2011 ND Moose Hunt: Once in a lifetime tag

[Scott M]

Great job Scoot, as always. What a hunt.

[paceman]

Way to go! Congratulations! All your hard work paid off!

[huntnfish]

Congrats Scoot! A very deserved moose. You paid your dues for that one

[muc33]

What a great story!!! So glad you got to live it out and even happier that you chose to share it on here!

[Borch]

What an awsome hunt and experience Scoot!

Congrats!

[Powerstroke]

Way to go Scoot!! As always, a fantastic photo story and a fantastic hunt. Congratulations!

[Musky Buck]

Moose tastes great, especially cube 1" by 1" wrap a bit of bacon around it, grill them and enjoy bigtime, awesome story and hunt !

[Shu]

Great job, way to go! Thanks for sharing the story and pics.

[Sifty]

Great Story. Congrats on the moose.

Sifty

[summit090706]

Way to go! And thank you so much for taking the time to write about it and post pictures.....I appreciate being able to live the hunt through you ... Nice job

[cbrooks]

Can't wait for Scoot to draw a once in a lifetime bighornsheep now

[bmc]

Great Job Scoot!!!

Way to stick it out till the end!!!

What a great bowhunting trophy!!1

Brian

[bottom-bouncer]

A well earned trophy scoot congrats!

[Archerysniper]

Congrats scoot.

[bak2MN]

Just read through the last 6 to 7 pages. Great story glad it worked out and it sounds like you had alot of great people out there helping you. Cant wait to read about the next adventure!

[certified jumbo]

great story and great pics. thanks for sharing!!!

[matchset]

Once in a lifetime !! Slick shootin Scoot! Just made some homade jalepeno and aged cheddar summer ssw out of min; tasty moose treat!

[delmuts]

Great story, and pictures!!

[Scoot]

Can't wait for Scoot to draw a once in a lifetime bighornsheep now

Oh mama! Me too!!!

[Scoot]

Did you save that scapula? Curious to see how thick it was where you broke through.

No I didn't save it. I should have and taken some pics of it. It was weird how quickly the momentum of the arrow got shut down after what I would really describe as a glancing blow. It didn't occur to me until now, but I wonder if I both skipped off the leg structure (shoulder bone) AND centered a rib bone? I didn't think to check it... Regardless, the arrow came to a quick stop! Those big animals like moose and elk are big, thick, and tough- nothing about them is like a deer with regards to how an arrow responds to them.

Thanks for all the feedback, fellas! I always enjoy taking pics along the way and sharing with everyone. Lots of fun for me too...

[tritonman]

Great story and great hunt as always Scoot! Congrats!

[NWBuck]

Great story Scoot...congrats on getting it done!

[Wanderer]

Scoot, thanks for giving us all another archery hunting trip this season. That makes a total of two for me now this year.

Congrats though!!!! I'm glad you made it happen!

[nbadger23]

Great job Scoot! The pictures are really cool and it was a well told story. I was really surprised to hear how helpful everyone was. Nothing against you, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the norm anymore for people to easily give land access permission. It almost seems like it was a team effort and everyone wanted you to be successful which is awesome.

How much meat did you end up with from her? Are you getting any sausage or anything else made out of her?

Once again, congrats on a great accomplishment!

[Scoot]

nbadger, I took the backstraps and the loins out and took care of them myself. I was told either 280 or 285 lbs of meat- can't remember which. I'm getting two different kinds of pepper sticks, some jerky, some ground burger, and three different kinds of sausage. I usually do all of it myself, but it was so much meat that I didn't want to try tackle it over the holiday season. It'll be expensive, but hopefully worth it.