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Hunting by Game/Technique => Moose Hunting => Topic started by: Mainiac on Nov 30, 2006, 07:42:05 PM

Title: My Moose Hunt
Post by: Mainiac on Nov 30, 2006, 07:42:05 PM

I shot this Bull in Maine. It weighed 724 lbs and had a 57.5" spread. Really the hunt of a lifetime. I did the scouting and found the area to hunt, about 40 miles from the nearest town. We had to stalk within shooting range, the wind was in our favor, everything was perfect. I cant wait to get the head back from the taxidermist.(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/snowrider-photos/Moose2006724lbs67.jpg)(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o207/snowrider-photos/515958-R1-16-9A_017.jpg)

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Post by: brian d on Dec 05, 2006, 03:00:08 PM

That's a nice bull. Just wind that tongue in before you hang him on the wall

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Post by: roscoe on Dec 09, 2006, 09:34:55 PM

Great Bull Mainiac! 8)

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: Mainiac on Dec 11, 2006, 04:53:38 AM

I just found out that it scored 188. I don't remember the fraction. It grossed 195 but after deductions netted out at 188+. I cant believe that i finally made the Maine Antler Skull Trophy Club. The minimum score for that club is 170

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: brett on Feb 26, 2007, 08:50:03 PM

It looks and sounds like a great buck...

These types of things build great memories, don't they?

Congratulations on the great moose! :)

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Post by: archbishop on Feb 27, 2007, 09:20:47 AM

thats a great bull!

let us see the pic of the mount when he comes home to you.

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: monk on Dec 16, 2007, 11:52:42 AM

Beautiful Bull !  I have been putting in for a Maine Moose Permit for the last seven years. Hoping to eventually getting lucky.

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Post by: BoneHead on Dec 16, 2007, 05:53:26 PM

Nice bull Mainiac, congrats.

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Post by: northwoodsaddict on Dec 17, 2007, 06:45:20 AM

wow, nice bul...wherabouts were you in maine?

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Post by: salmon44 on Dec 17, 2007, 08:10:58 AM

Congrats on an Awesome Bull!  That should be a very impressive mount and I keep hoping I will get drawn just once in my lifetime...........

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: Mainiac on Mar 14, 2008, 07:22:29 PM

Thanks guys. It made Boone and Crocket and the offical ;D spread was 60"

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: minnowguy on Mar 26, 2008, 04:47:09 PM

Whats a moose mount cost for your area? I paid 1000.00 for mine in Wy. Should get it back in August or September.

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: Mainiac on Apr 11, 2008, 07:05:11 PM

Mine was 1000 too, but worth every penny ??? ::) :o ;D

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Post by: minnowguy on Apr 12, 2008, 08:27:50 PM

Do you have a pic of it after it was done Maniac?

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: Mainiac on Apr 13, 2008, 05:59:06 PM

Here is the picture if I remember how to post it (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/269snowrider/moose003.jpg)

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: BoneHead on Apr 14, 2008, 08:05:40 AM

Nice mount mainiac, good spot for it too.

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: Mainiac on Apr 14, 2008, 01:35:00 PM

Thanks ......it was the hunt of a lifetime and I relive it every time I look at the mount.

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Post by: minnowguy on Apr 14, 2008, 11:23:37 PM

Looks real nice.

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Post by: HuntinFool on Apr 16, 2008, 09:52:05 PM

heres a pic of a bull i killed year before last....we spotted him from the road on our way home from a black bear hunt(unsuccessful stalk), and my buddy and I crossed a good sized creek and split up with me going right...he was with a couple of cows (didnt see them until after the shot) in a thick stand of spruce surrounded by 7-9' willows thick as ive ever seen...My buddy was callin to him by the time i got near him, and when I cut thru the brush into the spruce stand, i walked right into the bull and anchored him in his tracks at less than 7 yards with my 30-0-6 mauser...his spread was just over 53" with a 3 brow tines on one side....when i shot, my buddy thought i was shooting at a cow, because that was all he could see from his position. that same cow almost ran me down hahaha....it was a good fun trip...(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii162/alaskaJW1985/moosejake.jpg) Last year I killed a slightly smaller bull with a .22 revolver while I was hunting spruce hens. I had hunted moose in the area earlier that day but with no luck...My rifle was back at the truck and while I sat resting under a tree, I looked over and was shocked to see a 48" bull pawing the ground and snorting at me less than 15 yards away...Once I saw he had 3 brows tines on his left side I took a real careful shot and hit him just behind the ear, he dropped like a sack of rocks. It was the last day of the season.

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Post by: HuntinFool on Apr 16, 2008, 09:55:49 PM

awesome trophy by the way....i didnt realize there were alot of big moose in maine....

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Post by: HuntinFool on Apr 16, 2008, 10:00:09 PM

oh and one more thing, you guys are sorta lucky down there...it seems like your moose have a smaller body size....that bull in the pic weighed 1200+ lbs and the biggest one ive ever killed here in AK was actually a 36" bull in unit 20 (any bull) that was around 1400... however i have seen bulls, and cows, for that matter, that would easily push 1700-1850lbs easy during the prime feeding season....

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: Mainiac on Apr 17, 2008, 07:14:57 PM

Yes, mine would have weighed about 850 earlier in the season but was shot after the peak of the rut. They claim they loose 100 to 150 pounds

Title: Re: My Moose Hunt
Post by: clearwateralaskaoutfitter on Jan 06, 2019, 11:00:02 PM

Can you, share some images?