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At the release, the 27k-inch Easton 2216, tipped with a two-bladed Anderson Magnum broadhead, sliced through the air at 276 feet per second, seeking its target. To his horror, the arrow struck the bull's chest high, 11 inches below the top of the animal's back.
"We waited about 45 minutes before tracking him," Carlton said. "We were fortunate that the moose had run off into a small basin and never ran out. We tried trailing him, but the blood trail was practically nonexistent. Phil decided to go back and track him from hoofprints. I circled to the left and my cameraman about 200 yards to the right."
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When Carlton was alone he lifted his eyes and said a little prayer. No sooner had he said, "amen," when Derek yelled, " Wayne ! Wayne ! Your moose is lying here and he looks like he's asleep."Never having hunted before, the cameraman didn't realize the big bull was dead.
Confused about his cameraman's shouts, Carlton dashed and dodged his way to where the record-book bull lay. Taking a few moments to regain his composure, Carlton circled the 1800-pound brute, admiring the trophy of a lifetime. Going to the rack, he ran his hands over its 57-inch width, counting 21 points on one side, 17 on the other.
When the hand shaking and back slapping was over, Carlton set about the task of field dressing and butchering his first moose. It was then that he discovered that his arrow had hit the spine, chipping off the lower lobe of a vertebra, severing the main artery that runs along the bottom of the spinal column.
Upon his return home, Carlton waited the required 60 days and took his trophy to be scored by an official Pope and Young Club scorer. The tale of the tape netted a final score of 216k points, making it the largest bow-harvested Canadian bull.
To be officially recognized as such, the trophy must be taken to the Pope and Young Club's headquarters in Minnesota in 1993 for the next round of panel scoring. After scoring, Carlton's bull should be ranked as No. 1 unless Canada produces another bow-harvested bull of greater dimensions.
Editor's Note: You can contact Phil Gillis about hunts in his area at: Grizzly Guide and Outfitter, Dept. PB, P.O. Box 1684, Fort Nelson, British Columbia , Canada VOC 1R0; (604) 774-6307. |
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