Newfoundland Bound: My Bucket List Quest for a Moose. USSA’s Vice President of Marketing, Doug Jeanneret, tells his tale of hunting for one of the animals at the top of his hunting “bucket list”: a bull moose. I began hunting at nine years old with my dad and brother, chasing rabbits, quail, and pheasants in Northwest Ohio. There weren’t many deer then but the love of hunting small game instilled a passion in me that made my quest for big game an easy, and necessary, transition as the years rolled on.
Over those years, I’ve been lucky to be able to check off a number of animals from my so-called “bucket list”. However, the possibility of taking the one at the top of the list seemed to grow fainter as my wrinkles increased – my desire to shoot a bull moose. My brother-in-law changed all of that when he convinced me to accompany him on his great adventure after getting a moose hunt through a local sportsmen banquet, .
We decided to drive to Newfoundland despite the 39 hours it would take from Ohio. Although most thought we were crazy, driving would allow us to carry gear for any condition and also to bring home our bounty if we were lucky enough to score. Continue reading at the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance….
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