July 5th....will he be a shooter?

chewyman55 · Jul 5, 2008

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I found this old boy in my moose unit today....not much of a moose hunter. This fall is the first time I will be pulling the trigger on Bullwinkle! To me...he looks like a potential taker but, I don't know how to field judge moose very well. Plus, he obviously has lots of time to grow. What do you pros think? I have other photos that show his palms better but...wouldn't fit on this posting.

nochawk · Jul 5, 2008

Yep, he's a shooter, good spread and points on the paddles, I wonder what his Brow tines look like... he needs to have some good brows, but right now he looks like he has potential

chewyman55 · Jul 5, 2008

It's hard to see from these crappy pics but it looks like 2 on one side and 3 on the other. I studied him for a while at about 70 yds and then crept out. As you can see, he looked at me for a bit but, then went back to feeding.

cbeard · Jul 5, 2008

He looks good to me even this early.Probably a trigger-puller in the fall. Certainly nice to know he is there.

Good Luck!

wymoose · Jul 7, 2008

Yeah, I think he'll be a shooter. But again, I'd check on his fronts. I'm not a huge score freak, but if you want him to score well you want a bull with at least double fronts, then you can measure the length of his paddles clear up to the fork in the fronts, if he's only single you can lose a lot of inches. That is if you want him to score well. I would say if he looks good take him. Here is a pic of the WY moose i killed 2 years back.

mntman · Jul 7, 2008

Yes,he still has a fair amount of growing to do won't be a monster but a good respectable bull especially if this would be your 1st moose.

Good luck

Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"