Logan Hunter takes one of the biggest Los of the Year of Wyoming – West Virginia Metronews

Logan, W.VA. “We’re not younger,” Greg Johnson laughed as he watched his son-in-law Ronnie Barnett.

Both of Logan, where Ronnie still lives, Greg now makes his home in Cincinnati. The two have spent many years accumulating points for preference to be attracted to hunting moose in Wayoming. Finally, they decided to pull the hunting trigger in the fall of 2023. Ronnie painted the label of the shooting and Greg decided to mark as an observer.

They booked the trip with a local outfit called Wagonhound in eastern Vayoming about four o’clock north of Denver.

“The owner has over 300,000 acres and these moose realized that it was private land. They limit the number of hunters, so there were beccars everywhere, “Greg explained.

Ronnie hunted with a crossbow during a track. Elk was bumping all over the territory.

“It was exciting,” Ronnie suggested.

They were already instructed to cross several big bulls, so when they were traveling to another place and jumped a bull, Ronnie suggested that this was another non-shooter. It turns out he’s wrong.

“I did not realize that it was a shooter, given those who already made us pass,” he explained. “But the driver said,” I would allow you to shoot this one. “

The bull jumped with two cows and pointed over the ridge about half a mile. The three men parked and went in search of the big bull to see if they could potentially attract him for a shot. After behind the bull and several cows for a while and did not see them, nor heard them again, the driver decided that he would return to the top of the mountain to eventually find another bull or set a hunting plan the next day.

“On the way up the hill, we spotted him about 100 yards above us and he was looking straight at us. We all froze and at that moment it was just a staring competition, “Ronnie said.

The management was 30 yards in the lead, Greg was behind him, and Ronnie was a few yards behind Greg. No one could move for fear of having the moose. No one is sure how long the hunger has lasted, but agreed that it is long enough to be very uncomfortable.

“We were sweating because we had too many clothes and the flies were buzzing and eating on us,” Greg explained. “Neither Ronnie nor I can hear very well, so we try to be quiet and whisper. But the bull must have heard us whisper and they broke away from their cows and went down the hill toward us. “

The hike required the bull to deviate from the left, and it disappeared from the site line for a few moments. Ronnie took advantage of the opportunity to reach Greg and prepare his crossbow. The bull came out at about 60 yards and had already crossed the driver. All three knew it was or never.

“He was about 50 yards and he threw himself, which was like an alarm. We knew he was about to take off and the driver said, “Take it!”, Greg explained.

“I stood there for so long, used Greg to rest and shot it,” Roni laughed.

The illuminated bolt found its sign and the bull disappeared above the rise. With the destroyed intensity, the driver hurried to the two.

“The first thing he said was,” You can’t talk like that! “Said Greg.

“But I told him,” Well, it works, “Ronnie laughed.

The big bull had only traveled about 50 yards with his wound and the group managed to hear his last breath and make a speedy recovery. Ronnie was understandably excited, but in recent days he learned that it was more than a trophy bull, it was the trophy bull the same year in Wyoming.

Ronnie received a letter from the Wyoming Game and Fish Division in December, which informs him that his bull is the largest typical moose taken with archery shooting equipment in 2023. The Certified Pope and the young score is 359 inches of the horns of the bull.