About the same here to, as my last elk hunting trip out all my son in law and I found were bear, mountain lion and wolf tracks.

While I have harvested a big old bull with my bow,…. I am no expert. In fact, I know almost nothing about moose behavior.

With that said, I have read a few articles that discussed behavior a bit. From what I remember, moose tend to move from the rivers to the hills and back based on the season and the weather.

It may be that the place you scouted in the summer is always full of moose in the summer, and not in the fall. My humble advice is to scout now, when you would be hunting, to see where the moose are this time of year. If you only get 1 chance every 5 years, I’d be scouting all the falls in between and forget the summer scouting.

Hey all. This is my first post here, and the title of this thread caught my eye. I have a friend who is literally in love with moose (nothing physical, strictly platonic). He has hunted them for the past 23 years and this last year made his first harvest with a bow. ( he still uses compound but I am taking a couple of my longbows I made up to his house to shoot. I’ll turn him yet.)

But I digress. He made a website http://www.all-about-moose.com/ to share his passion and educate people about the outdoors. He would love your stories and pics.

I hope I didn’t break any rules or offend any members. This was not meant to be spam, just a helpful resource.

As for me hunting moose is a little intimidating to me, as they can cover 20 yards rather quickly bleeding out or not!!! I have nothing but awe and respect for trad. moose hunters.
Thanks

Tyler

Preseason scouting? My experience has shown that moose inhabit alternate areas during the seasons. During the spring for instance you will find moose foraging in more open habitat. When summer comes they will retreat to the forest to avoid the heat. Fall will also find them in the forest, perhaps more so than the summer, usually in areas to avoid human contact. Although you might think they would prefer the open areas with more browse, you will find a higher usage in heavy forest cover.
Wolves will also alter moose behavior. If a wolf pack is hunting a particular area, the moose will, for the most part move into the deep old forests to avoid the predation.

A moose foraging in the open, late spring.

Thanks to my friend Tyler who posted here. I certainly don’t mean to intrude (because at this date I AM still using a compound), I just thought I could share some insight to this topic.

Tag Soup? Sounds sounds better than wolf stew… I think. 😆

In areas of British Columbia early winter will see a dramatic shift back to open habitat before retreating to heavy cover for mid to late winter. In other words you may have to cover a lot of ground at this time of year to find a moose.

Good Luck.