Last week, I was invited to speak at a Father & Son Dinner at the Sterling Valley Church. The topic was a Moose Hunt Adventure I went on in 2004 in Northern Maine.
This adventure really started back in 1994, when a friend of mine, Gary Cole, asked me to go on a White Tail Deer Hunt in Northern Maine. A person backed out of this hunt 1 day before a group of people from my area were leaving for Maine. I was given 18 hours to get ready. Best decision I have ever made. I went up with this same group of hunters for 5 years in a row. Every year, I have seen a least 2 trophy Bull Moose, while hunting for White Tail Deer.
I started back then to send in an application to the Maine Moose Lottery. I also talked many people from my area into sending in an application as well.
In 1998, a neighbor pulled a permit for Northern Maine Bull Moose. Everett & I drove up to Portage, Maine. By the second day of the season, Everett shot a beautiful Bull Moose, 48” spread, weighed over 800 lbs. field dressed.
We had an excellent trip!!!!
In 2000, I was pulled a permit for a Southern Maine Moose Bull Moose. My father, Gary Cole & I drove up and by the 3rd day of the season I had my Bull Moose. Awesome!!!
In 2004, Norm Wightman, a good friend, pulled a permit for Northern Maine Bull Moose. This is the same year that he started working for Gander Mountain. Norm’s boss at Gander Mountain mentioned he should apply for a film crew from Gander Mountain to go on this hunting trip with him. Norm applied and was accepted.
In October, 6 of us drove out to Portage, Maine. “We LiveOutdoors,” by Gander Mountain hired a film company to film Norm’s Moose Hunt. The title of the Moose Hunt is “It’s a Keeper.”
Three guys from the Mid-West drove out to Upstate NY, to drive another 24 hours to Portage, Maine. Norm, Neal & I drove in a separate truck with radio communications between both trucks. I was telling these 3 guys from the Mid-West that they will film 15 to 20 Moose in the first day. They were in disbelief having just coming back from an Alaskan Moose hunt for 12 days where they had filmed 1 Cow Moose.
They filmed all of that and more for the next 5 days of hunting. Try 60 moose all together, 20 were Bulls!
The church group watched this 20 minute video. We all had many laughs. “We Live Outdoors” did an awesome job condensing 5 days of footage into 20 minutes.
There are a few days left to send in your Moose Permit Application. I highly recommend it. The best Moose Hunting in the world is in Northern Maine.
