Well, no story here of months of planning and days of hunting that culminated in shooting a monstrous bull moose. As luck would have it being in the right place at the right time is all it took. I could have pulled an early season bull moose draw this year but held off since I’m planning on having my buggy built for next year and wanted a tag for when it’s finished. I planned it so I was on the computer the morning that undersubscribed tags opened up and managed to get another late season bull moose tag for the Fort McMurray area.
Fast forward to a few days back and my hunting partner and I were a bit late getting into the spot I wanted to go to and we were beat out by other hunters. It’s a big area but not knowing where they were we didn’t want to disturb them so we moved on down the road a ways to walk into another area I hunt frequently as it’s also a decent area that holds both moose and Whitetail. We hadn’t made it far or even split up yet when this little guy jumped out of his bed and stopped at 125 yards to have a look at us. I had already decided that it being the late season and moose few and far between I would take any bull that presented itself. One shot to the side of the noggin from my little Rugger Stainless Compact Laminate in 7mm-08 and it was game over. The right antler wasn’t shot off and appears to have been missing for quite some time.
While not he biggest or prettiest, he’ll be great eating and there was zero meat wasted.
The Uni-horned Bull Moose
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