New Spring Kit

[SkunkedAgain]

Thanks guys, it was 41.25" wide, not a monster, but it is eating well.  Been enjoying the steaks and burger I've tried...  Steaks are a little tough, but taste good.  My wife won't eat any game, but she likes the burger, so that is a major win in my book... This one tastes a lot more like beef than the other moose I've tried and makes it a nice benefit to have in the freezer... Thanks again for the congrats... Jeff

Soak a couple steaks in coconut milk for 5 to 7 hrs, you won’t believe how tender it is after

Thanks for the tip Alan, I was a little disappointed how tough it seemed so I'll try that for sure... Thank you... Jeff

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Congrats on the moose.
Don't cook the steaks past medium.  Medium rare is even better.

I know that's what I should do, but after all the cutting and butchering I've been doing, I have a hard time not cooking it to med-well... Maybe when I'm a little further away from the butchering I'll do that... right now I'm too close to the process... Thanks Bryce... later Jeff

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Just as a wrap up, the Winny worked well for a moose... One shot at 200 yards put it down... 200 gr bullet, I think it had a 2860 fps at muzzle... I did have to shoot through some brush and I think it caused the bullet to tumble and it made a baseball size entry wound, but exited in a small hole after going through the spine... Anyway was a fun hunt even though it was too hot and the animals only came out about a half hour before dark... Made it hard to find many animals, so I ended up with a small bull, but it was close to the truck so they say that counts as a bigger bull..  150 yards downhill to haul it out, so I was pretty blessed... Later J

nice bull, congrats.

Thanks Mike, appreciate the tips on the trigger earlier, it was just what the Dr. ordered and as usual I didn't even feel the kick when it was aimed at the moose... That .300 Win is a mean gun, it had plenty of power to tip over the moose full penetration even after going through the heavy spine bones... and a little brush in front of the moose on the way in... Maybe a .45-70 type  shot through the brush, but it worked.. Later J

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Well Done Jeff. Very nice Bull. In regards to your earlier questions about trigger pull, I have had all of my triggers re worked and have them all at about 1 pound to 1.5 lbs pull. Yes, this is very light. most will say nope. I however have used both and much prefer the light pull and have adjusted to it and wont change back. 

Enjoy that Mooose meat. Im currently sitting on 25 points for my moose. Im hoping sooner than later but will see. I just dont seem to be as lucky as some.

Thank you, and I do really love that new trigger pull.  I haven't tested to see what weight it is, but it's way better than before and I know it's made me a better shot already...  Good luck on your moose tag, I finally listened to my brother and started looking for the best odds on drawing and three years after I started applying for the CWMU tag instead of the Cache tag I drew... It's still not good odds, but 80 to 1 beats 2000 to 1... The CWMU comes with some things that I didn't love, like you couldn't do any advance scouting, you only have 5 days and they don't want to let you take more than one other person with you hunting.  I got permission to take others since i didn't think I could get a moose out on my own, but they make you all stick together, so you are really limited in finding a big bull... It was hard to find any bull this year with the leaf coverage on the trees and the heat keeping the animals in the cover until about half hour before dark.. It was really hard to find them with such a small window... So I was glad to get one, I sure didn't want to be the only person to not fill a tag on this unit... also after 42 years applying I didn't want to not get one... Hope your luck will come through for you soon... Later Jeff

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Congrats Jeff! What are you planning for a mount? I bet moose jerky will make the perfect ice fishing snack.

Hey Shawn, so they told me to do a full body mount, but then they looked at my bank account and said the European would be a stretch, but I decided to do the head shoulder mount, my wife actually wants this more than I do, so I was excited to jump on that chance...  I had a guy that is doing my brothers animals and it looks like he does pretty good work from the ones I've seen.  (Jake's up in Lewiston)

I haven't done any jerky yet, but I did the meat so I can do a batch at a time later.  It is taking way too long to do the full grain jerky cuts, so I'll be doing the ground meat type, and probably more towards the summer sausage since that has usually been the most popular around my family... My last deer, I did sausage, full grain jerky, ground jerky and steaks and the sausage was gone very quickly and some of the jerky got freezer burn before it was ate up... And it was good I did the steaks in single packages because I'm the only one that would eat them... So from years of experience I've found for my family that I do the back straps and tenderloins into steaks and I kept a few roasts, but not very many and I've ground up the rest....  Now so far my wife enjoys the burger, so we'll probably use it up that way, but if not I know I can add spice and smoke it into sausage and it will disappear really fast, so I'll try to have some of the sausage when we get on the ice this year... Hopefully I'll have a good spice mix so it will be enjoyable... (I got it from Lee's meat department, was really good last time) When I get a few spare minutes I'll try to get a first batch into the smoker, might be a few weeks before I can get that going... I haven't done it with frozen meat before, so I hope that won't change things, but I think it should be okay... Guess we'll find out... Later Jeff

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Glad to see you found one. It is sure a blessing when they are close to your wheels

Lance you said it right there for sure, and down hill to boot, it doesn't get any better, except the year I shot a buck in the corn field and drove my truck to it and lifted it in back, but that doesn't happen very often, so I'm counting my blessings for sure... Glad it turned out this way, I'm not as young as I used to be and so I'll take those blessings when they come for sure... Thanks for the well wish... jeff