Well Now that everyone has returned from the Archery Moose season
How did they all fare?
My brother in law shot a nice 43 inch bull so we have a freezer full<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>.
It was the first good day we had up there! After 5 good days of blowing rain!I was beginning to believe we were going tobe skunked!
Thursday am we had our first frost and that night he called this bull in to 8 yards double lunged him and it went about 50 and dropped.
He shot it with an Excalibur Exomag 2117's and 125 wasp Jak Hammer
AL

Heh Littleal,
Congrats on the moose for you guys! Nothing like a freezer full of moose.
Our season was pretty frustrating to say the least. We were hunting in the Turtle Mountain area here in Manitoba. An area that USED to be crawling with moose. A couple years ago we say moose every day and were practically run over by bulls.
This year we saw two cows and that was it. The weather was almost perfect with frost most nights, maybe a little windy but not bad. A whole week of calling and never even heard anything that we can be sure was a response. Only one party of hunters we ran into had any bull sitings.
Well, maybe I should say one party that didn't have special treaty rights. And that seems to be a large part of the problem. An aweful lot of moose are being taken out of this area by these hunters and the populations are starting to really suffer. Couple this with a bad tick year and there weren't many happy archers in the area.

Oh well, time to start chasing deer!
Next year we'll try somewhere else. Starting to think about a fly out, self-guided type deal. Might cost more but may have a better chance for some action.

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Moose hunting was awesome this year for our group.
2 Bulls in 2 days and could of had 2 more Bulls and at least 6 cows during the week but no more tags.

Rut was in full swing, the first Bull taken opening day at 7:15am , this bull was grunting on his own back in a swamp and a quick grunt back to him had him right on me in less than 5 seconds..... Close as heck, but one shot turned him away and a quick follow-up shot dropped him less than 20 feet from me.

Second Bull fell prey to my buddies cow call after about 2 hours of calling.

Good year , snowed the first two days and temps were between -8c - +2c

MachZ

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Well I didn't have a chance to get out for the Bow season, But I just got back from The Rifle Hunt, and I shot a Nice Bull on Monday Morning at 9:20. It was the first nice morning as well, it was warm and raining all weekend, but Monday morning there was a nice frost and some snow on the ground. I called for the first 2 hrs and nothing was responding. the wind picked up so I decided to just stay quite and watch until noon. But at 920 after pooring myself a Cup of Hot Chocolate a nice 37&quot; Bull showed up crossing my swamp. He was very close to about 200 Yrds when I first seen him. I grabbed the rifle from the Side of the tree and lined up and Fired once, he jumped ahead about 2-3 steps and was then just slowly walking, he went out of site, and I went to see if I had hit him. I found him curled up on the edge of the swamp not 30 yrds from where I first hit him.

It was a great Hunt, Now I can't wait for the deer hunt

Congrats to those who had success and keep the stories coming!

I just get to read hunting stories now! My season is finished due to surgery
AL

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Ontario Hunter, I hunt the Dryden Area.
I live in Barrie and its close to 18hr. drive but it has been well worth it as I have not been skunked in my 6yrs. hunting there and always get at least 1 bull tag.
I am lucky to have some good close friends that live there, so finding moose isn't really a problem with there pre-scouting.
We stay at a lodge owned by my good buddies uncle for $200/week and have showers/heat/tv included

You should look into hunting this area as there's not to many other hunters, and a higher percentage of moose per Sq/M.


MachZ

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