I had a shot at this nice bull 75 yards from my stand. I had my Rolling Block with a good black powder load. The only problem was that the moose didn't have the right antler configuration to make him legal. I had three other chances with the same bull, one as close as 20 yards when he came to check me out in the timber. He wanted to see if I was a good looking cow or a another bull to run off. It was hard to leave all that good meat standing there and just walk away.

JS

Is the regulation on antlers 50" or minimum of 3 or 4 brow tines? That looks like a pretty good sized moose! I've always wondered how a hunter is able to judge a bull moose to be able to confirm if it meets a particular minimum size? The brow tine thing is easy, but judging antler spread would be tougher.

That reminds me of a buck I got that looked legal.  He was standing at an odd angle and wasn't really as visible as he seemed to be.  I don't recall all the details, but if I had had a better view, I would have passed. He was legal by about 1/16" 

I was working with a fellow who grew up in Alaska. One day at lunch we started talking about moose hunting. We didn't know Dave was from Alaska. Of coarse the subject of caliber came up, Dave rolled his eyes. I asked him what was wrong? He blurted out, you don't need no big rifle to kill a moose! You can kill the biggest bull moose with a bbgun. We laughed and rolled our eyes. A couple days later I couldn't stand it. I asked Dave, okay, how do you kill a moose with a bbgun? He said when he was a kid , he and his little brother killed lots of moose with a bbgun. How I asked? He said you hide in the bushes next to a pond where you know a big bull moose will feed in. When a bull moose shows up and he's in the pond you wait till he's pointing away from you . Then sneak up close as you can. He said bb placement is very critical here. Aim directly for the bulls testicles. He added, "you can't miss". When the moose has his head in the water you shoot. This causes him to hump up and suck air, but since his head is under water he drowns. That's how you kill moose with a bbgun.  Dave was quite serious about this hunting method.

I worked on the north slope of Alaska close to two years while building the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline and I always said that the bull moose was king of the jungle and trumped the grizz.  I never had the opportunity to hunt or fish while in Alaska but sure enjoyed viewing the streams full of grayling and grizzly bears, caribou and moose.  That picture will stay with you a long time thinking about next year when he is 55" and a jillion brow tines!  Love the roller.  I have mine in 38/56 all set to go mule deer hunting next week.  This will be my first hunt using blackpowder and lead bullets in a cartridge rifle and I am really looking forward to it.  Tom

I was stationed in Alaska in the USAF at Elmendorf AFB in 1971. We saw huge numbers of moose on the backside of the base up near the Airmen's Club. Mostly at dusk, or after. But we were always excited to see them when we traveled the backroads.
I did a lot of fishing while stationed there, but no hunting. My hunting rifle was back home, and just never bothered shipping it up. Really no place to store one on base between hunts.