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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 9:07:31 GMT -5
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Post by whyohe on Dec 25, 2008 9:24:42 GMT -5
thoes are some nice pics!! seems you had some good luck with thoes moose.
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 9:38:23 GMT -5
Im doing something wrong, I am trying to post one picture
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Post by whyohe on Dec 25, 2008 9:41:06 GMT -5
are you using photo bucket?
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Post by SW on Dec 25, 2008 10:00:56 GMT -5
I'm glad to all those pictures - good they all came thru. Years lived have nothing to do with how "old" you are. I don't think you or Ben will ever get old.
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 10:13:21 GMT -5
Whyohe Yes to photo Bucket, I think I know what I did wrong, I must have hit 'select all' Steve, I will get old, I am old, but I will fight it ever day, this morning, when I awoke, I said myself, Its Christmas, Lunch and dinner at my mother in law house, lets take the off. No said my small brain, get out on the track, to make up for all the food you are going stuff down today, well maybe you can skip the weights today no chance. Old I'll get but, 'I will not go gently into the night' Best Wishes to all Marty
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Post by E.T. on Dec 25, 2008 10:44:14 GMT -5
Bigmoose Often we see pictures of a harvested moose and don’t see or feel the experience when faced with one before a shot is taken. Hope you don’t mind such a picture here to compliment your accomplishment. If this is not agreeable I will quickly delete this post. This is a big boy and if you can drop him here on the road is a good place instead of having to drag him out of the woods. Ed
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Post by richard on Dec 25, 2008 11:21:28 GMT -5
Nice moose Ed. Did you take the pic? Richard
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Post by CraigF on Dec 25, 2008 11:24:38 GMT -5
Bigmoose, what did you hit with the barnes original that it came apart like that?
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 11:27:04 GMT -5
E.T. Excellent picture. Where we hunt there is no roads, just tundra, until you walk 5 or 6 miles on tundra, you might wish for a road, but, for me the tundra is part of the challenge, I'm all for easy, except on the hunt. I dream about hiking into postion, to see those great animals. And of couse the shoot, I'm going to take. I stand in awe of these wonderful beasts, I thank each one for the chance to take it. Corny it maybe, but when I walk to and touch this great beast, I say thank you.
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 11:29:04 GMT -5
CraigF,
My penetration block, I explained how I make in a post today.
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 11:30:47 GMT -5
CraigF,
the post is titled Penetration Test.
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Post by E.T. on Dec 25, 2008 12:01:18 GMT -5
Richard
If I saw this guy and had a Bull license I can tell you it would not be a picture taking event. ;D ;D This picture was sent to me by one of the members of the moose hunting party I belong too that keep nudging me to join them on the hunt each year. Well for 2009 I am planning on going unless it comes down to my job being at stake. Have given up too many years because of job demands and I am not getting any younger. My heart longs for being in a true wild setting again. Sitting at a campfire enjoying a wonderful meal after a days outing. Afterwards a deep sleep that I seldom experience anymore. Sharing moments with friends outside the rat race of living in a city. Just friends, serenity and peace surround you throughout the hunt. Well you might get the occasional visit from another camp or Conservation officer may visit as well to see everything is in order.
Big Moose I am glad you are not upset. Yes hunting a tundra is different terrain that I have yet to experience. No you are not corny with your action as I too thanked God for allowing me such a wonderful and humane harvest when I shoot such a majestic animal. And when it comes to table fare I tend to be a bit of a glutton with this wonderful meat when properly prepared.
Ed
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 14:31:43 GMT -5
E. T.
Well Said I wish you a great Hunt. Maybe we will be able to swap stories of our 09 trips.
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Post by E.T. on Dec 25, 2008 15:10:09 GMT -5
E. T. Well Said I wish you a great Hunt. Maybe we will be able to swap stories of our 09 trips. Bigmoose I also wish you “Good Hunting” for 2009. Sounds like a great idea swapping adventure stories of the tundra to the adventure stories of the forest chasing the prized majestic animal of the North. Ed
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 16:45:35 GMT -5
Ed,
I will look foward to doing it. I know everyone in Moose Camp, enjoys meal times in the cook tent, three hunters three guides the Cook, Dave, who is a chef in one of the hotels in Anchorage, he takes his yearly vacation, to be in camp, The season is from September 1st to the 28th. I am booked for the first hunt 9/1 to 9/11 two hunters in camp for the first, a total of 8 hunters a year. your only contact is the satellite phone, the plane bring suppies once a week, takes out hunters and meat, horns go last, they are chained to trees to make sure Bears don't steal them at night, the plane can only land in the cross wing of 10 MPH or less, It lands in the tire ruts dug out of the tundra, big ballon tires. The pilot Art, is a wonderful pilot, you leave and land in his front yard, he is also a Bear and Moose guide. I have been lucky, i never share a camp with someone I didn't get along with, even gents, who said they were loud snorers, that what ear plugs are for. Each morning went you leave camp, you are rooting for the other guys to get lucky, be it Bear, Moose or Wolf. Its an experience I was for all hunters. Second hunt 9/11 to 9/22, three hunters, third hunt the shortest, three hunters, the shortest, but the best chance for Bear. Talking about makes you want to start packing.
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Post by whyohe on Dec 25, 2008 18:45:56 GMT -5
E.T. that is a beautiful picture but scary too. that guy is HUGE!! i could not imagine that steping out inn front of me while i was driving or getting him angry.
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Post by E.T. on Dec 25, 2008 18:48:19 GMT -5
Bigmoose
Yours is a fly-in camp hunt where mine will be a minimum 12-hour drive then boating down a river for about 5-miles to unload at a small cabin. There are usually 6-7 guys residing here. This should also be a new experience as I am used to camping like Smokeeter does when he goes. Actually I have never been to this camp yet but look forward to trying one hunt this way. Might get spoiled sleeping indoors but will miss the sounds of the night that I have so often heard in the past.
Missed out on a few adventures over the years like a hungry bear trying to break into the cabin one night. He managed to get a paw through a small window and was greeted with a blank axe handle. That seemed to discourage him and good thing because if he persisted 4-5 high powered rifles were ready to greet him. After that additional precaution with food handling was put in place not to attract an unwelcomed guest. Rookies. Needless to say the next day a bear license was purchased and if spotted this bear was history. No spoilage as a local up there would gladly have taken him home.
You’re right about everyone having to get along in such close quarters. This could either make or break a good hunt. Now on the lighter side of camp life all your unmentioned habits will be exposed. If you are a sleepwalker that will come to light quickly. A fellow they invited/took up one year was one of these. He enjoyed his beer and after such a evening he got up in the middle of night, climbed out of the top bunk, walked across the room and relieved himself into a pair of boots. Then turned around, crawled back into his bunk and snoozed away. Luckily someone seen this and the next morning informed the owner of the boots to use his spare set of boots. Needless to say this fellow never got invited again. Mind you after this everyone has a tendency to check his boots in the morning before putting them on since that incident. ;D ;D
Of course there is that unpredictable weather that can coming raging in anytime. Downpours, freezing rain and heavy snowfall. Been through all of these and even had to pack-up to get out onetime for fear of a bridge washout on an old logging road bridge we used to gain access to a particular area. But that is part of the adventure/challenge that beckons and awaits you. And I am ready for such another adventure that is the foundation of a memorable hunt.
Ed
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 21:29:17 GMT -5
The cure for the boot usier, is a little Jon, the out house is about 25 yards from the camp. Once you get over 60 nature calls several times a nite, so I have my Little Jon, I don't have to leave the tent. Cabelas sell the Little Jon, my tent mate, asked why I have it, I smiled, and said, you will know in the morning, the next day he asked to cook, for a tin can. On the way to the out house, you will take your rifle, especially after seeing Bear track, thur the camp in the morning. Paul's camp looks super neat, But the tents are fine, last year a storm came up, it felt like the tent would be blown down, but it held, for about 4 hours it got interesting. Needless to say the weather in Alaska is tricky to say the least, in 07, I got my Moose on the fourth day, but had to wait till the ninth day, before the plane could come, bad weather, but there a worst things than hanging out in Moose Camp. If I had a Bear tag I could have been hunting till the plane could come, but the rules of the camp are once you fill your Moose tag, you leave, no matter how many other tags you have.
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Post by E.T. on Dec 25, 2008 22:06:38 GMT -5
Bigmoose
We keep this up with no mention of a muzzle-loader we might get moved. ;D So I will add that if I can get the 275-XPB’s to reasonably shoot out of my 10ML-II this year I will definitely be taking it along. My 300-WSM can be my backup.
Will look forward to catching up on future moose hunt adventures.
Ed
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 25, 2008 22:12:04 GMT -5
good luck
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Post by killahog on Dec 25, 2008 23:39:13 GMT -5
No fred your not doing anything wrong we enjoy all the pictures. Someday if I can stop myself from buying guns I might save enough money to take a trip up there.
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 26, 2008 7:25:01 GMT -5
I hope so, It GOD.s country.
good luck
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Post by Buckrub on Dec 26, 2008 13:55:10 GMT -5
Man, I ain't mad at no Mooses. Them's some BIG old things. Yikes.
As for getting old, I can't avoid the occurrence, but I dang sure don't have to act like it happened!
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Post by bigmoose on Dec 26, 2008 15:40:35 GMT -5
What has mad got to do with anything?
Old you will get or else.......................................................
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Post by Buckrub on Dec 26, 2008 17:24:55 GMT -5
I gots to get a bit mad at 'em to go to the trouble to visit one and shoot it..........
I've heard "it beats the alternative". Man, I hope not. The alternative is gonna last a LONG LONG LONG time, and I hope it's a heap better'n this.....not that this is bad, I just hope the next one is better.....
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clayman
Six pointer
looks like a shooter
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Post by clayman on Dec 30, 2008 10:11:29 GMT -5
BigMoose i was in your part of the country on sunday. markham park shot sporting clays there. if you want to gab give me a call. 443 553 5265 clayman
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Post by edge on Jan 2, 2009 20:34:39 GMT -5
I think I know what I did wrong, I must have hit 'select all' SNIP Good thing the "naughty" pictures didn't get through the filter ;D edge.
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