First Moose Hunt

[johnnycake]

hopefully this works....

Oof, yeah I'd have killed that bull He's mid 50s all day long. But 7 years ago on my first moose hunt I don't know that I would have been as confident.

 

[Rabbit46]

Loved looking at these pictures and watching your video. Beautiful country. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ddavis_1313]

He's definitely not a no brainer +60". And it is for sure always nice to have the brow tines requirement met. I'm pretty sure that bull would be around 52" minimum, maybe as big as 55" if he has tines that stick out.

The paddles on him are pretty wide and there's still a lot air between the insides. That's usually a good base point to see that he's probably over 50". He also doesn't look cupped up, and appears to have pretty flat beams. That's another good reference point that he's probably not in the 40s. Neither of those are perfect metrics, but they do hold true most of the time.

In the press of the moment he'd be a tough one for me to be confident about unless I had a solid few minutes to look him over.

here ya go. you cant see it in the video but there were no tines sticking out past his paddles. I looked for that with all that time i had to clearly judge him.

we moved after i cut the cam off and just never was able to get a great look or a clean shot. most likely for the best. fish and game hovered over us a few hours later in the helo so better safe than sorry. even if fish and game didnt fly by i would have to self report if he was too small.

also, any input on anything i could have done differently in this situation as far as calling i would appreciate the input. the cracking was me breaking sticks while his head was behind the tree followed by a short cow call. then my not too impressive bull grunts later in the video... lol

 

[ddavis_1313]

Loved looking at these pictures and watching your video. Beautiful country. Thanks for sharing.

the first video was a joke lol. thats my wife calling. was waiting on the other video to load on youtube so i could post it. sorry i dont have better zoom. was filming on a sony a7iii with 24-105 mm zoom and i didnt have the digital zoom on. i had just put the camera on the tripod and sat down when i looked up and saw his paddle.

 

[johnnycake]

At 3:08 you can see his left side has a tine that goes 2-3" past the edge of the paddle. As he's walking a little before that in the video you can see a similar tine on his right. That's a ~55" bull.

 

[ddavis_1313]

At 3:08 you can see his left side has a tine that goes 2-3" past the edge of the paddle. As he's walking a little before that in the video you can see a similar tine on his right. That's a ~55" bull.

you have better eyes than me! I just wasn't confident enough to risk it. if i saw him tomorrow id still let him walk. lol

 

[johnnycake]

you have better eyes than me! I just wasn't confident enough to risk it. if i saw him tomorrow id still let him walk. lol

And that's never the wrong answer!

 

[ddavis_1313]

so, not having the most experience rafting ( close to zero ) this is my answer to when friends ask "how was it rafting down the river?"

and for the record, I was as semi pro by the end of the trip!

 

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[Catchfish]

Video makes me want to correct my earlier response, he appears to be laid back pretty good, nice palm size I would be willing to bet he was legal. But if your not sure not a problem on waiting you can’t pull a bullet back so I applaud you for the control.

 

[ddavis_1313]

Video makes me want to correct my earlier response, he appears to be laid back pretty good, nice palm size I would be willing to bet he was legal. But if your not sure not a problem on waiting you can’t pull a bullet back so I applaud you for the control.

My wife was shooting, not me. That would leave a bad taste in her mouth if he was under. I just didn’t want to risk it and just didn’t get enough time to get a clear look. Even with a ruler after the fact it’s close. lol.

But I appreciate your compliment


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[khunter]

great photos! thx for sharing

 

[SDArcher7]

Great experience, I too was unsuccessful this year but A LOT was learned and as someone else said, I now have more knowledge and more motivation to get it down next year!

 

[ddavis_1313]

Great experience, I too was unsuccessful this year but A LOT was learned and as someone else said, I now have more knowledge and more motivation to get it down next year!

My pocket book won’t allow for it again next year. lol. Plus with the wife having a baby I’m gonna wait until she can shoot one. I always try to let her kill first.

Honestly, I’m still salty about the amount of people in a “remote” area. I’m gonna do a lot of phone calls and questioning before I book another hunt for moose.


My idea of hunting remote is to go past the ends of the earth. Get me as close as you can and I’ll go the rest of the way on foot.


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