Bethel, Maine Native Takes First Ever Moose
October 20, 2010
Jane Ryerson, a native of Bethel, Maine, collected her first ever moose while on a hunt with her husband and son in the Upton area around C Pond. Jane relays the brief sequence of events to me in an email:
“1st picture is of myself with my very first moose. We were at this cutting in Upton near C Pond, when this moose that was bedded down got up. We were 200 yards away. I spotted it while Craig and Keith were glassing in the other direction. When I got their attention, Keith could see he had antlers and told me “It’s a bull, shoot it”. Craig was on my permit with me. So he said “get down on one knee, and use it to steady your shot”. I did, I focused in right behind the right shoulder and shot the 300 mag which was his. He said “reload”, and by that time, he had gotten two shots off. The moose was hit with my first shot, but Craig wanted to make sure he didn’t go anywhere. Read more
