So you have a Maine Moose permit...
 

First of all anyone that was lucky enough to get a draw Congrats to you all! Now I will show you a trailcam video just to get you all worked up.. This a Maine Moose I just got on my trailcam. I was trying to get a buck to come in. No luck with the bucks however.. Here is the video... Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiyJk-Mz9g0

Nice Maine Bull Phil! Been seeing lots of nice bulls this year..wont be long and the lucky permit holders will be headed to the woods!

Thanks! I have 5 different bulls show up on it so far.. Three of them are probably decent takers..

Nice site Mike and Dennis.

Any moose hunters scheduled for this season yet?

Good luck out there!


- Jay

Now I have Bull Moose number 6 walk by my trailcam. This one walks by 2 days after a cow had walked by it.. Although this could be the same moose that showed up close at night.. I do not think it is but, who knows..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFeyS...hannel&list=UL

Good Luck to those able to legally hunt!

I went 0 for 6 as a ME resident in the tags department.

Good looking critter. Any guesses on his weight Phil?

What time of night was he cruising by?


- Jay

I can not say for sure of course but I am guessing around 900lbs dressed as he is a big bull. The video is not all that clear which could be weak batteries or dew on the lense. Our nights up here has been cooling down pretty good creating a lot of fog.He is clearly a big guy though with the more narrow paddles. All these moose are traveling a trail that would be easy to get loaded on the trailer to haul out. I am hoping that I will draw another permit someday with what the trailcam has been showing me.

I checked my card it says 1:06 pm so I am thinking that perhaps I have the clock off by 12 hours as it is clearly dark.. So I am thinking it is 1:06 am.

I am going to revise my guess on the wieght after having him come in to better video. I am having a difficult time actually at trying to guess the wieght on this bruin. I look at his rack and think most likely 750 to 800lbs. Then however when I look at the size of his neck and he is still in velvet I am thinking at least 900 or better. I am also trying to figure out is his hump is almost non existent. This clearly places him up into the heavey wieght area. I figure where his neck and head meet it is about the size of a steering wheel. That has me guessing perhaps on the high side of things but I am going with 950 to 1000lbs dressed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47DcP...ature=youtu.be

I am heading up sept 21st with my friend who got a nonresident tag. He is from Maine and now lives in Mass, but he is no Mass-hole, and he scored a non resident permit. We are heading to his sister's in Camden for the first night, then saturday am we are heading up to the camp we will be using, it's 3 hours from Camden, and 30 miles on a logging road. He has a good group of local friends and relatives that will be helping him, and this group has always been successful. Last year they tagged out the first day by noon.

I am not the sub permittee, so I was hoping since we are there for a week to get a license and a bear permit and get a bear.