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First Montana Moose

Nameless Range

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I was lucky enough to fill my tag yesterday. I spent 8 days scouting leading up to the season and did not see a single moose in that time. Yesterday morning I saw 2 bulls and 4 cows. I shot the largest one in the bunch.

It was a beautiful morning with frost on the willows and his antlers. He died on small island of timber surrounded by muck and swamp. My pack out was only about 350 yards: 200 yards of swamp and water and 150 up a steep bank. Moose quarters are heavy as hell, and I packed each out whole, which was a mistake. Each shoulder was a trip, and the backstraps,rib meat, tenderloins, and neck were another. The last trip was the head and cape, which I wrapped in a tarp and, one heave at a time, hauled it to the truck.

What a gift to be able to hunt moose in Montana.

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Nice. Thanks for sharing. One guy for one moose is a crazy tough pack-out.
 
Nice bull! Them moose suck up a lot of lead big or small..
Hope you get another tag and get to find out :)

Congrats
 
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