Moose hunt

Last weekend was pretty fun. We had no intentions of getting a moose on Saturday, but it just so happened we did. We hadn't seen a moose except a cow and calf coming out of the canyon one night. It was really fun. We parked at the hardware ranch parking lot. We got ready and headed toward Pole Hollow Spring. On our way up the trail we saw a lot of deer and a heard of elk. It was cool. There was like a 5 point bull. We kept heading up and went up Pole Hollow. We hadn't seen anything while scouting, but this road closed in two days and we wouldn't be able to hunt up it for the hunt. We had been riding for a total of maybe 20 minutes by the time we saw our first moose. We saw a cow and a calf. It was fun and gave us hope. The moose were in the rut so we knew there would be one close. We kept going up the road and about a mile up the road there he was. Brad spotted him so fast. We had barely came around a bush and brad stopped. We all put up our field glasses to confirm it was a bull. We were sure it was, but made sure. I jumped out of the rhino and grabbed Jeff's gun(I used his 7mm) We decided not to get excited because we probably weren't going to shoot him. We got closer to him. It took us a little while to decided if I should shoot him. I finally decided to shoot him and just as I tool my safety off he walked. We could not see him anymore. Then some idiots came up the trail and were saying things like oh they left in a hurry. There stuff is thrown everywhere. Then for some stupid reason they shot a 22. Morons. Anyways, Pa then decided to walk around the hill for me so he could scare the bull out. While he was walking around we saw 2 cows. We didn't even know they were there. It was cool though. Pa walked all the way around to the moose and the bull wasn't scared of him and wouldn't stand down. We heard Pa start yelling and shewing them like cattle. It was funny to listen to. Finally the cow ran and the bull followed. I got my scope on him and my dead rest ran out. I hurried and threw out the bipod and realized it wasn't tall enough I didn't know what to do. Brad ran over and lengthened then for me. I shot. I knew I had hit him. You could tell by the sound of the bullet. But, he kept running. The cow stopped to pee. he was following her. Then Brad saying shoot hinm again. We need to get lead in him. Pound him. I couldn't see him anymore so I stood up. I shot again. I swear I hit him, but he dinen't even react. We lost sight of him becasue he was lower than us on the hill over. Brad grabbed my gun and said come on. We ran down the hill a little and watch the cow come out of the bottom. I got ready to shoot again, but the bull never followed. Oh, crap now I wounded him and we are going to have to track him. He probably ran down the gully. we waited and nothing. Brad started to walk down around to see if he could scare him back up the hill. Pa came out of the bushes and we were all talking. Where did he go? Brad asked me if I knew I hit him. The first time I answered I knew I didn't, but as he didn't come out of the bottom and brad kept asking I wasn't sure anymore. I stood there waiting. Kelton then walked over the side of the hill a little to see the hillside better. There he was. Kelton spotted him. We all then walked down to him. He was dead. he had dropped just where we couldn't see him anymore on the hill side. It was awesome. We took pictures and everything. We caped him out and quartered him. We were lucky that we were able to drive the rhinos and four wheeler up. Brad and I drove the head out with the 4 wheeler, papa and devan drove our rhino out with the front quarters, and Pa and nan and kelton drove theirs our with the hind quarters. On the way out it broke nan and pa's tail gate. We got him out and took the meat to to meat locker. Then we took the head to my dad's to put in his deep freeze at work. It wasn't fitting so we needed to cut a lttle more off his neck. As Pa and Brad were cutting it off the girl doing the kennels came out and walked by. My dad said we are trying to save this one. We all started laughing. It was so funny. Then he said I don 't think we are going to make it. The next sunday we got the head out and took it up to the taxadermist. i am exctied to get it back. It will be a blast. It was so fun. Thanks you for all that went and helped. Pa, Nan, Papa, Brad, Devan, Kelton, Dad and all those that supported and were excited for me.