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One of my hunting friends has a moose draw this year. Yesterday he told me that him & his son had called out a bull the night before but it was 550 yards and right at dark. So the three of us, including his 4 yr old son, went back to that same spot after work. We sat down and my friend let out some sexy sounding cow calls. About 12 minutes later I told him I could here branches snapping in the timber, then a few grunts.. A few moments later the bull stepped out in the open ~120 yards away. Bang, dead moose. His son was pretty pumped as he saw the whole thing.
So we shoot some field photos (on his camera mine was at home
) and then field dress the beast. We went back to town to drop off his son, fetch a chainsaw & moose skidder (ATV
). Well long story short buy the time we got the moose skidded out, loaded in the truck, drive home, hang and skin moose it was getting late.
Here are a couple pics I did manage to snap (sorry about the lack of field photos - but I know the rules and there is a knife pic):
The photo of the blade is the second knife that I ever made almost two years ago (I keep selling all the nicer ones I've made since! One of these days I have to keep a more recent knife for myself
) This knife was made from 1/8" trim saw from the local sawmill. It holds a decent edge but not quite as good as the O1, 1080, & 1084 that I use now. During the skinning it did get touched up a few times on a steel - and still shaving sharp at the end. And anyone who has skinned out a moose can attest to how tough thier hide is!
I'm going to bed earlier tonight
So we shoot some field photos (on his camera mine was at home
) and then field dress the beast. We went back to town to drop off his son, fetch a chainsaw & moose skidder (ATV). Well long story short buy the time we got the moose skidded out, loaded in the truck, drive home, hang and skin moose it was getting late.Here are a couple pics I did manage to snap (sorry about the lack of field photos - but I know the rules and there is a knife pic):
The photo of the blade is the second knife that I ever made almost two years ago (I keep selling all the nicer ones I've made since! One of these days I have to keep a more recent knife for myself
) This knife was made from 1/8" trim saw from the local sawmill. It holds a decent edge but not quite as good as the O1, 1080, & 1084 that I use now. During the skinning it did get touched up a few times on a steel - and still shaving sharp at the end. And anyone who has skinned out a moose can attest to how tough thier hide is!I'm going to bed earlier tonight
