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shaughn
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Moose hunting, is usually at fairly close range in and near bogs, lakes, rivers,Ponds, willow alder swamps.
They are much like buffalo, in that it doesn't take a lot to kill them....BUT....they can absorb a lot of abuse and run/walk/trot/shuffle out into the deepest body of water available...usually in Sept/Oct/Nov...which results in one or several lucky individuals having to wade/swim/sink...their way out to said animal with rope and hopefully you know someone with a tree skidder that has a fair bit cable on his winch drum and chainsaw or two and that you are in an area where you can legally cut a path in, atv's can substitute ....Shoot it late in the day and you either work all night to field dress and quarter it and begin to haul it out, works out to about 7-8 loads for a fairly healthy adult (have hunted in no vehicle zones) or field dress and spend the night, prepared to shoot wolves and possibly bears who may come in with intent to negotiate ownership of your kill.
I went heavy for moose after having to wade/swim/keep from sinking while doing it, to get a rope on a moose so we could winch it back to shore with a tree skidder, that was staged earlier, the owner made a few hundred bucks every year getting moose out of the pine bog...a lot of it almost bottomless...walk and watch the terrain ahead of you wiggle and jiggle....375 H&H 270 TSXFB 2700 fps +- a .416 Rigby 400 partition 2400 fps+- and the lowly 45-70 Win 300 partition 2300 fps+- and all shoulder shots to anchor it and allow follow ups...it seems like every heart/lung shots has resulted in one or more of us becoming wet and cold...Northern Canada Skinny dipping...otherwise known as moose season
Max range I have shot was 300 yards, from one river bank to the other and then canoe across...1 st year I went exclusively to shoulder shots to anchor...otherwise it was thru calling and rattling and really really close....all ground blinds or hunt and stalk
Moose hunting thru a guide service is not cheap, depending on region and country it's a requirement and prices can run 4000 - 30000 usd...
They are much like buffalo, in that it doesn't take a lot to kill them....BUT....they can absorb a lot of abuse and run/walk/trot/shuffle out into the deepest body of water available...usually in Sept/Oct/Nov...which results in one or several lucky individuals having to wade/swim/sink...their way out to said animal with rope and hopefully you know someone with a tree skidder that has a fair bit cable on his winch drum and chainsaw or two and that you are in an area where you can legally cut a path in, atv's can substitute ....Shoot it late in the day and you either work all night to field dress and quarter it and begin to haul it out, works out to about 7-8 loads for a fairly healthy adult (have hunted in no vehicle zones) or field dress and spend the night, prepared to shoot wolves and possibly bears who may come in with intent to negotiate ownership of your kill.
I went heavy for moose after having to wade/swim/keep from sinking while doing it, to get a rope on a moose so we could winch it back to shore with a tree skidder, that was staged earlier, the owner made a few hundred bucks every year getting moose out of the pine bog...a lot of it almost bottomless...walk and watch the terrain ahead of you wiggle and jiggle....375 H&H 270 TSXFB 2700 fps +- a .416 Rigby 400 partition 2400 fps+- and the lowly 45-70 Win 300 partition 2300 fps+- and all shoulder shots to anchor it and allow follow ups...it seems like every heart/lung shots has resulted in one or more of us becoming wet and cold...Northern Canada Skinny dipping...otherwise known as moose season
Max range I have shot was 300 yards, from one river bank to the other and then canoe across...1 st year I went exclusively to shoulder shots to anchor...otherwise it was thru calling and rattling and really really close....all ground blinds or hunt and stalk
Moose hunting thru a guide service is not cheap, depending on region and country it's a requirement and prices can run 4000 - 30000 usd...
... it spent most of the winter there...even tried to follow the cows into the milking parlor....DNR...tried to shoo him away and he came back...they eventually darted and transported him to another area...I laughed long and hard....
