Tuesday morning Mark, Matthew and Andrew headed back to Area 36 for another crack at filling Andrew's tags. The boys loaded up in Mark's 2017 Argo Huntmaster and headed in the road in the beautiful pre dawn twilight. Andrew missed out on last year's hunt due to a motorcycle accident, but now mostly healed he was super stoked to be back in the woods for this years adventure!

Not long after daybreak Andrew and Matthew spotted this dandy bull crossing the pole line not far from their vantage point. Andrew made two quick reports from Matthew's Browning BAR 7mm striking the animal but not knocking it over.

This was one of the very few animals frequenting our game cameras this year, shown here the previous week still in full velvet.

Mark who was holding a Not For Profit charity license was stationed right in the area the wounded bull was headed, he found the him and connected the final ethical shot, a true team effort!

The boys got to work field dressing the animal then halving it for transport back to the truck in back of the Argo.

On the way back to the truck the boys were even stopped by game wardens who inspected the operation and passed them with flying colours.

They hung the moose in Harry's garage in Portugal Cove and quickly got it skinned, quartered and washed down. They used a mix of vinegar & water with microfiber towels which do an outstanding job removing fur from the meat with minimal effort.

Next the quarters were covered in cheese cloth and loaded aboard the truck for transportation to the meat cooler at Mark's office. We had this unit on site last year here at Harry's but this year left it in town for convenience.

The quarters were hung in cooled comfort awaiting processing the following week. Congrats to Andrew and crew on an awesome and successful hunt. I wish I cold have been there but post hurricane work commitments fooled up my plans.

Cheers, MIKE

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