Unfortunately, there was still no change in the weather conditions on the second morning. The winds were wrong and we spent another afternoon checking and baiting for bear.

Finally, on the third morning Franklin woke Austin and I and said “get ready it’s perfect”.  We hurried and loaded equipment into his boat and up the lake we went.  When we got to the bay, Franklin placed two cow decoys in the water. With Austin filming,  I set up and we were ready for the hunt.  Franklin floated out into the lake and began calling and splashing in the water imitating a cow moose.

I really wasn’t sure this was going to work but within moments we heard the bull.  Franklin didn’t over call and made the bull come to us.  The bull sounded like a bulldozer coming through the brush and Austin and I got ready for a shot.

With a deep growl the bull came into view and stopped momentarily then started towards the water. He presented me with a 15-yard shot. I drew back my Dream Season PSE bow and let the Carbon Force arrow fly.  The bull lunged forward two steps and stopped. He didn’t know what had happened.  The shot was a complete pass through and within 20 seconds the bull was done.  I couldn’t believe it. Our patience had paid off.  We all gave each other a high five.  This was an unbelievable hunt and I would love to do it again.

The bull measured 61 inches wide and after having it measured was the #2 SCI bull in Eastern Canada territory.