Unfortunately, none of us got a moose this year. Close, but just couldn' t make it happen. The temperature was PERFECT for the first time in probably 4 years, with lows in the 20s at night, highs in the 40s during the day. The moose were moving all over the place! The problem was, it was extremely windy every single day of the hunt. 15-20 km/hr winds day in and day out. With winds that high, our calling wasn' t carrying very far, nor could we hear a moose answer unless he was within 100 yards or so. We had maybe 10 min of calm wind every morning right at daybreak and every evening right at dusk and if you couldn' t get one to answer in that short timespan, it was pretty much having to walk the logging roads and riverbeds and hope to catch one moving around.

Despite the winds, I managed to call a small bull to within 30 yards or so on Thursday evening. He was heading right for me, but when he got to within 60 yards or so he got nervous since he didn' t see a cow anywhere and circled downwind below a small bluff where I couldn' t see him. When he finally popped out at 30 yards I couldn' t turn around quick enough to get a shot before he winded me and took off.

Then on Friday night I called in a very respectable bull. Probably 40" spread and nice palmated fighting tines in the front. He came about 200 yards across some cuttings right to me before cutting across about 50 yards in front of me. I had a perfect broadside shot, but elected not to take it. 40-45 yards is my max for feeling comfortable with a shot and I didn' t want to risk a bad hit on the last night. So I let him walk.

In any case - for anyone that has never had an adult bull moose within bow range and gotten to hear him grunt and rake trees with his antlers - it is something you should all try to do before you die. I would give up deer hunting in a second if I could moose hunt every single year. There is no better adrenaline rush in the world.

Here are a few pix I took. Enjoy.