skinner
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how are the moose hunters doing
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35% success rate for the week as of this morning. 374 down. In my opinion the bulls are big this year. Heavier and wider racks in general. Seeing lots of 50-60 inchers and 900 pound plus. Those were pretty rare last year. Good week for it overall.
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Things picked up today. Change in wind direction and temps are a good thing
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Is this what they look like?
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longbow
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That’s obviously an Alaskan moose, they are much bigger.
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Its not an Alaskan moose. I shot that moose between Big and Little Spencer Mountain in 1985. Came out of the woods at Kokadjo. Antlers were about 63" across and wider than the pickup. weight was 920. It had a 8" forked drop tine on the back side of the antlers. That pic was taken when I got home in NY. Anyway, good luck to all the moose hunters out there. Post some pics!That’s obviously an Alaskan moose, they are much bigger.
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Of course I was joking. I remember the first time you told the story. Big moose.
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Great to see you back Catskill ! How the hell did you get that Moose out in one piece ? Had to have a 20 man mule team or a couple horses !
speaking of posting some pics . You never finished showing us the progress and finished product of the canoe ! Post some of those up ! Love to see it ! It was coming out terrific .
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skinner
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any partridge around???
groundtender
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Some said yes, I saw very few last week.
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Getting him out was quite the production for a DIY hunt. At that time I was cutting a few logs and tons of firewood. We brought rigged block and tackles and come a longs and 100' of 1/2" rope from the woods where I worked. Aftre dragging him out to a logging road my dad nosed our pickup in front of a gray birch. I climed up and tied a rope, hooked one block in then led the other block to the moose. We hooked the block to a rope that was around the Moose's hind end. Then we put down skids and started pulling. When we couldn't pull my Dad hooked up a come a long and cranked him up. Then more on the blocks and back to the ratchet. After 2 1/2 hrs we got him on the truck. I was surprised that we didn't run into any major hitches. I'll never go on another hunt like that. Thats the reason I never put in for another moose permit, I'll never top this! Best of luck to all the other moose hunters. I wish everyone gets one like this
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Sounds like a hell of a chore. Did I read it right that you dragged him against his hair?
We had a big bull chasing a cow in the back yard yesterday at noon. First moose I’ve seen around here this year.
We also saw a number of pretty nice bulls on the way back from Downeast this weekend. Groundtender is correct, they apparently moved pretty well the last few days of the season
We also saw a number of pretty nice bulls on the way back from Downeast this weekend. Groundtender is correct, they apparently moved pretty well the last few days of the season
skinner
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does anyone remember the guy from livermore my neighbor he took his work horse up north a few times and skidded moose out for people NEAT
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I think I remember something about that. Here is the only photo I could find that might be his horse?
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I saw more Lynx Saturday than I did Moose. Really. Never saw a moose in 3 days in the NMWs.
