Another Successful Rut Moose Hunt

After an Amazing Week 1 of guiding during the Moose rut I had 2 new hunters for the next week. This would be another 8 day hunt with clients Pat and Dan.
Once meeting Dan and Pat we got them settled in their cabin and headed out. The first night was fairly uneventful with no moose sightings or responses we headed back to camp to rest up for the next morning and a long day of hunting.
The next day was perfect, it was fairly cool and calm and the 3 of us were all pumped to get out and find some swamp donkeys.
There must have been something in the air that day because before 10am Dan had a great old bull down. The bull was an ancient monarch with a 56 inch spread.

The best part of this morning hunt was that we were able to have the moose caped, skinned and loaded up in the truck before 2 in the afternoon so we didn't even have to miss the evening hunt.
Now it was time for Dan to be the trigger man. We found a great area overlooking an old clear cut that went through a huge valley in to a creek bottom. I was sure the area held atleast one mature bull so the plan was to sit and call for the last few hours of light and see if we could get anything going.
I called and called and called and nothing for 2 hours, even though it tested all of our patience we stuck true to the plan and kept at it. Finally with only an hour or so left of legal shooting light a bull responded for the creek bottom below. After hearing the bull respond a few more times I knew the bull was hot and would come in so we repositioned slightly to ensure the wind was good. I continued to call. I worked this bull for about 30 minutes before we got our first look at him, as soon as we seen the big antlers coming through the willows we all agreed he was a shooter. While I ran the camera Dan let the bull step fully in to the open turn broadside. As soon as the bulls vitals were in the wide open Dan dropped the big Bull in his tracks at 75 yards. Day 2 of the hunt and it was over with 2 awesome bulls, it was quite a day. Dan's bull was huge with a spread of over 57 inches.

It was an amazing moose hunting season and I only hope next season can be nearly as successful as 2010 was.
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Thanks, Tom Sallows.