Two week ago I was at the yearly moose hunt. This is the last year we hunt in Skaiti, we have had the area for 4 years now (next year we have to apply for a new area).
As the weather along the coast was very wet all september we didn`t have high hopes conserning the weather in our hunting area.
But the weather was actually nice and the first day was an absolute joy.
We was stalking a big moose bull (and a cow) we saw across the valley.
We was only three men this first day and one was left to guide us using his binoculars.
Unfortunately the moose cow was restless and left before we arrived and the bull moose desided to follow her shortly after. We then had 150 meter to climb. Well, I guess we can`t score every time.
The second day we was full team (7men and one woman) and we was chasing moose trough some hillsides. Had a chance to shoot a bull moose (only 40-50 meters away) but we let it go as it was too small. We knew there was several bigger ones in the area.
The third day I spotted a bigger moose and we quikly laid a plan to get it. 6 shooters went to their pre planned posts and two of us went straight after the bull. As expected it was gone when I arrived the spot were he was resting. We followed it`s tracks for about 10 minutes when we heard two shots.
We heard on the radio that the bull was shot. Time to help out with the butchering.
It was a fairly large bull moose (284 kiloes slaughtered weight). When we was skinning the moose it started snowing (a little early on the year), and the morning after we woke up to this.
It continued to snow the following days and it was getting harder to walk trough the snow. We waded to our knees in the higher parts of the area.
The fifth day we shot a calf and desided to quit hunting as we were worried not to be able to drive out of the area.
We cut down the bull moose shot earlier, carried it down to the house and packed our gear. We was wondering wether we got our cars up the steep road, but it went OK.
The guy I drove with had parked his car on the mountain as he had very lousy tires and didn`t expect to get up the steep road from the house we hired. It had been snowing a little and we had to dig it out.
All in all the hunting trip was a success even though I didn`t shoot any moose personally and the snow made it physically hard.
I have already eaten several meals of moose meat and it was delicious.
Tor
As the weather along the coast was very wet all september we didn`t have high hopes conserning the weather in our hunting area.
But the weather was actually nice and the first day was an absolute joy.
We was stalking a big moose bull (and a cow) we saw across the valley.
We was only three men this first day and one was left to guide us using his binoculars.
Unfortunately the moose cow was restless and left before we arrived and the bull moose desided to follow her shortly after. We then had 150 meter to climb. Well, I guess we can`t score every time.
The second day we was full team (7men and one woman) and we was chasing moose trough some hillsides. Had a chance to shoot a bull moose (only 40-50 meters away) but we let it go as it was too small. We knew there was several bigger ones in the area.
The third day I spotted a bigger moose and we quikly laid a plan to get it. 6 shooters went to their pre planned posts and two of us went straight after the bull. As expected it was gone when I arrived the spot were he was resting. We followed it`s tracks for about 10 minutes when we heard two shots.
We heard on the radio that the bull was shot. Time to help out with the butchering.
It was a fairly large bull moose (284 kiloes slaughtered weight). When we was skinning the moose it started snowing (a little early on the year), and the morning after we woke up to this.
It continued to snow the following days and it was getting harder to walk trough the snow. We waded to our knees in the higher parts of the area.
The fifth day we shot a calf and desided to quit hunting as we were worried not to be able to drive out of the area.
We cut down the bull moose shot earlier, carried it down to the house and packed our gear. We was wondering wether we got our cars up the steep road, but it went OK.
The guy I drove with had parked his car on the mountain as he had very lousy tires and didn`t expect to get up the steep road from the house we hired. It had been snowing a little and we had to dig it out.
All in all the hunting trip was a success even though I didn`t shoot any moose personally and the snow made it physically hard.
I have already eaten several meals of moose meat and it was delicious.
Tor
