Drawn for Moose!!!

[wildschwein]

#7493

Well folks I have just successfully drawn a tag for Calf Moose!!! Season goes from August 25th to September 23rd, and November 1rst to 30th. I am stoked!!! Only question is, how much trouble will the Cow give me if I kill her Calf? Could very well be trouble me thinks. Anyone out there with any first hand experience?

[Stephen Graf]

#62853

Where will you be hunting? Is it a split tag, meaning 2 or more guys hunt, 1 guy gets lucky?

I’ve shot a few moose, but never had a calf tag. Just bull or cow. I’ve not seen moose linger around after a shot. But you are right to not under estimate a mothers attentions toward her young. I would guess that a moose would fall somewhere between a deer doe and a bear sow. Probably closer to the doe.

But even if the cow shows no malice toward you, her size is enough to warrant attention.

You may find it more of a challenge to take a calf than is first thought…. Good luck.

[wildschwein]

#62898

I will be hunting in WMU 527 which is on the Northwest side of Alberta. The tag can be split but only with a youth. I am hoping my wife will hunt with me but her schooling will probably mean that I will be hunting solo. I am so very excited, but I can’t shake off that little bit of doubt when it comes to the reaction of the Cow.

[David Petersen]

#63060

Moose cows with calves have a reputation for being even more aggressive than grizzly moms. I would get in touch with the Alberta moose biologist and ask about it. If it’s a first year calf she will predictably be more aggressive in defense than if it’s older. I have been chased by moose a couple of times after walking up on them accidentally in dense forest. Once was a cow, the other a young bull. A former warden in Alaska watched a grizzly try to approach a moose calf and the mother attacked and got it down and just kept stomping until the poor bear could hardly drag itself off. Let us know what you learn. dp

[wildschwein]

#63323

The tag specifies that the Calf must be less than twelve months of age, so we can probably presume that her reaction may be aggressive. I’ll contact the Provincial Moose biologist and see what he has to say.

[wildschwein]

#63498

Well I talked to a Moose biologist from the Edson area and his advice was not much different than what has already been posted: BE CAREFUL! He did have one horror story to tell which involved a rifle hunter getting stomped by a Cow after he began to dress the Calf. Fellow apparently waited 20 minutes before starting, just to make the Cow was gone. Turns out she wasn’t. He is in a wheelchair now and will be for the rest of his life. Could be an exciting season.

[Robin Conrads]

#63513

Congrats on the tag. Good luck. 😀

[Mark Turton]

#63829

Wildschwein, this is going to be a hunt to remember, are you taking a buddy to watch your back. From the story you related hours rather than minutes might be better.

Looking forward to hearing how this goes, oh and the very best of luck, Mark.

[wildschwein]

#64072

Thank you Pothunter. By the looks of things I will be hunting solo for the most part. My wife is my only hunting buddy, and she will be attending her first year of college this September. Kinda limits her time in the field.
I am wracking my brain for a way to protect myself against the Cow without having to carry a rifle. Rifles and backquivers just don’t mix. Plus the wardens round here don’t take to kindly to achers carrying firearms during archery season. Maybe Bear spray? Anyone else have any suggestions?

[David Petersen]

#8788

A friend in AK had an angry rutting bull moose on his remote cabin porch that wouldn’t leave, basically blocking the guy in his cabin. So finally the guy opens the door and blasts the bull point-blank with bear spray. The moose then went crazy, wrecking the porch and a nearby outbuilding whirling and bucking like a bronc. Finally the guy shot the moose. So, from this we can say only that bear spray definitely gets their attention! dp

[wildschwein]

#9235

Wow great story Dave! Bucking Moose not optimal. Maybe Bear spray ain’t the way to go. Perhaps a “banger” from a flare gun? Or I could follows a friends advice and shoot her with a rubber blunt, but I don’t feel really comfortable with that idea either. Maybe I should sing? Scares my wife.:D

[MontanaFord]

#9333

I heard tell of a couple guys that called in a cow moose while elk hunting several years ago…to get her to go away, they thought they would just thunk her with a couple blunts…well, by the time all was said and done, they wasted over two hours trying to recover half a dozen arrows with blunts on them, because she refused to leave. Makes a guy wonder what a moose is made of, huh? Blunting the cow probably isn’t going to do you any good. The good part of the story, one of the guys was my dad…LOL!!!!!! He never did go back and get his blunts.

Michael.

[Rocks]

#21263

I had a friend take a calf moose a couple years ago and had to wait 4 hrs until the cow would get far enough away from the calf for him to recover it. So I would say wait and make sure she’s gone because they can be very dangerous.

Great tag, not much better than calf moose to eat.

I see you’re a couple hours up the road from me. I gotta get to GP and meet a few of the trad guys up there sometime!

[wildschwein]

#21270

Hey Rocks where are you located

[Rocks]

#21278

I am in Grande Cache.

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