Whether right or wrong (if there is such a thing) I fear you are in the minority of those who hunt moose in Maine. I fully expect that 80 to 90 % of moose hunters in this state travel the back logging roads scanning cutoffs and remote locations by vehicle until they spot one. The percentage may be greater than that.
I applaud you though for, as the yutes of today would say, " kicking it old school" .

Mainehunter