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11-21-2017, 04:20 PM
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Kid got it done, first big game animal
Well a ton of km's put on the boots since mid Sept, many close calls with a bow. Many moose from spikes to 50 inchers seen and had chances at couple big boys within a few hundred yards to one at 10 yrds on a 30 incher in sept that we let walk due to hot temps and the chance at a bigger boy.
October's bow season ended with two chances at 50 inchers in the last week but they were too far away(we are thinking one may have been this guy). Nov came and the bulls were gone, resting somewhere off the properties we hunted.
Sunday was a late start, got up a bit later than we wanted to(funny how a change can line up the gods) and we basically walked right into this guy at 8:15 am. 80 yrds, watched him make a perfect lung shot through the binos and I knew he had his first moose, moose went 20 steps into another shooting lane and the kid was already instructed to shoot again if the chance came. Nailed him in the neck and he dropped in his tracks. 19 yrs old, shot on the 19th and his first big game animal. What a fun season starting with a bow and finishing with a rifle. The smiles are still shining bright on the kid and me. You really do live through your kids. Tapes out at 54 inches
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11-21-2017, 04:22 PM
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Attaboy! Congrats
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11-21-2017, 04:22 PM
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11-21-2017, 04:23 PM
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Great looking bull! Congrats to your boy. Good to see a Savage 99C in action!
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11-21-2017, 04:25 PM
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Awesome!! With a Savage 99 no less!!!!
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11-21-2017, 04:25 PM
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That'll do! Nice job, a love a good clean kill like that. Really nice bull, your boy did a fine job. You too.
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11-21-2017, 04:26 PM
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Beauty. Congrats.
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11-21-2017, 04:27 PM
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What a way to pop your cherry!
I have a fondness for the lever/bolt hybrids too. Made for moosin'.
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11-21-2017, 04:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scruffee
Great looking bull! Congrats to your boy. Good to see a Savage 99C in action!
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I got that rifle as a 16th bday present. It came from a family member who hunted with it prior. I'm 50 next month, never used another rifle. It has taken a lot of game for me. I wanted my son to use his Opa's 30-06 as dad stopped hunting last year at 80 but the scope wasn't positioned right for my kids long arms so he used my rifle. I carried dads for deer. I am not gonna lie, I am more than a bit happy he took this bull with my rifle
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11-21-2017, 04:30 PM
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That is so incredible! Great job!
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11-21-2017, 04:33 PM
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What an awesome moose and his first big game animal at that. Congrats to your son and you.
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11-21-2017, 04:40 PM
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What an awesome moose and his first big game animal at that. Congrats to your son and you.
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Thanks, it was sure fun being the guide and along for the experience. And the kid really learnt the highs and lows of hunting. One week the moose are everywhere, next nope, one week you can't do anything right, blow chances, wind etc, next your falling over the little guys. Just got to keep on going and the odds should change in your favor.
And, as I did as a younger guy, he got to drive the argo in, haul his moose out to the line, then back to the truck after the work was done, just as I did with many of my dads moose back in the day
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11-21-2017, 04:45 PM
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That is a stud bull in anyone's books, especially for a first. Will be very tough to top. Congrats
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11-21-2017, 04:46 PM
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11-21-2017, 04:48 PM
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Nice Work
Nice Work
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11-21-2017, 04:48 PM
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That's awesome, congrats. He's one moose up on me lifetime now lol.
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11-21-2017, 04:49 PM
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Great job and nice animal! Congratulations!!
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11-21-2017, 04:58 PM
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I will admit after not seeing any bulls in the first 2 weeks of Nov, any bull was now on the table and the time to wait for a bigger one was gone but thankfully he got a chance at one of them with the rifle. If it was my tag, my life long jinx would have gotten me tag soup. I told him when he drew the tag, you will have the chance to get your biggest moose there and your first too, then spend the rest of your hunting career trying to top it in crown land lol. Well he has now set a very high bar to beat this one
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11-21-2017, 05:00 PM
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congrats
congrats
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11-21-2017, 05:17 PM
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Job well done! Congrats to you and your soon.
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11-21-2017, 05:36 PM
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Just awesome! By the way your boy looks like Connor McDavid.
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11-21-2017, 05:39 PM
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Just awesome! By the way your boy looks like Connor McDavid.
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The oilers gave him a few days of muscle recovery
Congrats to the young lad, beauty bull now go win the stanly cup
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11-21-2017, 06:12 PM
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Very nice, congrats.
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11-21-2017, 06:18 PM
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Very nice first moose, love his fronts. Congratulations to your son.
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11-21-2017, 06:21 PM
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Yep he'll do !!!!!
Huge congrats on a great bull !!
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11-21-2017, 06:24 PM
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Congrats on a fine animal.
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11-21-2017, 06:34 PM
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And what an animal...congrats!!!!
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11-21-2017, 07:05 PM
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Been following your sons moose quest. You fellas put a lot of time in for a well earned trophy. Super happy for the boy. As I've offered to others, I volunteer to be the bartender at the sausage making party. I'll bring a vac sealer too. Oh, and I won't be needing a pack of steaks.
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11-21-2017, 07:14 PM
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Helluva first moose. Congrats to your son
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11-21-2017, 08:03 PM
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Congrats to you both!
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