Earlier this month I was fortunate to go moose hunting in Hattfjelldal (Norway).
We had 2 moose on the quota. A free animal (shoot anything) and a young animal (shoot calfs and 1,5 year olds).
The pic below is of some of the hunting ground (a fairly small area, less than we`re used to hunt). We hunt on state land. Mostly new places every year but occasionally we have the same area a couple of years in a row.
The mountain in the background is Hatten (The hat).
The first four days we only saw some animals as they hastily left our area, but then again, more time to drink coffe
.
Inside the lavvu as it was raining that day, but it was warm and cosy around the fire.
And outside the lavvu on a day with better weather. Wich it was most of the days.
Sitting on post isn`t bad at all when the weather is good and the coffee is warm. We often light a fire when sitting on post, it helps mask our scent, and gives a moral boost when it`s cold and windy.
The fifth day I shot this little ox
. I often shoot the smallest animals by the way, must be some curse. A normal ox of this age should be 220-250 kg ready butchered, but this was only 189 kilos.But we were pleased to bag it anyway.
The ox was shot with my trusty old Mauser M98, cal. 30-06, at about 75 meters. A perfect lung shot but still it managed to turn and run about 200 meters.
This was the only animal we got. I left for home the next morning while the others continued hunting. The only animals they saw was another ox and a cow. The wrong sort.
But we don`t whine, there is another chance next year.
Tor
We had 2 moose on the quota. A free animal (shoot anything) and a young animal (shoot calfs and 1,5 year olds).
The pic below is of some of the hunting ground (a fairly small area, less than we`re used to hunt). We hunt on state land. Mostly new places every year but occasionally we have the same area a couple of years in a row.
The mountain in the background is Hatten (The hat).
The first four days we only saw some animals as they hastily left our area, but then again, more time to drink coffe
.Inside the lavvu as it was raining that day, but it was warm and cosy around the fire.
And outside the lavvu on a day with better weather. Wich it was most of the days.
Sitting on post isn`t bad at all when the weather is good and the coffee is warm. We often light a fire when sitting on post, it helps mask our scent, and gives a moral boost when it`s cold and windy.
The fifth day I shot this little ox
. I often shoot the smallest animals by the way, must be some curse. A normal ox of this age should be 220-250 kg ready butchered, but this was only 189 kilos.But we were pleased to bag it anyway.The ox was shot with my trusty old Mauser M98, cal. 30-06, at about 75 meters. A perfect lung shot but still it managed to turn and run about 200 meters.
This was the only animal we got. I left for home the next morning while the others continued hunting. The only animals they saw was another ox and a cow. The wrong sort.
But we don`t whine, there is another chance next year.
Tor
