Moose hunts 2020

[35 whelen]

Lets start a new moose story page for this year ,no tag for me this year ,but this was one of my better hunts.

[Moo Snukkle]

Thanks for the eye candy whelen. Definitely a shortage of pics and stories thus far.

[Bigwoodsman]

That's a dandy moose! Gotta be a story with this swamp donkey's demise?

BW

[35 whelen]

Back in my guiding days ,drift hunts on the Wabasca river called him out and shoot him .

[Bigwoodsman]

Originally Posted by 35 whelen

Back in my guiding days ,drift hunts on the Wabasca river called him out and shoot him .

We did that for many years on the same river. I loved that place.

BW

[tbrown]

I’m hoping to get my wife on a bull next weekend. I’m at work this week and it’s killing me! Is anyone seeing rut activity in central Alberta yet?


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[35 whelen]

Seen a few small ones crossing the FTR yesterday .

[Hawkhills]

No tag,just eye candy20200918_083910.jpg

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[moose maniac]

Originally Posted by 35 whelen

Back in my guiding days ,drift hunts on the Wabasca river called him out and shoot him .

My south border on my trapline is along the Wabasca north of Red earth I always wanted to hunt it in the fall for moose

[Positrac]

A little over two weeks ago. Full story here: http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=387483

Check out the background in this first pic...





Third bull on the same stretch of river:



Video of the third bull:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNUCg1N3FYE

[Glenn D]

Awsome, thats some good moose action positac. I would love to do a float trip down the river. No draw for me this year.

[35 whelen]

Originally Posted by Glenn D

Awsome, thats some good moose action positac. I would love to do a float trip down the river. No draw for me this year.

Dont need a draw this year, just buy a hunt off a Alberta outfitter this year and next year ,Will never happen again I am guessing.

[MartyM]

Taunting bugger standing in the garden after eating all the beet tops & Swiss chard the other morning. Wishing archery moose in 336 wasn’t draw


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[Ice Fishing Maniac]

That would be a healthy eating bull moose.

[runnin'wild]

2020 moose hunting.

My buddy and I headed up again this year as always. Weather was a bit warmer than we would've liked but we were determined regardless.

On day 2 we managed to come across a 3 year old bull, we got into position and managed to put well placed shots even when the brush was thick we found a window.

We heard the thud of well placed shots, after that is when things got crazy. We could barely see the bull after we shot, seen a cow run west, didn't know she was even there due to it being so thick, we caught a glimpse of him heading east. I was dumbfounded, how was he still on the move? We searched and found where he spun, we seen tracks there, nowhere else, zero blood, this didn't make sense.

We searched the area via a grid pattern as I knew he had to be hit, 2 hrs in with light fading we stumbled upon him, he never went 60 yards! He expired in an opening but everything around him was thick and 4 to 7 ft high. The answer arrived, there was a 2nd bull! That's what we seen go east and which threw us off track, ours went 60 yards straight south, that's how thick the regrowth was there!

We managed to get the quad and SxS to him and made short work of it and got back to camp for some well deserved high 5s and bevys 🍻.

Another successful year with a great buddy, to top it off it's his 1st moose and our 1st together as we've been apart the other years when I've gotten mine.

Good times spent in the bush with a great friend! (He doesn't do social media hence no pics of us together, I respect his decision).

New SKRE Hardscrabble gear worked and felt awesome and gotta say I look not half bad in it 🤣.

[Stinky Buffalo]

Heh! Sounds like an exciting hunt! Congrats to you on your moose!


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[35 whelen]

Nice

[Moo Snukkle]

Way to go runnin.
Thanks for taking the time to post. A few more pics sure wouldn’t hurt my feelings.

[35 whelen]

Not hunting moose this year but a couple trail cams from last.

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[alpineguy]

This is from a couple years ago..........mountain moose hunt.

[runnin'wild]

Originally Posted by Moo Snukkle

Way to go runnin.
Thanks for taking the time to post. A few more pics sure wouldn’t hurt my feelings.

No problem, it was an enjoyable time. Here's more pics, buddy is shaded out as I said he chooses not to do social media so I respect that.

The wolf we seen was damn near tame, major issues there as somebody who isn't smart could get hurt if they got out.

I included a picture of last years moose besides this years, possibly brothers lol but honestly who knows. I just know it'll be good eating!

[runnin'wild]

Here's the 2 moose, it didn't load the pic the 1st time

[Bushmaster]

Saw this guy on the way to Wainwright this morning....

[Ice Fishing Maniac]

Leaving early Saturday morning for 8 days of moose camp ....can’t wait. Good times with great friends. Friends not seen since last years camp. It’s warmer than years past and some co-workers out moose hunting gp is say bugs are bad, but who cares. A day out in the bush hunting anytime is better than a day at work

[35 whelen]

Originally Posted by Ice Fishing Maniac

Leaving early Saturday morning for 8 days of moose camp ....can’t wait. Good times with great friends. Friends not seen since last years camp. It’s warmer than years past and some co-workers out moose hunting gp is say bugs are bad, but who cares. A day out in the bush hunting anytime is better than a day at work

Enjoy ,I drove in from Grand Prairie to Edmonton yesterday I swear to God every third vehicle was a hunter heading towards Grand Prairie area.

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[Ronaround]

Originally Posted by Ice Fishing Maniac

Leaving early Saturday morning for 8 days of moose camp ....can’t wait. Good times with great friends. Friends not seen since last years camp. It’s warmer than years past and some co-workers out moose hunting gp is say bugs are bad, but who cares. A day out in the bush hunting anytime is better than a day at work

Amen Brother

[Ice Fishing Maniac]

Originally Posted by 35 whelen

Enjoy ,I drove in from Grand Prairie to Edmonton yesterday I swear to God every third vehicle was a hunter heading towards Grand Prairie area.

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I remember seeing that she I was working on the HWY 43 Twinning fir a couple years .. crazy the amount of hunters that were heading north and seeing units heading south with elk and moose

I can’t sleep and I leave for moose hunting trip in like 6 hours. It’s like a young child waiting for XMAS morning

[marlin1]

Originally Posted by alpineguy

This is from a couple years ago..........mountain moose hunt.

nice ridge top pic and nice moose

[350 mag]

I have never gotten a Moose out of boat along shoreline before.

This year I tried canoe and one evening I had 2 Bulls come in.

The second was in the water coming down the shoreline.

He was 100 ft + off shore 3' of water.

I didn't want to shoot as I was by myself and wasn't prepped to deal with the task of being in water.

I am guess chest waders a must.

Skid/float him in as shallow as possible.

I was thinking 100 ft of cable....cable grip and come along to skid him into shoreline.

Never done gutless method so would likely gut him like normal. Then quarter as per gutless method and load 2 quarters at a time and paddle back to landing?

Tips or tricks?

[35 whelen]

That would all work except don't gut him just do the quartering gutless method just wasting a half an hour of time when you don't need to.

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