My moose.

[Allen]

Just a couple of pics of my moose. Put on over 1800 miles while hunting over the course of 10 days in M11 from Minot to near Williston and on down through Garrison. Only to find this guy 3 miles from my parents' place.

Yep, I know there are bigger ones out there, but this one was available and I was ready to be done.

 

[scrotcaster]

Congrats, Beautiful animal !! Holy Smokes that is allot of walking

 

[guywhofishes]

Excellent!!! Well done w the smoke pole!

 

[SDMF]

I bet it's less than 10% of ND mooses have been taken w/muzzleloader, that's mighty neat.

Praise the hunting gods for 5' backstraps!!!

 

[Paddledogger]

Congrats to you sir!

 

[Fester]

Congrats!

 

[Davey Crockett]

Well done Allen.

 

[Shockwave]

Awesome! Congratulations.

 

[Zogman]

Awesome!

 

[Allen]

Any suggestions or ideas on what a guy can do with a tanned moose hide?

I had my elk hide tanned (hair on) and used it to make a soft-sided case for my muzzleloader. I think it turned out really well.

 

[PrairieGhost]

Congrats
Tan it, and worry about what to do with it later.

 

[Ruttin]

Congrats! Beautiful animal. Curious on how far the shot was?

 

[Jiffy]

Any suggestions or ideas on what a guy can do with a tanned moose hide?

I had my elk hide tanned (hair on) and used it to make a soft-sided case for my muzzleloader. I think it turned out really well.

I’d make a shirt out of it and wear it out and about ….especially when my wife and daughter were with.

 

[Allen]

The shot, while I didn't measure it, would have been roughly 90-110 yards. Which was perfect since I had been practicing between 60 and 100 yds. The old lead ball and patch being pushed by black powder is kinda finicky. My accuracy, especially elevation falls off quickly past 100 yds. Windage is still pretty good (8-10 inches L-R), but elevation is trickier.

 

[Allen]

I’d make a shirt out of it and wear it out and about ….especially when my wife and daughter were with.

This may greatly exceed my sewing skills.

 

[Jiffy]

This may greatly exceed my sewing skills.

Even better!!!

 

[ktm450]

awesome job!

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Congrats especially with a smoke pole with patch and lead ball no less.

 

[johnr]

Any particular reason you used the black powder, just because, or ?

 

[Allen]

Any particular reason you used the black powder, just because, or ?

I'm getting bored with rifle hunting, it's just too easy to sit back and shoot things at 300-500 yds, so a little challenge helps keep it interesting.

Well, that and I can't draw a damn ML deer license, so I needed a large target to shoot at in the meantime for practice.