Hunting Season

[Angus Cattle Shower]

Well, this is what I shot this year. I would have posted pics sooner, but I just got him back from the taxidermist. 50 inch spread, 152 gross and 141 net. He broke a chunk of bone off his left antler a few days before I shot him.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Almost looks like they are sides off different animals.

 

[gcreekrch]

What time of fall did you get him? Very rarely see one that wide here.

 

[Angus Cattle Shower]

I never noticed he was that uneven until I had him on the wall in the basement. It wouldn't be so bad if he didn't break a big chunk off his one antler.

I shot him in October, the second last day of the two week season. First moose we seen in going out every day for two weeks. Funny how that works

 

[gcreekrch]

Did you wear out a carbide blade on the grinder? :lol:


Mid Sept is best for meat quality. We have friends that came in late Oct for years and talked about how great their moose were to eat. I always told them they hadn't eaten a good one yet.

In 2009 I finally convince one of them to put in for the earlier draw. He says there is no going back now.

 

[Angus Cattle Shower]

The regular season might be sooner, I'm not too sure. There is the early season (October) and the late season in November or December, I'm not too sure. I didn't have to hunt that long :lol: He's a pretty tough old bull. Really chewy roasts, but man, they taste good. I shot him in a small bush, he ran 50 yards onto a truck trail in the pasture, and i dropped him right in the middle of the trail. Doesn't get more convenient then that 8)

 

[gcreekrch]

No it doesn't. our guys won't hunt where a tractor can't reach anymore. :wink:

 

[Angus Cattle Shower]

That's the beauty of drawing a farmland moose tag in Saskatchewan! We were only a mile and a half away from a yard with a loader. Luckily I'm a very charming individual and they loaded it up for me too! Then asked me to take a few elk home with me too! :lol: