20.   This year the boys finally had set of Big Game Tags to fill, more particularly an either sex moose license for area 36-Southern Shore. This past weekend Sooley, Maffer, Mark French and Matthew French headed to Maffer's cabin in Tors Cove which would be their base of operations for the Hunt.

19.   Sooley & Maffer were partners on the license while a successful harvest would be equally divided amongst the crew.

18.   After unsuccessfully hunting the back woods and bogs of Gully Pond Road on the first day, the guys acted on a tip and set up in an old duck blind much further in the same road for the 2nd day of hunting.

17.  Sooley and Maffer manned the blind which had a great view of the surrounding bogs and open country.

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15.   Meanwhile big game retrieval team Matthew and Mark French stayed out on the road in search of small game and birds. Neither team had any luck that morning so everyone headed back to the cabin for a lunch and rest, planning a return to Gully Pond Road around supper time for an evening hunt.

14.   About an hour before dusk Sooley spotted a young four point bull from the blind then promptly fired and missed. Taking no chances Maffer took over and connected a great shot and a successful harvest of the beautiful young bull.

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12.   They called French with the news, so he and Matthew picked up the trailer & bikes back at the cabin and headed in the road to retrieve their harvest. 

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10.   French had the animal field dressed and halved in short order.

9.   Mark's Foreman 450es and Sooley's TRX300 4x4 certainly worked hard with the heavy load but in true Honda fashion they got the job done.

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5.   Back at the cabin, the guys constructed a makeshift rack and got the animal hung, skinned, quartered and washed down.

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1.   All in all it was a successful hunt with tags filled and a lot of fun had by all!

Cheers, MIKE