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Guides like to do things the<br />
hard way. No pack!<br />
took off after the moose, while Weston<br />
remained behind to continue calling.<br />
I managed to parallel the bull, just waiting<br />
for a clear shot. He’d disappear and then<br />
reappear, in and out of the bush. Finally, I<br />
could see that he was going to break out into<br />
a clearing in the bottom of a small drainage.<br />
My only option was to rush ahead and<br />
set up for a shot. As I anticipated, it wasn’t<br />
long before he appeared, facing me and presenting<br />
a hundred-yard shot. Comfortable<br />
with the angle and situation, I took an offhand<br />
shot. The bullet hit him directly in the<br />
chest. Instantly I worked the bolt and took<br />
a second shot as he turned ninety degrees,<br />
presenting a broadside opportunity.<br />
Both shots were fatal and within a minute<br />
and only a few yards traveled, there was<br />
nothing but silence in the forest. It was the<br />
comforting silence that I like to hear after<br />
a kill, when you know the animal is not<br />
wounded or running through the brush.<br />
This hunt was a dream come true. •<br />
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