smerchly Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 After many moose hunting trips one usually stands out among the rest . Every trip became an adventure as all hunters can relate .... I have hunted many zones and our Elliot Lake area has many memorial hunts ....We had 4 portages to get to Upper Mace Lake . (full of splake) On one trip as Dave & I were carrying a moose quarter in a stretcher from atop a hill , Dave slipped on wet moss and we heard an awful crack !! .....broken ankle !! We had to ease him down the slope to the boat and back to camp . Stan & I headed back in the dark to get help (4 portages) . I went to the OPP station in the a.m. to pinpoint our location & a chopper was sent ...in dense fog to get Dave . Stan went back to camp to help haul out the 3 bulls we got & I stayed in a motel . Dave was taken to Sudbury hospital where they stabilized his ankle and we took him back to St.Kitts where they operated on it .....He was left with a permanent limp. What a trip that was...... an old 35mm photo ....chopper landed just 10 meters from our tent , and Dave waving inside .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 You sure have a lot of great memories smerch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf and Turf Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 That sounds like quite an adventure Smerch! Given the prospect of having to pack out three moose over 4 portages I might have opted for the broken ankle! Probably less painful and got a free helicopter ride to boot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted December 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 44 minutes ago, Surf and Turf said: might have opted for the broken ankle A little sprain maybe LOL , but he was in a lot of pain (no drugs available) At one portage we had the use of an old VW & trailer which helped a lot ! Two of those bulls were mine ....shot 20 minutes apart , 40 yds apart in the same meadow ....I was the c+ck of the walk that year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf and Turf Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 11 hours ago, smerchly said: A little sprain maybe LOL , but he was in a lot of pain (no drugs available) At one portage we had the use of an old VW & trailer which helped a lot ! Two of those bulls were mine ....shot 20 minutes apart , 40 yds apart in the same meadow ....I was the c+ck of the walk that year ! Not too many can claim two moose the same day! The second one must have been a bit "slow" though to show up 20 minutes later to the same spot, but still counts just the same...LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted December 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 There was some high rocky ridges at the back of the meadow and maybe the sound of my shot bounced off that ridge (echo) and scared the second one . It came into the same spot and was acting very agitated like it didn't know which way to go . I was sitting behind a downed tree root having a coke while waiting for the guys to show up when the other moose appeared out of nowhere . For a second I wondered if my first moose "resurrected" himself ....needless to say I was stunned ! Lots of stories to tell from other trips !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
410001661 Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 What an adventure......glad it worked out well. On another note is it just me or does that drive shaft that comes out of the top of that helicopter look awfully small!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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