Been deer hunting for 2 days now, an seen this big boy.

Ms.V got back in pickup when it got about 20 feet away.

Nice one. They are very dark in this area, I notice. Kind of like black bears. Some areas they have dark muzzles, other places the mealy tan is seen better. Nice bull.

Nice bull. Snow coming tonight so things will be changing.

Yes, all of Montana will be getting the first real snow event. Pretty deep too, in places. It is region wide , Idaho, WA, on south will get it too. Temps have dropped bigly by the half hour. Wood heat is nice. Been watching the snow covering the peaks into the valleys until it got too dark .

The animals will be moving tonight.

Interesting to see the picture of the nice moose. About 10 years ago I drew a tag and harvested a bull near west yellowstone. The bull was similar in size and also had a dark black coat with a beard/dewlap.

I was told the darker the hide the fatter the moose. Seems to be accurate too as I find the light coloured ones to be thinner in body fat

I don't think that moose would be legal for most hunters in most of Alaska. It's hard to tell from the photo, but I only see two brow tines and it doesn't look like a 50+ inch spread. Nice moose though. Should make someone a good batch of meat.

Also, the near antler looks smaller than the other, though not dramatically so. I once shot a moose with a big antler and the other real small. If it had two antlers the size of the big one, it would have had a 68" spread. Someone told me it was likely an old bull. The meat wasn't very good, the worst of any moose I tasted.

Jim

This is a Shiras moose which is smaller. Any bull in Montana is legal if you can draw a tag which can take a lifetime and more. Probably 5 to 7 years old moose.

Yeah the road into this was flooded out (Gone) for well over a year.
Changed the drainage completely.
We see a lot of moose, just not many nice bulls.

Thanks for the info crew, no good luck hunting deer but we are scouting/ an beaver work.

That one looks.............delicious!

X2.....jk

Beautiful piece of meat