Any moose hunting tips?
- Thread starter BigAir
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After they drop dead the real work starts!
Tips
You should call fwp in helena and get names of previous people that have drew that tag before. Call your regional biologist. Moose are rutting right now. They start to lose their antlers in mid November. People that have drawn those type of tags are usually more than happy to help. Good Luck hope i was helpful.
You should call fwp in helena and get names of previous people that have drew that tag before. Call your regional biologist. Moose are rutting right now. They start to lose their antlers in mid November. People that have drawn those type of tags are usually more than happy to help. Good Luck hope i was helpful.
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they will start moving more now that the rut is starting the best thing to do is learn to call, moose come easy to a call, bull or cow.moose tend to like swapy areas or areas with lots of willow trees there fav food source.
^^^alot of truth to that
Learn to cow call and grunt. Just this past Wednesday my brother called in a big bull that appeared in a saddle above him that is probably a 1/2 a mile away. He started to grunt at that big old moose and he was on the charge. Before long the bull was right on top of my brother looking for a fight.
Jim Shockey has a good moose video and the Primos boy's also have a good instructional tape to help you get started that comes with a cow moose call.
I shot a moose in 2005, best meat you will ever have!!! If you can get out now I would cause here in Idaho the bulls are moving looking for cows!!! I would imagine that Montana is right there too. Good Luck
Nothing ruins a good moose hunt like shooting a mooose
I spent 5 months scouting and looking for my moose. I actually found a LOT more animals than I thought I'd find. I had seen a few nice bulls, but nothing I'd been dead set on. The last day of season (thanksgiving of all days) I was out with my parents (senior in highschool) and right at first light we came around a corner and there were 2 bulls in the road. One was 50"+ and the other had a broken horn (its pretty common that they break a horn fighting during the rut) They headed up in the brush so I jumped out and headed up right after them. My mother literally yelled at me and said that they came back down to the road...so I ran back down and to the edge of the switchback, and she is telling me to shoot and is pointing. He was 50 yards away in the brush standing broadside...I put the first round into him and he turned his head and looked at me. Two things happened at the same time. First I realized that my mother had just pointed out the WRONG MOOSE...I tagged Mr. One horn instead of the big guy he was with. The second thing that occured to me is that I just tagged him with a .338 win mag and he just LOOKED at me! I put another round downrange and he walked about 15 feet and laid down. After about 10 minutes he had bled out, so we used the pickup to pull him close to the road. It took my Dad and I both to gut him, and 4 guys in the end to load him in the pickup. Just after we had him loaded my cousin called to tell me they were looking at a record book size bull laying in his bed...so I had two nice bulls get away in less than 2 hours, and ended up with my 1 horn wonder. If my bull would have had both horns he would have been around 45".
I'd make sure to scout a lot of your area and find the bull you want to take. When you do take him, have a few sharp knives, and a team on standby to help clean and load. Oh a length of cable or thick rope helps a LOT when it comes to loading. We actually drug my moose up the bank above the road (ran a rope around a tree) and backed the pickup under it to load. My picture of me sitting ontop of my moose actually made it into the highschool yearbook that year...got to love living in a small town!
I'd make sure to scout a lot of your area and find the bull you want to take. When you do take him, have a few sharp knives, and a team on standby to help clean and load. Oh a length of cable or thick rope helps a LOT when it comes to loading. We actually drug my moose up the bank above the road (ran a rope around a tree) and backed the pickup under it to load. My picture of me sitting ontop of my moose actually made it into the highschool yearbook that year...got to love living in a small town!
Deer Big Hair,
You should stop nosing around on here trying to buy another god damn turbo! One turbo sled is enough, you *** clown. On a more serious note, Ahh how to kill a moose.......For starters go hunting. As my second recomendation, bring a gun. Third and most importantly, leave the ranch.
If you kill a moose, call a friend who has three pack horses. Preferably one you have towed out of the hills........GREEN SLIME RULES!
You should stop nosing around on here trying to buy another god damn turbo! One turbo sled is enough, you *** clown. On a more serious note, Ahh how to kill a moose.......For starters go hunting. As my second recomendation, bring a gun. Third and most importantly, leave the ranch.
If you kill a moose, call a friend who has three pack horses. Preferably one you have towed out of the hills........GREEN SLIME RULES!
Look at lots of bulls (pictures or mounts) to get a fix on what big really is. I had lots of people tell me that they knew where a big bull was, but it was not really that big.
There was a lot with damaged horns also. Ended up shooting a 45" in Utah that was very semmtrical.
Make sure the front palm has at least 3 tines. That 3rd tine will make a big improvement in your bulls score.
There was a lot with damaged horns also. Ended up shooting a 45" in Utah that was very semmtrical.
Make sure the front palm has at least 3 tines. That 3rd tine will make a big improvement in your bulls score.
The biggest tip.....call me when you're done and I'll show ya how to store it in my freezer. Good luck!
Good luck!
Thanks for the tips guys......well at least the ones that don't involve me giving the meat away . I have only seen two moose so far, a decent bull (for around here) with a cow, but they weren't in my area. Too bad since they were 100 yards off the highway on an island in the middle of the river. I have talked to most the outfitters and land owners in my area and none of them have seen a single moose in months. Everyone says the moose are the first things the wolves kill and I am starting to believe it. The wolf season will open around here tomorrow, so I guess I might have to buy a tag and go wolf hunting instead of moose hunting.
. I have only seen two moose so far, a decent bull (for around here) with a cow, but they weren't in my area. Too bad since they were 100 yards off the highway on an island in the middle of the river. I have talked to most the outfitters and land owners in my area and none of them have seen a single moose in months. Everyone says the moose are the first things the wolves kill and I am starting to believe it. The wolf season will open around here tomorrow, so I guess I might have to buy a tag and go wolf hunting instead of moose hunting.dont gut it like a deer. Quarter it out. It makes the process a heck of a lot easier. And its going to take 3 of you to do it.
