Moose opener 2024.

[fishleclair]

Well, got out on my trapline to look for mr bull. Opening morning and not 5 min into my bunt i came across this cow. She had me pegged and sat looking at me. I decided to take the photo and hoped she would just carry on feeding. I was wrong and she trotted off. I made my way i to the cut in hopes of a bull being close by. I did not see one but man did I hear him. Never have i heared a bull roar or bark. It made the hair on my neck stand tall and got the adrenaline flowing.

I tried a few grunts and groans then hit the small bush to imitate raking. He roared a few more times and then slowly went away. I never did lay eyes on it. Sunday was uneventful and today my father got to witness the roar hime self. It was his first time as well.

Regardless of harvesting my moose this weekend I sure appreciated the time spent in the woods listening and learning. See ya in a week mr Bull.

Few snaps.

 

[savagelh]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a cow you heard. I have video of cows roaring at me and if you didn't see the creatures you would swear it was a demon or Bigfoot.

 

[yidava25]

I've heard that sound 3 times as well and only once did I see the moose making it, and it was a cow. She had a calf and was not happy that I was there, don't know for sure but I think when you hear that sound it means the moose is leaving.

 

[Highwind]

A Bull Moose will make a really loud "bark sound". He winded you and is sending a msg out to other moose in the area.

 

[45ACPKING]

cow moose will get real cranky when immature bulls pester them. I've watched it play out a couple hundred yards away.
They get right vocal and make a lot of non standard calls, moans and wales. The sound is one of aggravation and different than a cow calling to broadcast to potential bulls. In the case I mentioned I had just walked into the spot had planned to spend the afternoon calling from and this cow was about 700 yards away with 2 bulls. I started calling , hoping to pull one of those bulls my way. Surprisingly it was the cow that reacted first and I saw her turn and look up in my direction and immediately start walking towards my call. She held up facing my direction and trying to smell the air. Next call she moved again and by about 400 yards out I began to hear her. When the bulls got close she would start up and they would back off a few yards. As I listened and watched them they remained at about 400 yards but no clear shot at either bull. Last shooting light came without a chance at the bulls so I crept out of the there. During the 3 hours or so that I spent watching these moose, I was doing cow broadcast and cow estrus calls.... or my best interpretation of them LOL I was calling every 20 minutes until end of shooting light.
next morning we crept into the spot and as shooting light dawned..... I'll be damned if that cow and those two bulls were not 50 yards from where I was calling from. We literally arrived in the dark , walking in the last kilometer on foot and set up behind a dirt berm and when we looked over the edge and down into the cut , we were staring at 3 moose at point blank. One of those bulls was down a moment later.
My theory, and seems to be share by other moose hunters I have talked to is that cows being pestered by bulls they don't want to mate with, will lead those bulls to another cow that is in estrus. Pretty sure that is what played out but point is, she was making all kinds of racket and she sounded quite pissed off that these two young bulls were all up in her business LOL

 

[Demonical]

All móose will make a deep cough like burp when they are bumped, kinda a moose version of the deer snort.
But that really deep roar sound is made by a cow that is telling a young bull to piss off.
One year we had called before dark, when we got back to the calling site the next morning, there was a cow there with about a 45" bull.
Pretty darn nice bull, but to her he wasn't a breeding bull.
And we watched her give that bull the roar grunt. Basically told him to bugger off, which he eventually did.
For the record, we didn't shoot that bull cuz I was looking for something bigger.

 

[sam menard]

I once heard a bull roar, never heard anything like it before or since.

 

[Demonical]

^ I'll bet you think you heard a bull, when it was actually a cow telling a younger bull to bugger off.

 

[huntingfamily]

I once heard a bull roar, never heard anything like it before or since.

Yep we had a bull roar at us once too. It went on for at least a minute. We could see him below us. It was very cool and we haven't had that experience since.