cow moose
- Thread starter rkr
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I like to use three completely different methods in a typical hunting day well looking for moose
Early morning well befor daybreak I like to park the truck alongside a swampy section of road And sit have coffee take it easy any moose in the Area will be headed for the swamps sumtim during the morning and the truck is good places to wait no need to burn gas if you don't have to
Plus if a moose crosses the road and you don't get a chance to get it then your setup for the foot hunt go back to the truck have a coffee and after 30 minutes or so go back to where the moose entered the bush and start tracking
Afternoon Moose are going to be bedded down so now it's a foot hunt look in tall grass near water, edges of clearcuts ,and in ditches and in thick willow patches
And of course there's The afternoon nap one of my favorite part of hunting now that I'm older haahaa
Evening hunt is a road hunt You don't want to pack out moose racing sunset better of getting them near the logging roads
If these methods don't produce a moose in a couple of days change strategy
My most productive method is Setting up a moose trap but I only do this strategy only with really experience hunters that I trust
Early morning well befor daybreak I like to park the truck alongside a swampy section of road And sit have coffee take it easy any moose in the Area will be headed for the swamps sumtim during the morning and the truck is good places to wait no need to burn gas if you don't have to
Plus if a moose crosses the road and you don't get a chance to get it then your setup for the foot hunt go back to the truck have a coffee and after 30 minutes or so go back to where the moose entered the bush and start tracking
Afternoon Moose are going to be bedded down so now it's a foot hunt look in tall grass near water, edges of clearcuts ,and in ditches and in thick willow patches
And of course there's The afternoon nap one of my favorite part of hunting now that I'm older haahaa
Evening hunt is a road hunt You don't want to pack out moose racing sunset better of getting them near the logging roads
If these methods don't produce a moose in a couple of days change strategy
My most productive method is Setting up a moose trap but I only do this strategy only with really experience hunters that I trust
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"M12hunter-shooting calf moose has little effect on the population" The Ont. Min. of Natural Resources claimed this quite a few years ago but recently have changed their tune.
Now in several areas the calves are on a draw and an adult tag no longer automatically allows you to take a calf as an alternative. In the last 20 years I believe our group has taken 2 calves because that is all we saw. We hunt on the water in heavily wooded areas and calves are seldom seen. From discussions with other hunters it seems as though cows and calves are more often seen in cut over areas.
In some Ontario WMU's calf hunting is restricted to a two week period at the end of Oct. and spilling over into Nov. Where we hunt it is a fly in area and we go in late Sept. If no adult tags are obtained we can not hunt since calves are not an alternative. (A low chance in any case.) Our hunts have to be booked one year in advance if we wish to get the lake and time we want. If we cancel in August (when tag draw results become known) we lose our deposits and the cost of our licenses. It is also unfair to the outfitter since this late in the year it is doubtful that he can find a replacement party. It is all becoming academic to us now as the majority of our party is quitting moose hunting after this fall.
The MNR definitely is faced with a juggling act. I don't have the answer but do know there are definitely problems with the present system.
Jim
Now in several areas the calves are on a draw and an adult tag no longer automatically allows you to take a calf as an alternative. In the last 20 years I believe our group has taken 2 calves because that is all we saw. We hunt on the water in heavily wooded areas and calves are seldom seen. From discussions with other hunters it seems as though cows and calves are more often seen in cut over areas.
In some Ontario WMU's calf hunting is restricted to a two week period at the end of Oct. and spilling over into Nov. Where we hunt it is a fly in area and we go in late Sept. If no adult tags are obtained we can not hunt since calves are not an alternative. (A low chance in any case.) Our hunts have to be booked one year in advance if we wish to get the lake and time we want. If we cancel in August (when tag draw results become known) we lose our deposits and the cost of our licenses. It is also unfair to the outfitter since this late in the year it is doubtful that he can find a replacement party. It is all becoming academic to us now as the majority of our party is quitting moose hunting after this fall.
The MNR definitely is faced with a juggling act. I don't have the answer but do know there are definitely problems with the present system.
Jim
My friends and I have hunted cow moose in the province of Quebec parcs and feserves on many occasions. We simply submit our names to the provincial drawing that is organized by S.E.P.A.Q. every year. The parcs and reserves in the Gaspé region have very high densities of moose ont their respective territories. For several years, with the luck of the draw, we were allowed to harvest two cows or calves with our four moose tags. We try to harvest dry cows, some of these are enormous and provide excellent eating. The biologists working in the parks also recommend harvesting the older dry cows. These hunts are allowed when the cow to bull ratios are very high. Mine.
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
Cows are way less responsive to calls than bulls, but otherwise little different to hunt IMO.
If the cow has a calf, she may be a tad more reclusive.
If the cow has a calf, she may be a tad more reclusive.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I have hunted antlerless moose numerous times. I don't have any great words of wisdom about how to find them, but do suggest that if you find a cow/calf pair that you take the calf. less meat for sure, but excellent quality and the cow can be left to breed more yummy calves.
Not the Einsteins of the deer family
