Windsor, Ontario

Hello there Alex.

Just to let you know that the group that I hunt with includes a great guy by the name of Chad Goebel, who has been in contact with you for several years now since starting to archery hunt for moose. Chad and others in our group have been successful in harvesting moose after watching the Gouthro’s Moose Madness DVD’s over the years.

Well just to keep you updated, we were again successful in the 2010 moose archery season. Fortunately for me this time it was me getting my first bull, and my 14-year old son was right there with me when the kill was made – a very special time for both of us as it was his very first moose hunt.

To fill in some of the exciting details we arrived at our previously made ground blind in the morning. I made several calls like you demonstrate in your Series, but we heard nothing. Around 9am, trying to keep a vigilant eye out as you advise, I checked behind us and low and behold there he was — a bull moose standing about 35 yards away honed right in on us. He was one of those silent bulls you talk about. While I was telling my son to not make a sound, the bull started to move in even closer, right to us. Since we were on a tiny hill I thought he would be turning sideways about 15 yards away and that would be the moment of truth — but suddenly he turned and came right up the hill and stopped 7 yards away broadside to us.

The moment was truly there and after he looked at us for about 30 seconds or so (which seemed much much longer) I took the shot and the arrow did its job. As he ran, I looked at my son — he was shaking profusely with excitement. We watched the moose run about 100 yards and then he fell. WOW! All I can say is that this was one exciting thrill for this father and son team!

This was a moment in my life that I will remember forever, and hopefully it has made another hunting enthusiast out of my son. I have attached a picture of our bull and feel very fortunate to share this with you. But, on a sadder note, I feel even more fortunate to have been able to share this with my father who had hunted most of his life but passed fairly suddenly after we returned home from our trip.

Thanks again for all your hard work and making the information available to hunters like us through your Moose Madness DVDs. I am sure that many hunters who watch your DVDs and follow the advice given will have success, hopefully producing more great stories and memories of their hunts similar to those we have of our wonderful adventure this year.

Regards — Bill