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I agree the trend is down. Its also reflected in the bull and cow tags issued. Sadly every state seems to have a declining moose population except Colorado. And they're trying to introduce wolves by the end of the year. When I first started looking at applying in Wyoming in college, it was an estimated 7-8 years to draw the NR moose tag I was aiming for. Now with new tag allocations and population declines/tag cuts, it'll never happen. I know how lucky I am just to have one NR moose tag in today's world and fulfill the dream.Cool bull, the one side is super nice. My dads bull is very similar just a lot smaller
Not sure what your outfitters thoughts were but Idaho moose numbers are dropping pretty bad in a lot of areas. I’ve thought of giving up on them and trying for goat or sheep but the truth is goat and sheep, while there maybe less of them, are probably a more stable population right now
Don’t you have a story to finish?Can’t believe I missed this 2nd moose till today.
congratulations on a super cool bull and getting just the luck you needed at the last minute!
great writeup as well!
Epic fall you’re right! Good luckOn March 8th, just after my second son’s one month birthday, I was feeding him a bottle and deleting spam voicemails from unknown numbers when one stood out from the rest. It was the Colorado SCI chapter calling to tell me Id won the raffle for the 2023 Colorado state wide deer tag or also know as the governors tag. I was ecstatic and didnt know what to do with myself. All my previous hunts with the exception of 2 muleys in New Mexico had been planned around points and draw cycles. I thought I had a good plan in place to hunt hard but not overburden my wife as we have 2 boys under age 3. In fact Id thought I was possibly taking the fall off from hunting just to help out. Id only put in for lottery tags or points so far this year.
Then on May 19th I was on an annual bible study retreat with my wife when I got a congratulations email from Idaho telling me Id drawn a Shiras moose tag and am going on my first moose hunt. After laughing uncontrollably for a few minutes I went to tell my wife.
Her response was “you cant draw two once in a lifetime tags in the same year. Thats not the definition of once in a lifetime.”
Well, here goes what will be an epic fall.
Edit: Well I went to pay my credit card bill and saw a pending charge from CDOW for $2,554. Looks like I drew a second shiras moose tag this season. Unit 15/27. I had been joking with my buddies about drawing this tag this year on top of everything else. Wish me luck talking to my wife.
So now its three once in a lifetime tags in one season!
See anything good at all?Mule deer recap so far- the deer are winning/hiding. Ive been hunting hard for several days. Im heading home for a couple days to close on selling our house after moving a couple weeks ago and spend thanksgiving with the family. Then Im coming back for the last week of my deer tag west of 25.
Cool bull, the one side is super nice. My dads bull is very similar just a lot smaller
Not sure what your outfitters thoughts were but Idaho moose numbers are dropping pretty bad in a lot of areas. I’ve thought of giving up on them and trying for goat or sheep but the truth is goat and sheep, while there maybe less of them, are probably a more stable population right now
Enjoyed following your 2023 journey....what a ride! IMule deer recap so far- the deer are winning/hiding. Ive been hunting hard for several days. Im heading home for a couple days to close on selling our house after moving a couple weeks ago and spend thanksgiving with the family. Then Im coming back for the last week of my deer tag west of 25.