slowing down, I've started watching a lot of moose hunting videos and reading up again and I got flooded with a buttload of emotions; anxiety, nervousness, excitement, uncertainty; my question is how many of you get feelings like this before big hunts? If it's your first hunt or your 10th hunt do you still get them? I've been out west elk hunting in the mountains and never really got this way.

 

[bighornbor]

Channel those into target shooting, fitness, other preparations and you will have a great hunt

 

[TXHunt]

I leave May 15th for a brown bear hunt and I’m mostly just extremely excited but yea I’m constantly thinking about everything to do with it, travel plans, gear list and final preparations…… I am using that energy to hit the gym 4 days a week and spending time behind my rifle shooting off my pack.

 

[Panhandler80]

We did a self guided Alaska drop camp a couple years ago, and the emotion that I found surprising was the feeling AFTER the hunt. Leading up to the hunt so much thought and effort went into gear / logistics / studying maps / weighing items / etc. Then the hunt. Then when I got back it was almost like depression. Just like that... it was all over! We didn't harvest, and that likely had a little to do with it, but it was more like this void of "now what?" Kinda had the same feeling the few days after my wedding. I soon started planning a new hunt and things improved, though!

 

[glock233]

Spend your prep time on extra hiking, glassing practice, and target practice with realistic hunting shooting scenarios.

The thing that will slow you the most is fitness.

 

[Meanderthal]

If you don't mind sharing, where you going to hunt?