Vic,
I put a stalk on a good sized calf moose that evening after eating and cleaning up. I wish I would have worn the hat, I probably would have gotten close enough for a shot. When we first saw it down a cut-line in the tall grass, we thought it was the biggest black bear on earth. Things got a bit EDGY for a minute! LOL!!! I committed to putting the stalk on before I knew it was a moose. I was thinking a BIG BEAR on the ground up close and personal for about the first 20 yards until I could get a better look thru the binos. I had goose bumps on top of goose bumps. It just vanished before I got within 30 yards. Had a bull respond LOUDLY from the spot I lost the calf, but he never came in for a shot. All in all it was a great night.
Had a black bear follow us back to camp that night and woof at us when we got about 20 yards from the truck. We heard him paralleling us for half a mile in the dark. We were glad to be at the truck when he decided to TALK to us. LOL!!! Dirty bugger took one of our camp plates that night (Clifford the Big Red Dog Plate borrowed from my little girls). I guess he liked marinated deer steak as much as me! I really need to keep a cleaner camp in bear country. Had yote tracks in the ashes of our fire ring the following time out when we got up. We found those after being awakened by a beaver felled Poplar not 100 feet from camp. That liked to scared the pee out of me! LOL!!!