Well, I had a good time......Summer and early fall were super busy with my business, so I only got out one weekend for a scouting trip, never saw a moose in 3 days. October rolled around and myself, my 2 sons (18 and 21) and father in law headed up to Vega State Park with the camper. The first day I hunted above Vega, didn't see any moose, but on the trip back down to the reservoir saw a flock of turkeys and I had a turkey tag in my pocket with a day left on it. Found out a 300 mag will anchor a turkey pretty well. I won a free dishwashing from my son who had no faith that I could head shoot this young tom at 40 yards.
Saturday afternoon we had the first of many encounters with getting run over by the ranchers herding up their cows. Frustrating, but completely understand what was going on.
Sunday I saw my first moose, a bull
the next few days were rain on and off, get over run by cowboys herding cattle. It was pretty though
over the next week, I found 5 more bulls. This one couldn't have cared less I was driving behind him. He is a little bull, can't even see his antlers in the picture
These were a bit bigger
I learned alot over the week I hunted. I was told the moose on the mesa aren't in the places you would think they are. I was told right. Found most of the moose in the thick aspens, or right next to them. Only saw one moose in the creek bottom, and that one was just passing through from one side of the mesa to another. Also learned my sons are "addicted" to being on their phones. Very frustrating to have them pull them out every 15 minutes to see if they had coverage.
Ended up not getting a cow, never even saw one. Saw 6 bulls, lots of deer, a handful of elk, lots of turkeys, coyotes, a badger and lots of other small game.
Had a great time and would do it all over again. Only things I would change is I would bite the bullet and buy/rent a atv to get myself farther down some of the roads that are closed to trucks. And I should have brought a small camera so my pictures had a better chance of being better.
