A short Hunting Story from this past fall...Well, another successful Moose Hunting trip to Newfoundland at Mountain Top Outfitters has come and gone. Only 357 days until the next hunt. In short, the first two days of the hunt had great weather, then the ass fell out of the weather. It was awefull to say the least. Ferry was even delayed a day, some will have to wait 5 days to be re-booked. Booking early, as we do, get priority when things go south with ferry delays. I invited a friend, Steve to join us this year. His excitement cannot be placed into words. He lucked in early, a beauty young Bull on our first night in. After that he became the jack of all trades in the camp. Do not think I ever saw the smile come off his face. Jennifer (my Daughter)and myself hunted with our guide Fred on day one, however Fred became quite ill and had to be hospitalized. After that Scott became our guide. Awesome guy as well. On Wednesday, in a storm, rain sideways, howling winds, hours from the camp in the Little Mica area, we connect. Scott called this big bull in from about mile away. Came on a string. Jennifer made a perfect lung shot on it at 75 yards. It was a walking dead Moose, however unbelievably, it charged us. Missing us by inches, we were protected by the Argo. Never saw anything like that before. An experience to remember.After field dressing and cutting the Moose in half we loaded and headed back to camp. A long cold , wet trip in the weather. Got stuck several times and had the Argo almost on its side . However we made it back. The weather was so bad our Ferry crossing was cancelled, however we are all safe at home now. The Moose was 17 points, 45 inched and I have 541 pounds of meat in the freezer. Jennifer made the perfect shot , with me following up only on the charge. Hearts we pumping that afternoon. Special thanks, to Fred Scott and Frank
. These are the guys that keep me coming back. As well thanks to Steve for joining us, i would Hunt with you any day of the week. Till next year. (I have lots of PIC but not the knowledge of posting them here..)
. These are the guys that keep me coming back. As well thanks to Steve for joining us, i would Hunt with you any day of the week. Till next year. (I have lots of PIC but not the knowledge of posting them here..)