Congrats, sounds like a perfect moose hunt to me.

very nice sir

Congrats on a trophy of a lifetime!
Beautiful bull!
Any pics of dressing him out or the meat?
Did you eat any of him while in camp?
Did you get to take all the meat home?
What did you do the rest of the trip?

Great write up!!! Congrats on a moose of a lifetime!!

Great job, way to get it done. It takes a lot to make the decisions and to be prepared the way you were. I know you won't forget it.

No pics of dressing him out. We started in on him at 0815. Finished by 3:00. Vigilance of both guys working and watching for brown bears was the priority. Sure, I had to time to take pics, however once the process started we never stopped. We had moose meat multiple times at the main lodge, some of it from my bull. Hate to say it but it tastes better than elk, and I love elk meat. I only took home the back straps and tender loins. Because I live in West, TX i couldn't fly Alaska Airlines home which is the cheapest route of getting meat out of Alaska when you are hunting in location where the closest town (i.e. Cordova) doesn't have a roadway to or from it. Only other option was to ship it Fed Ex or pay United thousand of dollars to get it all home. I went with the intention of taking as much as I could home. It just wasn't feasible. The meat was all donated to the community of Cordova (women's shelter, etc).

I also had a black bear and wold tag. Heard wolf's twice, and they wold respond to my guides call, however they never came any closer. We did find where they had better one morning on the beach, a whole pack of them but never saw or heard them. The black bear was very elusive in the area we were hunting. The second day I moved from moose camp, to the lodge, then to the mountains/higher elevation to hunt for bear and wolf. We only saw one black bear that was a shooter, and he was an absolute tank. Closest we got was 1300 yds. We made a play on him the second day as it would have put us back in camp the first evening we saw him around 10pm if we would have been successful. My guide wasn't strictly opposed to getting back to camp late, however he much preferred walking back with enough light that would allow him to interpret shapes and animals. That 2nd day, we basically switched spots with each other. We were where we had left him the night before. And he popped out just south of the ridge we had been on the day before. The black bears obviously are second fiddle the Brown bear which were everywhere. We had to chase off a 4-5 yr old off the meat we had packed down to the gravel bar awaiting the flight out. It was a tense moment and something I was uneasy with. He eventually let us be but not after some intense standoffs and some serious jaw clapping. About 30 mins later the Super Cub arrived and flew me out. Brown bear number 2, a 9.5-10ft bear was already on my carcass as we flew over. So about 24 hours after the kill. That seemed about the average time for them to find the kills. The other guy in camp had one on his in about the same amount of time.

I spent about an hour one day fishing for Coho salmon. Limited out in about an hour. Caught about 20 total in that period of time. Had some friends fishing with us as well.

We spent 3 days stuck in the lodge as a major storm rolled in and they pulled us off the mountain just before it hit. 50-60mph winds and an absolute down pour of a rain storm. It didn't let up for almost 3 days. I went back out and hunted 2 more days for black bears in a different spot along the coast. Never saw a bear.

Bullet recovered from my moose kill.

Wait, I thought irish elk went extinct along time ago????




Great moose sir!

Great moose and write up

The picture of the antlers being backpacked, almost looks like angel wings.

Outstanding all the way around. Congratulations!!!

Agreed. Great read Sir

Outstanding. Loved the write up and the photos. That is one massive animal. I’m glad it was you that got to claim it.

What bullet?

My dream is to go on a hunt like that . My heart was racing just reading your story . Congratulations on a monster mouse .

Nosler 175g Accubond Long Range. Shot was 100 yds +/-. I hit him on the right side behind the right shoulder in the rib cage. Entrance was almost the size of my fist. Bullet went through both lungs and destroyed his liver. The bullet terminated it’s flight path just on the underneath side of the skin on the left side after piercing through the opposing rib cage.

What a great write-up!! Loved every word. Congratulations on a wonderful trip and the trophy of many lifetimes!! I couldn’t be more proud for you!!

Wow what a great hunt and truly magnificent trophy congratulations Great write up and pictures, thanks for sharing

Outstanding bull and write up. Congrats!

Awesome story and hunt!!!

Wow, loved the story and pics. Thanks for the details, and congrats on what is obviously a trophy of a lifetime.

Thanks for sharing the story and beautiful photos. Dream hunt for me, too. Don't know if you'll ever top that gigantic Moose, but I wish you the best of luck!