Moose hunting in other provinces? What's it like?

The part that'd give you the grief in other Provinces is the cost of a non-resident's licence. $438.28, in Ontario, and a guide is required.
 
saskcop said:
The only problems with the Sask moose hunt is that many of the moose have migrated south for various reasons and now are in draw only zones. If you get drawn there, you are relegated to driving around like a city idiot looking for a moose standing in the middle of the field. Kinda takes the moose hunting out of moose hunting. QUOTE]


It sure does take the hunting out of moose hunting, and not confined to Saskatchewan. As long ago as 45 years, road hunting was, in my opinion, ruining moose hunting, in the Prince George area of BC.
Late in the season I casually asked a person whom I knew, if he had been hunting. He was quite perturbed and told me in no uncertain terms that he was fed up on moose hunting. He said he had driven 1,500 miles and never saw a moose! He said it wasn't worth it and he was going to quit "hunting."
In later season, with a bit of snow on the ground and still dark on Saturday morning, the number of vehicles heading out on the Blackwater road would take an hour, of one behind the other, to go by a given spot. The overwhelming majority were not out to go in the bush and hunt, but would turn around and drive back at some point, then do it over again. Actually, who in their right mind would park and go into the bush in those conditions, just at daylight?
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saskcop said:
The only problems with the Sask moose hunt is that many of the moose have migrated south for various reasons and now are in draw only zones. If you get drawn there, you are relegated to driving around like a city idiot looking for a moose standing in the middle of the field. Kinda takes the moose hunting out of moose hunting. The remaining zones in the north are typically mismanaged by SERM and overhunted in many areas.
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The southern moose are mainly the Shira sub-species, according to to SERM, and they say they came up out of the states after some bad wild fires.

We generally use atvs or boats to get into bush as far from the roads as we can to have a chance at finding good numbers.
 
In the Yukon it's bulls only the season is Aug 1 to Oct 30. A tag is 10$.And its open to all resident hunters.
 
The moose hunting is good here in E.Central Sask., but draw only, and in our area it was/is antlerless only, I was drawn last season and getting one was just a case of a lot of hiking around the bush. I'm not sure about the Shiras moose theory as they are smaller and I saw some huge bulls during the season and during deer season. I always thought that they were from the north as there are not many up there anymore.
 
Here in Quebec (at least in this zone) the bow/crossbow (yes, they run at the same time for moose in this zone according to the latest version of the regs) sean runs from sept 24th to oct 16th.

There does not appear to be a gun moose season in these parts.

One moose per two hunters (so two tags per moose), resident tags are 56.07$ each.
 
bearkilr said:
Maybe we can send some of our "wolves" over, the 2 and 4 legged variety. :D
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You can keep the two legged ones. We killed all the four legged ones on the island by the 1930s. (They still have wolves in Labrador).

33,440 moose licenses available for this coming fall, including over 500 in the two national parks. You can find the current NL hunting & trapping guide here:

NL Hunting & Trapping Guide 2011-12 (PDF)
 
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Eagleye said:
In BC, the moose hunting is quite good in most areas of the province, with Limited Entry [draw] hunts as well as a general season in a good portion of the province. For example, in our area, the general season for fork/spike bulls runs from Sep 10 to Nov 5. Bigger bulls are LEH only. But just a little farther north, there is a good general season for all bulls. Then we have a 2 - 3 week calf season in October. BC is a hunter's paradise. Within 1 day's drive or less, I can hunt Grizzly Bear [LEH only] Black Bear, Sheep, Goat, Muleys, Whitetail, Blacktail,Moose, Elk and Caribou. Also on the list are Wolf, Coyote, Lynx, Cougar, Etc. Eagleye.
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Sorry this member is off his rocker,no moose here ,non at all.Rumour has it they all went to fort mac. too.no need to check it out just believe me.lived here all my life.
 
The area I hunt in Saskatchewan is in the forest area and is a draw. Usually get drawn ever 4th year. I have a friend who also puts in and my wife has also decided to start hunting moose so I can usually get in on a hunt most years. There are not a lot of moose in the area but so far we have always gotten one either by luck or by calling. The success rate is probably below 50% by my guess.
 
We are actually starting to see more and more moose down here in the southwestern part of the province for whatever reason but we can't hunt them here. The areas that you could drive to at one time that we good hunting aren't anymore so as someone said there is still good moose hunting but be prepared to pay the airfare for it.
 
In alberta we have 2 seasons. The first is "calling season" and takes placae during the moose rut. This is the most popular season and is hardest to get drawn in.

The second season is the "late season" and is easyer to get a tag but harder to actualy get a moose.


Around where I live it takes 2-4 years to get drawn for "calling season" and around 1-3 years for "late season" if you want to try that route. Pretty much most of Alberta exept the extreme north prat of the province is under a priority draw system. The more years applied the higher your chances get.
 
deadhead said:
The area I hunt in Saskatchewan is in the forest area and is a draw. Usually get drawn ever 4th year. I have a friend who also puts in and my wife has also decided to start hunting moose so I can usually get in on a hunt most years. There are not a lot of moose in the area but so far we have always gotten one either by luck or by calling. The success rate is probably below 50% by my guess.
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Do you go across the Torch and up the old Fishing Lake trail?
Actually, across the Torch north of Love, and then northeast used to be better.
 
In the Yukon moose are big and everywhere! season starts August 1st and goes till October 31st. The cool thing is the licence is free (for residents) and moose tag is $10. You can easily shoot a 55in plus bull. That's a meat bull for up here, trophies are around 65 to 70in mark. That's just one of the hunting perks of the yukon not to mention all the other animals.
 
skinner19 said:
In the Yukon moose are big and everywhere! season starts August 1st and goes till October 31st. The cool thing is the licence is free (for residents) and moose tag is $10. You can easily shoot a 55in plus bull. That's a meat bull for up here, trophies are around 65 to 70in mark. That's just one of the hunting perks of the yukon not to mention all the other animals.
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The resident licence is not free. It is $10.

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