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| 519.1 | 929/1000ths | DNEAST::MAHANEY_MIKE | | Tue Oct 24 1989 04:52 | 4 |
| Maine's 89 moose hunted ended on Saturday with a harvest of
929 animals which was three shy from the record set last year. I also
beleive that the rain and snow held back from a new record being set.
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| 519.2 | Beer Camp Here I Come | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Knocking on Heavens Door | Tue Oct 24 1989 06:16 | 12 |
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What was the biggest Moose shot in Maine this year?
What was the biggest Moose shot in N.H, this year?
I'm sure noters would like to know....
Jeff_Who_Leaves_Two_Weeks_From_Thursday_For_Maine
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| 519.3 | | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Tue Oct 24 1989 06:40 | 4 |
| I believe the biggest one shot in N.H. was around 835 lbs.
Red
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| 519.4 | small one | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Knocking on Heavens Door | Tue Oct 24 1989 06:44 | 8 |
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Thats a baby...... But i still respect it..
Hey Jim, I wonder how big that one up Butches is this year? 1000
pds? or higher??
Jeff
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| 519.5 | | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Tue Oct 24 1989 07:10 | 9 |
| Re. > That's a baby...
Don't remember if it was the dressed weight or love weight.
If it was the dressed weight, it would put it over the 1000 mark.
That's like driving a VW Bug 2 - 3 miles into the woods, taking
the wheels off, and dragging it out.......Some fun....
Red
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| 519.6 | Live not love | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Tue Oct 24 1989 07:13 | 5 |
| Re. 519 > love weight
Before I get picked on, it's " LIVE " weight.
Red, again..
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| 519.7 | I "WANT" one Dammit | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Knocking on Heavens Door | Tue Oct 24 1989 07:29 | 13 |
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re last: Sure it was Red... (-;
If you were smart you would wait till the moose
got close to the road and then shoot it... Or even on the road.
(-:
Jeff_Who_Has_Never_Gotten_A_Moose_Permitt
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| 519.8 | I " WANT " one also, but.. | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Tue Oct 24 1989 07:51 | 7 |
| Re .7
I'd like to get a Moose also, but it would cost me too much
$$$$$. I'd have to buy a huge freezer, and put an addition on the
house so that I could hang the mount...
Red
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| 519.9 | i hear ya | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Knocking on Heavens Door | Tue Oct 24 1989 07:55 | 9 |
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Red,
Worry about that after..... You might never get that
chance again.
Jeff
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| 519.10 | It isn't always hard, just usually | CHRLIE::HUSTON | | Tue Oct 24 1989 09:49 | 12 |
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I believe the largest NH moose was 895, and there were 3 of them.
As for the drag, I have a friend who went on a guided bow hunt in
Canada, the guide had a moose permit and had a rifle with him, well
they were walking down a logging road, saw a moose about 75 yards in
the woods. They all waited, the moose stepped on the road, guide
dropped it in its tracks, went back to camp, got the tow truck, hooked
him up and off they went. Piece of cake.
--Bob
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| 519.11 | 920+++ | DNEAST::MAHANEY_MIKE | | Tue Oct 24 1989 13:08 | 2 |
| I don't know what was the largest is yet, but the largest one
for opening day in Greenville was 920lbs.
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| 519.12 | | WJO::PAPPALARDO | | Tue Oct 24 1989 15:45 | 9 |
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RE:11
920LBS would be enough for me. with at least a 50% yeild you would have
460lbs of pure meat.
BOY!! what a cook out we could have
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| 519.13 | I,m going to get me one someday | SALEM::PELLETIER | | Wed Oct 25 1989 12:52 | 6 |
| re.11
Mike who got one in Greenville????????
Wish it were me :-)
Gilles
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| 519.14 | | WILLEE::MANLEY | | Wed Oct 25 1989 15:53 | 5 |
| RE: .11
Greenville...like in just over the border from Townsend, MA????
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| 519.15 | | DNEAST::MAHANEY_MIKE | | Thu Oct 26 1989 05:06 | 2 |
| The T.V. announcer did not give a name. I would bet before the week
was out that the 920lb. weight was beaten.
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| 519.16 | I'm Rubbing Now | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Knocking on Heavens Door | Thu Oct 26 1989 06:13 | 10 |
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mmmmm....920 Pds. Beaten.... Boy that must be a biggie...
Hope he had fun getting out of the woods,,, (-:
Jeff_Who's_Itching_To_Bust_A_Buck
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| 519.17 | | XCUSME::NEWSHAM | I'm the NRA | Thu Oct 26 1989 06:27 | 11 |
| Re. 16
Jeff,
I agree with you, I'd settle for a Buck. It's easier
to haul out of the woods, and the walls at the house have
a better chance of holding up.....
My neck is sooooo swelled, my shirts don't fit anymore.
Red
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| 519.18 | So I Lie.... But It's Worth It... | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Knocking on Heavens Door | Thu Oct 26 1989 06:38 | 21 |
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...My neck is sooo swelled...
Come on Red,
I was told by a girl that rubbed my neck, " Boy if were
only that big i'd be happy"
I said it is honey...
Happy Hunting...
Jeff
P.S. And Jim, No comment from you Big Bro.. (-:
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| 519.19 | I can't stop laughing. | DNEAST::STEVENS_JIM | | Thu Oct 26 1989 09:07 | 6 |
| Let's keep things out of the gutter boys....
Jeff, I don't have to say anything....You said it all...
Jim
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| 519.20 | There's to much blood in my Alcohol | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Knocking on Heavens Door | Fri Oct 27 1989 07:16 | 11 |
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On the Serious side.... I would like the biggest taken
in both states......
I just want to see how big they were..
Jeff
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| 519.21 | Not the biggest - but mine | DNEAST::FICKETT_DAVE | | Thu Nov 02 1989 05:17 | 82 |
| Well, as a lucky Maine permit holder, I can tell you about mine...
even though it wasn't the biggest taken.
Both my father-in-law and myself got a permit this year, so since
a group of friends and I own a hunting camp in Washington county, we
decided to hunt together.
There were six of us - three in each of two vehicles. The night
before opening day, we rode around just before sunset and spotted 6
moose. We had radios between the trucks and kept in contact with each
other. We saw 2 bulls and 1 cow and the other guys saw three cows.
This is all on paper company land and the moose were feeding on sprouts
in some skidder choppings. We didn't know it was going to rain all
week, but evidently they did because they were feeding heavily.
The next morning we got up around 4:45, ate breakfast, and waited for
daylight. (This was a serious trip this time - no heavy drinking the
night before so everybody actually got out of bed.) It seemed to take
forever to get light enough to see since it was soooo overcast.
Both groups decided to ride the areas we had the night before. The
truck I was in with my brother and another guy lead the way. It was
just light enough so that we could shut off our parking lights and see
into the open areas. I was looking out the passenger's side and caught
a glimpse of 2 white hind legs walking away from us into a chopping.
I yelled "There's one!" and it seemed to take forever to stop the truck
and get my rifle and myself out of the truck.
The moose was just walking away from us about 175 ft off the road.
Did not have a good shot, so we yelled at him, and he was stupid enough
to turn around broadside. "Finally" found nothing but black in the scope
and let rip. Hit him about 1� ft behind the forward shoulder.
Meanwhile, there was a cow with him that we hadn't seen. She was
behind a clump of small firs and she took off when we shot. The bull
that was hit walked a few feet more then dropped.
Here's the tale of the tape....
Dressed weight - 700lbs
14 points 36" spread
Rifle - Browning .308 BLR with 1.5 X5 Buschnell scope 180 gr.
Time shot - 6:40 AM 15 mins. into the hunt
Went through lungs, exploded heart - none could be found, and
lodged into the far ribcage.
It was over way too fast.
The other group tried to find the cow but couldn't find her. They
did travel on and about 2 miles away they came across a good sized
cow and calf. They got the cow at around 6:55 AM. They didn't have
her formally weighed, but we figured about 500 - 600 pounds.
We couldn't believe it. Both permits used up before 7AM on opening
day. Needless to say, there was some partying in camp that night.
Since it was on paper company land, a few of the guys who were just
coming to work stopped by while we were gutting it out. We managed
to have guy with a skidder pull both moose out for us. Will never be
able to thank that guy enough. We offered him money, and he didn't
want to take it, but we made him. It was worth it.
The cutter that I took the moose to had 20 twenty moose brought to
him total. His biggest was 932lbs. with a 5ft spread between antlers.
I managed to get the following meat from mine....
167 steaks
15 roasts
131 lbs hamburger
It was definitely a trip of a lifetime. Too bad it was over so quick,
but I stayed in camp for two more days just bird hunting and none of us
saw another moose. It was so rainy, I think they just bedded down to
wait it out.
Dave
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| 519.22 | next year for sure | STRATA::BING | The midnight train is whinin' low | Thu Nov 02 1989 06:55 | 5 |
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131 lbs. of hamburger. I hope you stocked up on ketchup!
It sounds like you had alot of fun. Next year it's my turn!
Walt
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| 519.23 | who me?? | LUDWIG::STEVENS | Hey Boo-Boo, Want a Budwiser? | Thu Nov 02 1989 07:00 | 10 |
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I've been applying fo a permitt for 13 years... Never got one..
Hope ya'all had a good hunt..
Jeff
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| 519.24 | | GENRAL::WADE | That big talk don't mean doodly squat! | Thu Nov 02 1989 11:44 | 6 |
| re .21
Is "road hunting" the standard way of taking game back there?
Clay
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| 519.25 | Try toting a 1000 lb bull :*) | HAZEL::LEFEBVRE | I'd rather be hunting | Thu Nov 02 1989 11:53 | 3 |
| For Moose hunting it is.
Mark.
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| 519.26 | Hunting with a camera | BTOVT::MORONG | | Thu Nov 02 1989 15:37 | 13 |
| A few years back I went on a canoe trip down the Allegash Wild-
erness Waterway in Maine. We started on the North corner of Baxter
State Park. Most of the trip is through land owned by the paper
companies. We saw a total of 15-20 moose, including some real big
bulls. That would be a great hunting trip, but try to imagine get-
ting a 1000lb moose way up there, with nothing but a canoe to get
him out. Scary thought, but appealing anyways. Got some real nice
pictures, but close-ups were tough to get. Imagine a moose stepping
in/on your canoe. We did get within 50ft of one real big bull that
was feeding on the edge of the river. It would have been an easy shot,
but then again, how would you get him out of the water???
-Ron-
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| 519.27 | MOOSE IN MAINE | DNEAST::DANFORTH_DAN | | Fri Nov 03 1989 07:40 | 8 |
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When moose hunting ya gotta just ride the old roads and hope
you see one close by. I've been the last 3 years and have been
very successful using this method. I would bet that 95% of the
moose that are shot during the hunt are shot that way. In 1988
we had to drag one about 500yds in order to reach it with the
cable and winch and it was no picnic.
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| 519.28 | | GENRAL::WADE | That big talk don't mean doodly squat! | Fri Nov 03 1989 10:41 | 14 |
| I don't mean to sound "holier than thou" but, I think road
hunting out here in Colorado is illegal. Even if it's
not, it doesn't seem ethical or sporting. Of course, you
could argue this point all the way down to where we should
be taking game with our bare hands so that it's fair to the
game........
Elk are very large too. If we get one down where dragging
the whole animal out is not possible or easy, we half or
quarter the carcass. I've seen some hunters even de-bone
on the spot and only bring out the meat (along with evidence
of sex).
Clay
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| 519.29 | $.02 | HAZEL::LEFEBVRE | I'd rather be hunting | Fri Nov 03 1989 12:30 | 8 |
| Clay, what do you consider "road hunting"?
In Maine, a road in moose country is typically a tote road (barely
passable w/o 4wd) or a logging road (dirt/gravel).
I don't think anyone's advocating shooting from a paved road.
Mark.
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| 519.30 | You HAVE to bring it out whole | CHRLIE::HUSTON | | Fri Nov 03 1989 12:38 | 8 |
| re .28
Another point that seems different, is in NH ( and Maine I think) you
have to bring the moose out in one piece, gutted is ok. You also have
to bring out several organs or parts of them for the biologist.
--Bob
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| 519.31 | road hunting => private land | DNEAST::FICKETT_DAVE | | Fri Nov 03 1989 12:46 | 22 |
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re:28
The "roads" we've hunted from belong to the paper company.
They are not state owned or maintained. They are open to the
public probably because there are so many it would be hard to
regulate access.
I beleive that hunting directly from tarred state roads and
highways is illegal. I've never done it and don't have the
hunting regulations right with me, so Mr. Danforth or any other
Maniacs that know, please enlighten us.
But if you can't get the moose into your truck and have it lay
down before you shoot it, drop him as close to the road as possible.
Even a quartered mosse will be more work than you'd want.
Dave
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| 519.32 | | GENRAL::WADE | That big talk don't mean doodly squat! | Fri Nov 03 1989 13:34 | 13 |
| I was referring to 4wd/logging roads. I don't have the
Colorado reg's with me so I can't quote from it. I'll
try to remember to bring them in Monday. I can't
remember talking to anybody that didn't look down on
"driving around til the game is spotted, them jumping
out and shooting it".
The requirement of bringing the animmal out whole seems
strange. Why is that a requirement? Many people in
this state would be SOL if that were required here, taking
into account those steep and beautiful Rocky Mountains ;-)
Clay
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| 519.33 | maybe its 2 reasons | CHRLIE::HUSTON | | Fri Nov 03 1989 14:25 | 12 |
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Personally I feel the reason for bringing the game out whole is two
fold.
1) In New England, when deer hunting you must have a portion of the
deer visable on the vehicle when transporting, this means the
deer must be whole. This may have just "carried over"
2) Biologists are at the check points and they want to see the moose
for age/size/sex determination.
--Bob
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| 519.34 | | HAZEL::LEFEBVRE | I'd rather be hunting | Fri Nov 03 1989 15:57 | 14 |
| < Note 519.33 by CHRLIE::HUSTON >
-< maybe its 2 reasons >-
> 1) In New England, when deer hunting you must have a portion of the
> deer visable on the vehicle when transporting, this means the
> deer must be whole. This may have just "carried over"
Fortunately for Maine hunters, this year you do NOT have to display
the deer once you've checked in and registered your tag with the
game biologists.
Mark.
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