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Utah Mixed Bag hunt with Mossback Outfitters
I met Russ Collard with Mossback Outfitters at DSC Convention this year at his booth. An impressive collection of big Elk and Mule Deer on display so I decided to inquire about a landowner Shiras Moose tag. Fortunately, being the first show of the year, he still had his one tag available, and we quickly made a deal. I told him I would be in Manitoba for two weeks in September and he said no problem we can hunt your moose in October.
We visited again the next day at the show, and I told him I was down to four species to complete my North American 29 and a Bighorn was on the list. He asked me why I haven’t bought an auction tag and I told him I have been putting in to draw a tag for years without success and just haven’t pulled the trigger on buying a tag. He said if you buy the California Bighorn tag in the Newfoundland Mountains, we will get you a sheep for sure – 100%.
Over the next few weeks, we talked several times and I decided this was the year and I bit the bullet and bought the early season Newfoundland tag at the Sheep Foundation Auction so added that on to the moose hunt.
Time flew, Manitoba came and went, and I had my flights booked to arrive Salt Lake on October 7 and would hunt sheep first. The manager of the ranch where I will hunt moose called Russ the Monday before and told him he had seen a big bull moose right at sunset that evening and if I could come now, we will try to get on him.
I changed my flights and arrived Salt Lake the evening of the 4th. Marc Bowthorpe (the ranch manager) picked me up and we had about an hour and a half drive to a very nice cabin adjacent to the ranch. We visited about the bull, and he told me he has seen him periodically but hopefully the rut is still going on and we can connect with him. Just as in Manitoba last month, Fall is a few weeks late here and the leaves are turning but still on the trees. The mountains are covered in oak brush, interspersed with Aspen groves and pines. The terrain is steep in places with elevations approaching 7500’ so I knew I was in for a challenge.
I met Russ Collard with Mossback Outfitters at DSC Convention this year at his booth. An impressive collection of big Elk and Mule Deer on display so I decided to inquire about a landowner Shiras Moose tag. Fortunately, being the first show of the year, he still had his one tag available, and we quickly made a deal. I told him I would be in Manitoba for two weeks in September and he said no problem we can hunt your moose in October.
We visited again the next day at the show, and I told him I was down to four species to complete my North American 29 and a Bighorn was on the list. He asked me why I haven’t bought an auction tag and I told him I have been putting in to draw a tag for years without success and just haven’t pulled the trigger on buying a tag. He said if you buy the California Bighorn tag in the Newfoundland Mountains, we will get you a sheep for sure – 100%.
Over the next few weeks, we talked several times and I decided this was the year and I bit the bullet and bought the early season Newfoundland tag at the Sheep Foundation Auction so added that on to the moose hunt.
Time flew, Manitoba came and went, and I had my flights booked to arrive Salt Lake on October 7 and would hunt sheep first. The manager of the ranch where I will hunt moose called Russ the Monday before and told him he had seen a big bull moose right at sunset that evening and if I could come now, we will try to get on him.
I changed my flights and arrived Salt Lake the evening of the 4th. Marc Bowthorpe (the ranch manager) picked me up and we had about an hour and a half drive to a very nice cabin adjacent to the ranch. We visited about the bull, and he told me he has seen him periodically but hopefully the rut is still going on and we can connect with him. Just as in Manitoba last month, Fall is a few weeks late here and the leaves are turning but still on the trees. The mountains are covered in oak brush, interspersed with Aspen groves and pines. The terrain is steep in places with elevations approaching 7500’ so I knew I was in for a challenge.
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