Maine moose success, PT 2

[mowin]

After early success on the first afternoon with my cousins bull, we set out to get Colby one. Finally on Friday afternoon finally got on a bull. Took about a hr to get it to the edge of the swamp.  It wasn't coming any closer. Colby made a fantastic first shot at 275 yrds, then both him and his father followed up with finishing shots. Unfortunately, he dropped in about a foot of water. Took us 6 hrs to quarter him and load it into canoes and get it back to the road. Our feet were numb from the cold water. First pic is the swamp from the road. Bull was off to the left out of sight, shot was taken from the point on the right. EST weight, 680.

[Cabin Fever]

Congrats! You guys had great success in Maine!

[Robhuntandfish]

Thats an awesome story . Great trip and experience for sure. I'm hoping to do this someday myself.

[helmut in the bush]

 cool

[The_Real_TCIII]

Awesome! I’m sure it was miserable getting him out but now you wouldn’t change a thing!


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[mowin]

3 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Awesome! I’m sure it was miserable getting him out but now you wouldn’t change a thing!


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Damn right.  It was an experience I'll never forget, and cherish forever.

I've quartered many critters over the yrs, but this was the first time I have ever done one on the ground in a foot of water.

[Bionic]

2 hours ago, mowin said:

After early success on the first afternoon with my cousins bull, we set out to get Colby one. Finally on Friday afternoon finally got on a bull. Took about a hr to get it to the edge of the swamp.  It wasn't coming any closer. Colby made a fantastic first shot at 275 yrds, then both him and his father followed up with finishing shots. Unfortunately, he dropped in about a foot of water. Took us 6 hrs to quarter him and load it into canoes and get it back to the road. Our feet were numb from the cold water. First pic is the swamp from the road. Bull was off to the left out of sight, shot was taken from the point on the right. EST weight, 680.

Awesome, so excited to see this! Congratulations to all involved