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I am humbled and excited to announce that my name was drawn last Friday for a moose permit in NH. ANY moose-related tips or resources you have would be appreciated.
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I got nuthin’ to offer, except my shared excitement for your trip. Congrats on winning a tag and I wish you an excellent hunt. best, dwc
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Thanks.
I hasten to add that I’m already poring over the TBM index, in which “someone” has been kind enough to tag articles for references to moose. That “someone” will be pleased to know that I’ve already garnered a very useful hunting tactic that my sub-permittee and I will employ.
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Feel free to post links to what’s useful. It would be neat to follow the pursuit. Enjoy, dwc
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Very exciting Eids! Hope you have a fantastic time! Got nothing really helpful to offer but I too have struck some “drawn tag” gold and will be hunting black bear in the BWCAW for 2 weeks this fall!!! I hope we both have some extraordinary stories to share afterwards!
Best of luck to you!!!
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I killed a bull moose in Quebec ten years ago. I studied and practiced moose calls all summer. As it turned out, the moose only responded to the female call that sounds like a descending whine.
Our group of six hunters took three moose. The most we were allowed. All three were bulls and all three came in to the cow call. Every year is different, but if you are hunting during the rut, I would suggest trying different calls. Don’t get stuck on the same vocalization if it isn’t working.
Get a tape or CD or Video or something to help you learn the calls. I used a tape in the jeep when I was driving. A real birch bark moose call has better acoustics than the plastic crap they sell these days, imo.
They’ll come a running from a mile away when they are interested.
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Dfudala wrote: Very exciting Eids! Hope you have a fantastic time! Got nothing really helpful to offer but I too have struck some “drawn tag” gold and will be hunting black bear in the BWCAW for 2 weeks this fall!!! I hope we both have some extraordinary stories to share afterwards!
Best of luck to you!!!
Thanks, and right back at ya!
Long-term plan here is to return permanently to the scene of my nativity, aka the Zenith City, aka the Head of the Lakes, from where my wife and I will launch frequent forays into the BWCA(W)*, in between watching the tourists scurry up the North Shore with their mouths agape. 🙂
*Having made many a trip on the Gunflint when it was a gravel road, I still can’t get used to that last “W”, however much I appreciate the legislation behind it!
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Steve Graf wrote:
Get a tape or CD or Video or something to help you learn the calls. I used a tape in the jeep when I was driving. A real birch bark moose call has better acoustics than the plastic crap they sell these days, imo.
They’ll come a running from a mile away when they are interested.
Excellent advice, and I will take it to heart. I’ve been eyeing the woods for suitable birch bark for the last few years. Already got me a moose scapula for scraping. 🙂
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I got nothing except a loud congratulations to you!!! Moose hunting is becoming legal in NY state so I hope for a miracle tag before I die!!
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I bet you read the article on birch bark moose calls in Tradbow this issue. I’m only slightly jealous. Just a little. Hardly at all. dwc
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grumpy wrote: You might stop by the nursing home in Laconia, and ask Mom. She used to see them all the time around the lake.
BTW: Remember to shoot them with an arrow, not your truck.
Thanks. Headed up to scout this weekend. My Honda Element is perfectly designed to put a moose in my lap, but a 17-foot moosecatcher will be mounted on top.
(For any who might not know – moose are designed by nature to be efficient killers of unwary drivers. The long legs and enormous mass combine to strike an often fatal blow right at the windshield.)
No, I’m not planning on hauling a moose home in October with it – my hunting partner has a pickup. 😉
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I’m really excited for you. I used to apply for a tag in Maine every year, having done quite a bit of work up in that area. Beautiful country up there! And I know exactly what you mean about the old Gunflint and the North shore, you couldn’t be more right. I’ll be heading into the south central portion for this excursion. Trade ya some bear summer sausage for some Moose!!!! (Unless things don’t work out… Then I’ll trade ya some Leinenkuegels for some Sam Adams, Lol!?!?)
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dwcphoto wrote: I bet you read the article on birch bark moose calls in Tradbow this issue.
The bark was soaking for the last couple of days. No time to do more with it right now than roll and tie it, as I’m packing to go scouting in the morning. I’ll post a pic if I have something worth showing later next week.
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Dfudala wrote: I’m really excited for you. I used to apply for a tag in Maine every year, having done quite a bit of work up in that area. Beautiful country up there! And I know exactly what you mean about the old Gunflint and the North shore, you couldn’t be more right. I’ll be heading into the south central portion for this excursion. Trade ya some bear summer sausage for some Moose!!!! (Unless things don’t work out… Then I’ll trade ya some Leinenkuegels for some Sam Adams, Lol!?!?)
The first one sounds pretty good – NOBODY in New England understands how to make sausage of any sort.
Stop at the Holiday store on the east end of Duluth for some packaged wild rice, if you haven’t had theirs before. There is none finer.
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My sub-permittee and I made our first scouting trip this weekend. A local told us upon arriving that there were no moose in the area and he and his wife hadn’t seen any in a long time.
We scouted a bit on land yesterday afternoon and evening, and pretty quickly we found fresh tracks of a cow with a calf.
Got up this morning before dawn and ate a waterside breakfast of pancakes and sausage cooked on my nearly-broken-in Coleman stove (it’s 39 years old.) We were on the water by 6 with my canoe, and by 7:15 we’d seen a cow with calf and an eminently shootable bull. We also saw a Bald Eagle and a couple of whitetail does, and we heard the howling of a distant coyote. Glass smooth water for paddling. It was all very painful to experience.
New official motto for the hunt: “There are no moose in this area.“
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I drew a tag in Idaho 2 years ago, one of the best hunts of my life. My two takeaways were that I had hunted a bit early as far as the rut was concerned. I ended up arrowing my bull the last day of a two week hunt but I believe the action was just getting good.
The other was the awesome sound you got from a scapula. Just the lightest raking on a tree or brush would emit the most realist sound of a Moose paddle you could imagine. I would never get caught without one on a Moose hunt.
Enjoy!
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Plumbob wrote: I drew a tag in Idaho 2 years ago, one of the best hunts of my life. My two takeaways were that I had hunted a bit early as far as the rut was concerned. I ended up arrowing my bull the last day of a two week hunt but I believe the action was just getting good.
The other was the awesome sound you got from a scapula. Just the lightest raking on a tree or brush would emit the most realist sound of a Moose paddle you could imagine. I would never get caught without one on a Moose hunt.
Enjoy!
Thanks. I’ve had a scapula in my garage for several years. It finally gets to see the light of day in October!
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I may just have to stop in there! Gonna try to make it up there next month for the public hearings on the mining. Keep ya posted on that.
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