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<blockquote data-quote="Troutslayer" data-source="post: 171626" data-attributes="member: 4354"><p>So I went out for round five. This was a solo mission. I spent a day hunting the road accessable parts of my area but they were full of snowmobilers and ATV traffic. The next day I backpacked in to a more remote part of the area about five miles on a trail which is an easement across private property. This trail leads to where I had been seeing the bulk of the moose in my area. As soon as I hit the border of USFS I was exhausted and I set my camp and relaxed a little while. I then packed up my food for 5 days and my evening hunting supplies and started walking up the trail to where I intended to hunt and to find a tree to hang my food in. Before I could even find a tree I looked up on a sage covered hillside and there was the biggest **** moose I had seen in 15 days of hunting. I dropped all my gear and inched in for a better shot, the wind was perfect, and I got within 175 yards, laid out prone and made a shot. I heard the whack of a hit but he took off running. I could not see where he went as there was a little plateau up there. I hurried up that hill and you can imagine what was going through my mind, thinking that maybe it was a bad shot or who knows what. When I crested the plateau he was bedded down about 30 yards from where I shot him, and he was trying to get up but I wanted to keep him right there on that plateau. I had to put two more in him to get him to die. My first shot would have been sufficient as it was right through the front quarter. I got on my cell phone and called an outfitter who I had already worked out a deal with, $400 to pack it out, maybe more depending on where I was in the backcountry. I went to town skinning and quartering and around midnight two packers showed up with four mules. As soon as they lifted a quarter they said "no way, too heavy" so we had to split each quarter and get them loaded. By 4 AM we were at my truck and now I am home. The packers were awesome considering that there was no moon and they hadn't ever been on the trail before, I gave them the best tip I could afford. </p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1199.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Packing in a couple of weeks ago</p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1202.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>This is the kind of country I was hunting</p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1212.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>I saw about 13 moose altogether, 8 or so bulls, like I said before, most would run from me before I could get a picture or anything.</p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1215.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Sorry, no grip and grin. I was alone. He is 49" at greatest spread and has 10 points on one side 8 on the other. I am stoked. Don't know if he's going to make B&C yet but should be close I think. </p><p></p><p>Things I learned: </p><p>1. Gerber saws are total junk and not up to the task of quartering a moose.</p><p>2. Bring along one of those moldable tripods so you can get a shot of yourself and your moose. </p><p>3. You have to cut a moose in 9 pieces to pack it out on mules. </p><p>4. Persistence pays off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troutslayer, post: 171626, member: 4354"] So I went out for round five. This was a solo mission. I spent a day hunting the road accessable parts of my area but they were full of snowmobilers and ATV traffic. The next day I backpacked in to a more remote part of the area about five miles on a trail which is an easement across private property. This trail leads to where I had been seeing the bulk of the moose in my area. As soon as I hit the border of USFS I was exhausted and I set my camp and relaxed a little while. I then packed up my food for 5 days and my evening hunting supplies and started walking up the trail to where I intended to hunt and to find a tree to hang my food in. Before I could even find a tree I looked up on a sage covered hillside and there was the biggest **** moose I had seen in 15 days of hunting. I dropped all my gear and inched in for a better shot, the wind was perfect, and I got within 175 yards, laid out prone and made a shot. I heard the whack of a hit but he took off running. I could not see where he went as there was a little plateau up there. I hurried up that hill and you can imagine what was going through my mind, thinking that maybe it was a bad shot or who knows what. When I crested the plateau he was bedded down about 30 yards from where I shot him, and he was trying to get up but I wanted to keep him right there on that plateau. I had to put two more in him to get him to die. My first shot would have been sufficient as it was right through the front quarter. I got on my cell phone and called an outfitter who I had already worked out a deal with, $400 to pack it out, maybe more depending on where I was in the backcountry. I went to town skinning and quartering and around midnight two packers showed up with four mules. As soon as they lifted a quarter they said "no way, too heavy" so we had to split each quarter and get them loaded. By 4 AM we were at my truck and now I am home. The packers were awesome considering that there was no moon and they hadn't ever been on the trail before, I gave them the best tip I could afford. [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1199.jpg[/IMG] Packing in a couple of weeks ago [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1202.jpg[/IMG] This is the kind of country I was hunting [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1212.jpg[/IMG] I saw about 13 moose altogether, 8 or so bulls, like I said before, most would run from me before I could get a picture or anything. [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/BenjoMT/IMGP1215.jpg[/IMG] Sorry, no grip and grin. I was alone. He is 49" at greatest spread and has 10 points on one side 8 on the other. I am stoked. Don't know if he's going to make B&C yet but should be close I think. Things I learned: 1. Gerber saws are total junk and not up to the task of quartering a moose. 2. Bring along one of those moldable tripods so you can get a shot of yourself and your moose. 3. You have to cut a moose in 9 pieces to pack it out on mules. 4. Persistence pays off. [/QUOTE]
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