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| 2011 Archery Moose (Flying Moose); Before he went flying.... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 21 2011, 09:59 PM (4,170 Views) | |
| Engine10 | Dec 21 2011, 09:59 PM Post #1 |
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This is a bull I killed in October. After he was down I ended up hiring a helicopter to get him to cold-storage ASAP. ![]() There was a post on this site titled "Flying Moose" that showed a YouTube of the air-lift. This is a picture of my camp, I hunted alone for 2 weeks and had a run-in with an angry Black Bear (now it's a rug with arrow holes in it).
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| Renegade | Dec 21 2011, 10:09 PM Post #2 |
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Wow. What a freekin adventure! Great great pictures! Thanks for posting the pictures Angus. This bull will be a new #1 Archery Bull for Ontario I have heard. Congratulations.
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| Stevo | Dec 21 2011, 11:35 PM Post #3 |
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That is an awesome sounding hunt and what a brute. You are the new Canadian Bad Ass! Is that a camera mounted on the riser of your bow? |
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LoneWolf
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Dec 22 2011, 01:02 AM Post #4 |
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That is a pretty friken awesome bull!!! Yep seen that video. Great stuff and well done. Congratulations!!! |
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baydog
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Dec 22 2011, 02:56 AM Post #5 |
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Way to go on a great moose! |
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Norma
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Dec 22 2011, 05:42 AM Post #6 |
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Congrats on a great Bull. Sounds like you worked for it. Right on.
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Moe "Only a dead fish goes with the flow" Proud member of OFAH, NFA, CSSA | |
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Dec 22 2011, 08:16 AM Post #7 |
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Wow! I actually had goosebumps looking at those pics. I am severely jealous! lol. This is definitely on my bucket list. Congratulations on your success. You should be very proud. I would love to hear the entire story and see more pics. |
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Dec 22 2011, 08:25 AM Post #8 |
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Wow! Great bull and congrats on completing such an awesome adventure!!! |
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forkhorn
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Dec 22 2011, 08:32 AM Post #9 |
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Thats real nice country in that area... Congrats on having the guts to do it yourself and tagging a monster....
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Dec 22 2011, 12:04 PM Post #10 |
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Congrats Angus I also just heard last night its the new #1 bow. Saw the story in the flying club flyer. Wow!!! Talk about a great hunt!!!
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Dec 22 2011, 12:52 PM Post #11 |
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Congrats, looking forward to reading and hearing more of this adventure |
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condescending twat Someone who looks down on other people and is beyond arrogant | |
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Dec 22 2011, 05:42 PM Post #12 |
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Congrats Angus on your unbelievably giant moose!! The palmated eyeguards are incredible. I can't even begin to imagine what your were feeling leading up to the shot and how you felt when you realized he was down. Truly an epic adventure!!! Congrats!!!!! |
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Dec 22 2011, 06:49 PM Post #13 |
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Congrats !!!!! What a great adventure of a lifetime |
when your old all you have are your memories so make them
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| Partikle | Dec 22 2011, 07:27 PM Post #14 |
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OMG what a monster. Congrats. |
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| Engine10 | Dec 22 2011, 09:59 PM Post #15 |
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![]() Another view of the rack. The Fang Riser lets you hang your APA almost anywhere. The right side sort of folds up vertically rather than being flat like many other moose. ![]() Moose goes flying. The helicopter pilot said the load sensor on the line hook-up read the lift weight at 1400 lbs so speculation is before I gutted him and cut his legs off he may have weighed between 1700-1800 lbs. There will be a story but not sure where yet Thank you to everyone for all the positive comments about this adventure. Many of you have been involved and been helpful in a variety of ways as this hunt has continued to unfold. Bigbulljoe, Road, Crashman, Renegade, Beasley Bros., James Vanos, Kevin Austin (Austin's Follies), Christopher Kirk, Anita Renaud, just to name a few. Christopher Kirk is doing a full shoulder mount, a sneak pose, to show off his rack. Chistopher's wife gave up a planned evening out the night I got the bull home so Christopher could spend the evening capeing the head and preserving everything. Thanks again, Angus |
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| crisop | Dec 23 2011, 12:30 AM Post #16 |
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way to go angus, very nice bull and i know where you were hunting and heard there is a bunch of big ones out there |
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Dec 23 2011, 12:24 PM Post #17 |
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Awsome bull! Congrats
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Dec 23 2011, 04:45 PM Post #18 |
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Thats awesome. I always wanted to go and do that but I knew killing a moose would be the easy part but how would I butcher and get it out alone. Never thought of hiring a helicopter. Again congrats I wish I had the resources to do that and I'm very jealous. |
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| PEte A | Dec 24 2011, 06:54 PM Post #19 |
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Wonderful bull!
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Dec 25 2011, 10:16 AM Post #20 |
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this is what hunting moose is all about boys and girls!! Love the rack.....very UNIQUE looking Ontario bull Quite a few monsters have been taken over the last few years in this great province of ours, kinda makes you wonder what other GIANTS are roaming our forests. Congratulations on a spectacular bull Looking forward to the rest of the story! Oh and a very MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! |
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| Found | Dec 30 2011, 11:15 AM Post #21 |
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Congratulations, nice moose and black bear rug you have there. That is the hunt of a life time you did solo in Ontario. Can you give us some information on the airplane you have there? |
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| Engine10 | Dec 30 2011, 09:43 PM Post #22 |
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Hi Found, Thanks for your comments! My plane is a Murphy Rebel, Murphy Aircraft in Chilliwack BC, it's a homebuilt amphibious floatplane. 2 place high-wing, aluminum, monocoque construction, VFR, 1800 GW McKenzie/STOL leading edge cuffs, a Lycoming 0-320 A2B, 160hp (that I built) 80" Borer seaplane prop and homebuilt Murphy 1800 floats I've been flying and working on it since it's first flight in 1998 and have had it apart many times tweaking and personalizing it to meet my needs as a durable, reliable plane for backcountry flying. This picture is from a solo fly-in, archery moose hunt I did in 07 ![]() |
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Dec 30 2011, 10:10 PM Post #23 |
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That's incredible!
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Dec 30 2011, 10:36 PM Post #24 |
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congrats what a moose |
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Jan 9 2012, 01:41 PM Post #25 |
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Congrats Angus on your incredible adventure!!!That's a trip and story of a lifetime Ken. |
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Jan 9 2012, 04:16 PM Post #26 |
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congrats, wow, what a hunt! |
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GOOD HUNT'N, greybeard Tomorrow, Yesterday, Why fret about them if today be sweet !!! | |
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Jan 9 2012, 04:18 PM Post #27 |
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Wow that is some kinda story.... You would have cried if that rope let go... Congrats on a great adventure... |
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Jan 10 2012, 08:45 AM Post #28 |
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:picture: Congrats Augus, What a tremendious Ontario Bull moose............ |
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| Adventure | Jan 19 2012, 08:03 PM Post #29 |
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Wow! Congratulations to you. That is one amazing adventure. |
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| Renegade | Feb 3 2012, 10:26 AM Post #30 |
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This moose was recently panel scored and is now officially the new moose archery record. This moose scores 204-5/8. I am told the story of this record breaker including some other record breakers will be the new FROW 6th edition set to come out in the next few months! Congratulations Angus.
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Feb 3 2012, 11:01 AM Post #31 |
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Right on! Happy for you, Engine10.
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| G SKINNER | Feb 3 2012, 06:59 PM Post #32 |
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Congrats. Angus .......Was good seeing you at the Colby Classic , See you at Seafoth next month ? Glen
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| Engine10 | Apr 23 2012, 01:12 PM Post #33 |
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Just received a letter from the MNR biologist at Bracebridge who aged this moose. She cut thin slices from the two lower front incisors to examine under the microscope. Result was 6-1/2 years old! From data I've seen, moose live between 15-25 years so I'm thinking this guy was a teenager in moose-years. Opinions?!?! Thanks, Angus |
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Apr 23 2012, 03:06 PM Post #34 |
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Maybe we should go back and track down his Grandfather Ken. |
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Apr 23 2012, 03:10 PM Post #35 |
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I would have figured him between 10 and 15 years. You should have let the little guy grow up!
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Hunting is Exciting! Bolt Actions are BORING!! Don't Mix the Two!!! | |
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| Renegade | Apr 23 2012, 04:39 PM Post #36 |
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I would have figured your moose to be 7-9. Moose do not usually live 15-25 yrs. More like 1-14 with their peak in the 6-9 range for bulls if I had to guess. I suppose a captive animal and more likely a cow could make 20 years or a bit more. Your moose may well have had more bone this year though.
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May 16 2012, 07:48 AM Post #37 |
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Absolutely incredible!!! Truly a hunt of a lifetime Cant wait to see the mount
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| Found | Jun 2 2012, 06:17 PM Post #38 |
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Don’t give up the location of an area that has genetics like that. If I were you I would be hunting moose their every year. |
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Jun 2 2012, 11:15 PM Post #39 |
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Thats just a damn good bull... I' ve seen some of the biggest racked nwo bulls in old burns. Bruce Ranta did a article about rack devolopment in burns a few years ago... I can't find it.... It was around eigth years ago but once I came across a bull(Just off the Mill rd(Longlac)) That was wider then my Dodge crewcab and had a mess of points and i ave seen a few doozy's.. Just get off the beat'in path.. Just like all animals the big ones don't get big for............
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