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Medium bull. 3 brow tines on left. Coming strait to the call @ 50 ft.
Then the work started.....
What was the distance between where you dropped it and the airplane? Just wondering how many have a 300 foot rule. If it’s not within 300 feet of a road, 300’ from the river or airplane...it lives.....
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Is that self-imposed rule with moose only, or other animals as well? I figure my loose limit on moose is a mile (depending on time available to pack and how rough/wet the ground is), but much further with other animals.
Moose only...I don’t mind packing meat a few miles so long as it’s not ten+ round trips at 100 pounds per load..took three of us nine hours to butcher and haul 7ths of a mile. 65-1/2” spread...
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What was the distance between where you dropped it and the airplane? Just wondering how many have a 300 foot rule. If it’s not within 300 feet of a road, 300’ from the river or airplane...it lives.....
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I have a similar moose harvest policy, as I am getting way too old to want to carry the equivilant of a Clydesdale horse out of the woods.
I switched to hunting with the float cub nearly thirty years ago and my success ratio increased by 400 %.
Do lots of scouting ahead of time.
Rule #1. Carry a small raft or canoe. (See “avatar” photo) locate several fairly dry areas near the shoreline to call from.
#2. Hunt from the shoreline. If you cant throw a rock into the water from where you are, then you may be to far. The lake keeps the moose from getting down wind and getting your scent. (On calm mornings)
#3. Call the moose to you. Be patient. If they are around then they will find you. As soon as you start calling they know exactly where you are. Don’t go hiking after you call as they will realize you are not a moose and will drift out of the area.
I have watched bull moose come to the exact spot of a call 10 hours later and bed down. Go back to camp quietly and watch the spot you called from.
#4. I always shoot for the upper shoulder as they will drop in their tracks. No sense having them run back in the woods or in the lake.
#5. Don’t hunt alone! I have done this and found I had crossed the” stupid line”. ( I was younger and tougher)
Practice your calling skills, rather then your hiking ability. ( there is an exception; when in search of the big trophy bulls, as they are hard to pull from cows. )
I hunt for meat but the Lord has sent me two B&C monsters using these “rules”
The moose in the photo was different as this year we hunted from my remote cabin and have a 4 wheeler there. Longest pack was 6 feet. That will spoil you!
Good hunting
Medium bull. 3 brow tines on left. Coming strait to the call @ 50 ft.
Then the work started.....
Cubpilot2 What engine you have in the super cub that's a fat prop I am guessing 180 hp