Hey everybody, welcome to the show! In today’s episode, I bring Mike Mitten back on, and we talk about his awesome successful solo moose hunt in Alaska. If you listened to the last few episodes, you’ll know that we recently talked to Mike and he explained the crazy journey of moose hunting with traditional equipment. Now that Mike has filled his tag this year, it seemed fitting to bring him back on and hear the story of the absolute giant that he took! hope you all enjoy this episode.
Show Notes:
- Interview starts (1:30)
- The trip up to Alaska (4:00)
- Sketchy landings (18:00)
- Reaching as many ears as possible (21:30)
- Why bulls will lock up on you (28:30)
- A moose at the bottom of the hill (39:30)
- Coming into your shooting lane (48:30)
- Killing a warrior (56:30)
- A 70 inch bull (1:02:30)
- Multiple opportunities (1:10:30)
- Condensation in the sawtooth (1:17:00)
- Gear questions (1:23:00)
- Bow set up for a recurve moose hunt (1:31:00)
- Water treatment (1:42:00)
- Breaking down 600 pounds of meat (1:44:00)
- Total cost of the trip (1:49:30)