scoutm Report post Posted October 12, 2014 In case you didn't catch Part 1 here's the link to it. http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/52302-shiras-moose-utah-part-1/?hl=moose Part 2, here are some of what I felt were some of the highlights of my hunt. There were too many to list all of them so I tried to pick the ones that stood out to me most. First, the colors were amazing, bold, bright and every changing. We spent a total of 10 day in the field. Seven days the first week of the season and I killed on the morning of the third day of my return trip. We saw moose almost every day in the field. Here a few of the moose we saw. Our first morning back in the field, after having been home to fulfill some family and business obligations, we were treated to an amazing lunar eclipse. It took us a while to figure out what we were seeing as we had not heard anything about it prior to seeing it. A quick search on the phone the Eclipse was confirmed. The next morning we were treated to what I can only describe as Mega-Moon. On the morning I killed, we returned to a canyon where we had seen a good bull the night before. I passed on him that evening but after looking at the pictures I had taken, I decided he was worth a run at. After Glassing for a short while I found a cow feeding. We could tell there was another moose with her but couldn’t tell what it was. After watching for ten minutes or so and having not seen any antlers we concluded it was either another cow or a calf. We proceeded to glass the surrounding cuts when the cow stepped out in the clear and pulled the bull I would eventually take with her. They were moving to our right towards some thick cover. I grabbed my rifle ran up the ridge to get above and in front of him. Once in a position I felt would give me the best chance, I started glassing through the trees when a heard a soft grunt to my left. I turn to look and not 35 yards from me was the bull - he was in some really thick cover so no shot was possible. The bull started to move away and to my left so I backed out slowly and again tried to get in front of him. Once in the clear and in front of him I see him step into the clearing and stop at about 45 yards. I drop to my knee, put my cross hair center mass and fired. So close to him I didn’t hear the WHOP! The bull just started to walk away from me. At first I questioned did I miss? But then he started to huff and I saw a red mist from his nose and he fell over dead. I would like to thank everyone for all the help I received it was all much appreciated. I was very fortunate to have the help of a great friend who lives in the unit and two great friends from Tucson who were able to make the trip and join me in the field. The vacation they used and the time away from their families was much appreciated. He taped out at 133 7/8th gross with a 44 6/8th spread. For what it's worth that equates to about a 105" Coues deer. Now the most amazing part...The clearing he was about to step into when I fired was one of many utility cuts on the mountain and as luck would having it there was work being done up the mountain from me and the workers allowed me to take my truck up the road to recover my moose. I was able to back my truck right up to the quartered out moose. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted October 12, 2014 Great job! Awesome experience and bull Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az_shooter Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Very nice, congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
22-6mm Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Enjoyed the write up, beautiful animal, job well done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Havasuhunter Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Very cool. I almost hit a cow moose near Strawberry reservoir a couple weeks back. Only one I've seen in UT. What a cool tag to draw. Congratulations on a beautiful bull. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Wow unreal!!!! Great job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoutm Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Thanks for all the comments and likes. It still hasn't completely sunk in how great the hunt was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Wow! Thanks so much for sharing your hunt, great pics! And moose meat is great eating! Congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted October 13, 2014 Very cool Larry! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted October 14, 2014 Congratulations again Larry on a dang nice bull! I was really pulling for you to get it done but also have a great hunt and experience which it sounds like you accomplished in a big way. Very cool buddy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoutm Report post Posted October 15, 2014 Thanks guys, it was truly a great experience. I have a ton of video I need sort through once I've done that I will post us some of the better segments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruffcountry Report post Posted October 15, 2014 Nice moose , enjoyed the story . Must have been a great hunt . Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Explorer Report post Posted October 18, 2014 Amazing animal. Beautiful country! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam Report post Posted October 26, 2014 Great moose. What great luck to be able to drive your truck to it. I packed a moose out and it is alot of work. But, every time I ate a steak, roast or burger it made that hike out so much better. Lots of nice meat - enjoy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
