Moose Hunting Newfoundland
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Hey,
I hunted Portland Creek last Fall! We had tags for Caribou, Moose & Black Bear! Great area! Wanted to go back again, but with gas prices these days? :shock: Its an expensive drive in an 8 cylinder truck, towing a trailer with two ATVs and a 1000 lbs of beer...gulp, I mean gear, yeah that's it! Gear! :mrgreen: Maybe next year, for Caribou & Bear if I save my pennies!
I hunted Portland Creek last Fall! We had tags for Caribou, Moose & Black Bear! Great area! Wanted to go back again, but with gas prices these days? :shock: Its an expensive drive in an 8 cylinder truck, towing a trailer with two ATVs and a 1000 lbs of beer...gulp, I mean gear, yeah that's it! Gear! :mrgreen: Maybe next year, for Caribou & Bear if I save my pennies!
Yeah, its a long haul, but I figure that since I only get a moose license every 2-3 years and since the likelihood of success is so high, why not ? The only other drawback is the fact that I might not get to hunt for very long once up there. The last time we hunted Portland Creek, two years ago, it was for all of 30 minutes before BANG ! all over. :lol:
One of my buddy's stoped in tonight he is leaving in the morning to go home (Newfieland ) to hunt moose for a week or so. Told him to bring me a fresh steak He just wants a good set of horns for his rec room. DAN>>>
I offered him a set so he could stay home & I would go in his place. DAN>>> :idea: :mrgreen:
) to hunt moose for a week or so. Told him to bring me a fresh steak He just wants a good set of horns for his rec room. DAN>>>I offered him a set so he could stay home & I would go in his place. DAN>>> :idea: :mrgreen:
One hour out of Grand falls they just drive around at night in their 4 WD pickemup truck with a snowplow blade on front and WHACK 'em. I hear the limit is four, or until one goes through the windshield...........
Sweet, that Newfoundland moose hunting. One of these years!!!!
Doug
Sweet, that Newfoundland moose hunting. One of these years!!!!
Doug
Re: moose licence
Season opens tomorrow morning (Sept.10th) but I'm not going over until the 18th. I usually wait until late October or November but work is sending me over and paying for a cabin in Plum Point so my .45-70 is coming along as well.
Now if I could just get a trip to Goose Bay in March for caribou!!!
Regards,
Outdoors
X-man said:outdoors said:
Gotta' love it when you get the "Full" license, eh?
Season opens tomorrow morning (Sept.10th) but I'm not going over until the 18th. I usually wait until late October or November but work is sending me over and paying for a cabin in Plum Point so my .45-70 is coming along as well.
Now if I could just get a trip to Goose Bay in March for caribou!!!
Regards,
Outdoors
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chinook said:
My bro-in-law just emailed me, he got his female in the 1st hour of the 1st day. With a 1917 Lee Enfield full wood
.Grand Falls area.
Dropped her with a heart shot.
chinook said:
Thanks, chinook. We arrived late on Saturday evening, opening day. On the way up, saw a cow and a young bull (still in velvet) inside Gros Morne National Park, of course, just outside my area. Went in Bateau's Road and saw another young bull (a six pointer) at our intended campsite. But it was quite dark, we didn't see him for long before he hoofed it into the bush, and we weren't particularly interested in a 5 minute hunt in any event. :lol:
Hunting all day Monday, but the weather wasn't particularly great. Saw another cow that evening, but she was 2-3 km away across a pond, so we just glassed her for about an hour as she fed peacefully in a grassy marsh.
Tuesday was beautiful, but we hunted the whole day without seeing much of anything beyond a gazillion snowshoe hares, a silver fox (well, he was black, actually), lots of ducks and geese, and an owl that hung around the campsite.
We were giving up for the day and returning to the campsite in the fading minutes of daylight. My partner had stopped the truck on the main road and I walked alone the kilometer or so into the campsite. You never know. Anyway, as I climbed the knoll where our camp was located, I saw a black shape where none had been before. A bright half moon was shining behind me, and I kneeled down to get a better look through the scope.
There she was. Silhouetted against the sky not 50 feet from our camp and about 70 yards from me. She stood broadside looking at me, no doubt having heard me walking the path. A single shot from my .30-06 took her straight through the heart and she collapsed on the spot. The 180 grain Remington Core-Lokt passed through her lower front leg on the other side without striking any bone. There was another moose there, but I only heard it running off through the bush and didn't see it.
We were able to shine the lights of the truck on the site, and back it up to put her aboard, which was a major bonus that night. I would have never thought I would have had an easier lug than last time, which was just 150 yards from the camp in the other direction. But it was. Amazing. A great trip. 8)
