[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Warm September #24505

This says it all, as far as I’m concerned:

https://xkcd.com/1732/

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Hunting Camp Setup #34925

Scouting camp for this fall’s moose hunt:

Hunting camp for this fall’s moose hunt: 😀

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in reply to: Hammock Seat #19099

One of the major advantages to the Hammock Seat is its comfort. I’m able to sit very still for looooonnnnngggg periods of time. Shooting from it is excellent as well.

I think these overcome any disadvantage from being away from the tree, but that might reflect how dense the woods are here in NH.

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: 3-D shoot in New Hampshire, Sept. 10 – with running deer target! #8120

All the cool kids are coming – are you?

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #11755

Reading, laughing and loving it! Thanks.

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #18248

Wose wrote:

Yeah bud. Hunting Buddy and I just came down the mountain with over 1000 pictures of elk. We need to change the camera delay so it doesn’t kill the batteries.

We’ve been here four years and I’m starting to learn the local dialect. “There aren’t any elk up there” translates to “there aren’t any clear cuts up there where I can see elk from my truck.”

It’s amazing what you see if you are willing to walk half a mile. The place we are hunting feels like a cathedral.

Yer killin’ me here. I agreed a few weeks back to strike Puget Sound from the list of places under consideration for our upcoming relocation. (We lived north of Seattle for six years.) Looks like it will be whitetails in my home state of MN. But at least the paddling is pretty good! 😀

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in reply to: What ya got goin? #61402

Wose wrote: Another thing we have going for us is that the conventional wisdom is, “there aren’t any elk up here.”

My partner in our upcoming NH moose hunt and I adopted a similar assertion as our motto for the hunt: “There are no moose in this area.”

We did this after hearing it from a local on our first scouting trip. And after seeing fresh cow and calf tracks about a half hour later. And after seeing said cow and calf, plus an unattached bull, the next morning at dawn. 🙂

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: Stumping and game cam check #31045

Thanks for sharing!

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in reply to: THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR…….. #31022

You won’t find me complaining. They’re keeping my shooting lanes open on the range out back so I can focus on getting ready for moose season. Hmmmm ….

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in reply to: More moose mojo, please #58973

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!

[Charles Ek]

in reply to: More moose mojo, please #41799

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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in reply to: More moose mojo, please #18987

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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in reply to: More moose mojo, please #18961

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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in reply to: More moose mojo, please #63021

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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in reply to: More moose mojo, please #48767

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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