Last Year's Moose Hunt

coolpool · 07-30-2014, 11:00 PM

Had a great time with my son last Fall. We hunt moose a little different than most which is out of a canoe. Definitely a bit of work but there's no competition, lol. Quite exciting three days with one bull down, one showed up to fight the dead one while we were sleeping on the river with a fire going. We didn't shoot that one; more than enough meat for our family with one. A nice brown phase bear showed up to steal the meat from camp the next day. Interesting times. We got two more tags for this year, should be fun!

Swan · 07-31-2014, 07:32 AM

Nice !!!!! I never had Moose
(unless you count that really fat chick a few years back )

reinman88 · 07-31-2014, 07:37 AM

I can see now why when asked where's the best place to shoot a moose, the guy said in the back of a pickup.

coolpool · 07-31-2014, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by reinman88

I can see now why when asked where's the best place to shoot a moose, the guy said in the back of a pickup.

Ha ha you're not wrong. Here's a pic with it 1/4' ed and loaded up in the canoe. I estimate 800-900lbs all in with both of us in there. It was about -5 C that night so things were a bit frosty in the AM.

coolpool · 07-31-2014, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Swan

Nice !!!!! I never had Moose
(unless you count that really fat chick a few years back )

You would never eat deer again IMO; and I've eaten lots of those. Elk is probably better than moose according to some.

coolpool · 08-26-2014, 10:22 PM

Woohoo we were drawn for two more tags this year. Hopefully it'll be successful and won't be as stressful. Anybody else get tags where you're from?

tjequip · 08-27-2014, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by coolpool

You would never eat deer again IMO; and I've eaten lots of those. Elk is probably better than moose according to some.

Elk is delicious. Never tried moose....yet.

aubigmac · 08-28-2014, 02:11 PM

In my opinion moose is better than elk & elk is better than deer.

I killed an awesome moose in Alberta two years ago and we are still eating on him. They provide A LOT of meat. I think i wound up with 750# of meat.

coolpool · 08-30-2014, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by aubigmac

In my opinion moose is better than elk & elk is better than deer.

I killed an awesome moose in Alberta two years ago and we are still eating on him. They provide A LOT of meat. I think i wound up with 750# of meat.

Where in Alberta did you hunt? Were you a resident or non-resident? That would have been a VERY big moose! We prefer nothing bigger than the bull in the pics if we have a choice; just too much hard work when hunting on the river to deal with the big ones. Shot three in two days once and it just about killed me, lol.

aubigmac · 09-04-2014, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by coolpool

Where in Alberta did you hunt? Were you a resident or non-resident? That would have been a VERY big moose! We prefer nothing bigger than the bull in the pics if we have a choice; just too much hard work when hunting on the river to deal with the big ones. Shot three in two days once and it just about killed me, lol.

I was about 3 hours or so Northwest of Edmonton outside of a town called Swan Hills. I'm from Alabama so we were on a guided hunt. As we were told the area we were in was not supposed to be known for big moose and a 45" bull is supposedly considered big in the area. The one I killed went 60". They guesstimated 1500# to 1600# on the hoof. We were hunting out of argo and it was still a chore to get it broken down and loaded up to get it out of there. It was a once in a lifetime animal for me. Made B&C for Western Canadian Moose.

07-31-2014, 07:32 AM	#2
Swan Cave Dweller Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Always On The Move Posts: 22,209	Re: Last Year's Moose Hunt Nice !!!!! I never had Moose (unless you count that really fat chick a few years back )

07-31-2014, 07:37 AM	#3
reinman88 Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nebraska Posts: 665	Re: Last Year's Moose Hunt I can see now why when asked where's the best place to shoot a moose, the guy said in the back of a pickup.

08-26-2014, 10:22 PM	#6
coolpool Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Cold Lake, Alberta Posts: 138	Re: Last Year's Moose Hunt Woohoo we were drawn for two more tags this year. Hopefully it'll be successful and won't be as stressful. Anybody else get tags where you're from?

08-28-2014, 02:11 PM	#8
aubigmac Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 11	Re: Last Year's Moose Hunt In my opinion moose is better than elk & elk is better than deer. I killed an awesome moose in Alberta two years ago and we are still eating on him. They provide A LOT of meat. I think i wound up with 750# of meat.
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