2016 Alaksa Moose

• Sep 13, 2016

• #1

AkBearHunter

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Spotted this bull on the evening of Monday the 5th and out him down on Tuesday morning. First pic was taken by a hunter that was watching this bull from about 500 yards away, not knowing I was putting a stalk on him and I had no idea he was in the area above this bull. Shot him from about 120 yards and he was living on the side of a mountain. He taped out at 60" even and was a tough pack out but well worth it.

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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What a bruiser! Way to go.

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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Those critters have some size to them don't they. Congrats on a monster bull.

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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Dave N

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Congrats! I'll get there someday. Our visits so far have only included some fishing but the plan is to move in a few years. Maybe then!

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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Congrats! That's a nice bull.

Draw or HT tag?

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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Congrats

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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Wow that is a giant!

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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Beautiful bull mate

 

• Sep 13, 2016

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Joe Hulburt

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What an animal!

 

• Sep 14, 2016

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Congrats , and hope you recover from the pack out

 

• Sep 14, 2016

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What a great trophy! Congrats. That pack out had to have been heavy! The best meat there is!

 

• Sep 14, 2016

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AkBearHunter

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This was a HT hunt, I shot that bull on the side of a mountain about half way up and the only way to get him down was to quarter him with the hide on, bag the cut ends and drag it down the mountain. It made it heavier to drag but it saved the meat in a big way. We saw a lot of bulls in the week that I was in camp and they were already starting to rut, which is very unusual for this area. I suspect we might be in for a long winter this year.

 

• Sep 14, 2016

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Man, that is absolutely beautiful. I bet the other guy is wishing he was moving in instead of taking pictures!

 

• Sep 14, 2016

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Congrats on a great moose!

 

• Sep 15, 2016

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AkBearHunter

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TRS_Montana said:

Man, that is absolutely beautiful. I bet the other guy is wishing he was moving in instead of taking pictures!

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Actually, he told me he had no intentions of shooting that bull because he would not have been able to pack it out by himself. He was asking a lot of questions and 1 of my partners thought he was a trooper but I don't believe he was after listening to him talk about why he wouldn't harvest the bull and telling me where he was camped. He took a lot of pics of that bull from the night before and i'll probably ask him to send me a couple.

 

• Sep 16, 2016

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AkBearHunter

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Couple more pics of this bull the day before I took him.