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Moose Hunting 🫎
-After 27 days in the bush, my husband finally found his bull moose, what a wild ride it’s been this month! Moose hunting is no walk in the park 😅 and it’s definitely not for the weak! 💪
🦌 The Endurance, Strength & Dedication Behind Moose Hunting
People see the packed freezer, the trophy photo, or the backstrap on the grill…
But what they don’t see is everything that comes before it.
Moose hunting isn’t a hobby — it’s a test of endurance, grit, and respect for the wild.
💪 Physical Strength
A mature bull can weigh 900+ lbs. That means:
- Miles of hiking with heavy packs
- Bushwhacking through muskeg, swamps & thick timber
- Multiple trips to pack out meat, gear, and hide
This isn’t a “drive up, take a photo, load the truck” kind of harvest. It’s physical labor at the edge of your limits.
🧠 Mental Endurance
Moose hunting is hours — sometimes days — of:
- Silence
- Cold
- Patience
- Focus
- Self-discipline
You can’t rush it. You can’t fake it. You show up day after day because you believe in the process — even when you haven’t seen so much as a track in 48 hours.
🫡 Dedication & Ethics
Every responsible hunter knows:
- A clean, ethical shot is the top priority
- The real work begins after the trigger is pulled
- Nothing from the animal is wasted
The dedication continues long after the hunt:
processing → preserving → using every resource the land provided.
🌲 Why It Matters
Hunting teaches something the modern world tries to erase:
Food is not guaranteed — it takes work, skill, respect, and sacrifice.
And when you finally sit down months later to a meal fed by your own endurance?
It hits different.
🔥 Skool Question of the Week
What part of the hunt tests you most — the physical, the mental, or the discipline to keep learning every season?
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