Alaska Moose (pics)

holmes41 · Mar 16, 2006

Got sent up to Barrow, AK for work last week and I got these pics from a guy that lives up there.

He and a friend went after moose on the north side of the Brooks Range. The first moose in the velvet is 59 1/2"(outside spread) and the moose his friend got is 70"(outside spread).

Pretty impressive animals.

nmtaxi · Mar 16, 2006

Friggin awesome!!! Can't wait to get back up there. Vinihunt, just 17 months to go ;-)

HunterHarry · Mar 16, 2006

I love those giant antlers.
I've been threatening to go moose hunting in Alaska for several years.
Hmmmm.

polarbear · Mar 16, 2006

Cool! But, who is the gay guy in the red berret? Haahaaa.

Eric

Lien2 · Mar 17, 2006

Yep, I would like one of them!!!
Thanks for posting.

Lien2

KNOPHISH · Mar 17, 2006

I like that hanging meat pic. Gonna need a couple freezers. Moose meat is terribly good.

vinihunt · Mar 17, 2006

17 months away? friggin can't wait! awesome! i think my .300 weatherby will do!

vinihunt

nmtaxi · Mar 17, 2006

.300 Weatherby will do just fine. Just leave the red beret at home ;-)

Zigga · Mar 17, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Mar-18-06 AT 06:40AM (MST)[p]Isn't that Lee Harvey Oswald? Great Moose Pics! It looks like they ruined the cape. Is that standard procedure?

HunterHarry · Mar 18, 2006

A moose shoulder mount takes up so much room in a home, they probably were going to plaque the antlers.
HH

Chef · Mar 18, 2006

Impressive.
Love that pic with all the meat hanging too.
Imagine the fiesta.

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"

Roy · Mar 21, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Mar-21-06 AT 06:26PM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Mar-21-06 AT 06:23?PM (MST)

LAST EDITED ON Mar-21-06 AT 06:21?PM (MST)

That's some moose there! I would love to hear the stories! I bet they had to minimize what they packed out too - it is probably worth the price to get a cape from somewhere else if they want to do a shoulder mount. That's probably an extra 50 - 75 lbs of weight to pack out! Incredible! I think I would have left the smaller one in the velvet if possible. It looks a lot more cool than a deer in the velvet.

Check out the size of the backstrap! It looks thicker than beef - I bet moose filets are darn good.

I definitely want to do that hunt. I already have a spot picked out - right outside of the Katmai. I will have to fight with the bears for a good bull though! Maybe I should have paid more attention to that Treadwell freak after all! LOL!
ROY