Moose in warm weather

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I leave for moose hunting in 3 hours. Season opens on Saturday for the black powder hunt. 14 hour drive and we are going to drive overnight tonight.

I just checked the weather and its currently 3 degrees where we are going. Forecast for the first week of the season is 16-20 degree highs. One day of steady rain, one day overcast, and the rest sunny. Lows over night are 3-7 all week. A couple of days the wind will be 15-20 km per hour.

We plan on doing some calling. My guess is that the best time to hunt will be at day break and early morning while the temps are low. I figure anywhere thick near water will be the best places to call and hunt.

Any other advise for hunting warm weather moose? We have a cow and a bull tag. WMU is 18B.
 
I just read an article that said is was pointless to call when it is more than 12 degrees. They know you are an impostor. On the other hand most of my experiences have taught me that this is not so. If there are bulls in the area, by instinct he will at least answer. When they are hot they just bed down in deep forest up in the mountains.
Happy hunting
 
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A few years ago we had a couple of warm opening weeks. I don't think they move around much and stay in the shade and swamps. If you have a canoe/boat it may be worth dragging to a lake to paddle around and have a look around the shorelines or floating a creek/river....just a thought. Also, it may be a good idea to bring a big container of black pepper. It you have to hang the moose in warm weather, spinkle with pepper and it apparently keeps the flies off until you can quickly get it to the butcher.
 
We just took a real nice bull sept 10 with day time highs above 30, did not bother trying to call as I figure it,s a little early but did find him close to water in a logging slash first thing in the am.
took him to the cooler by noon as it would never last hanging at camp
 
After that magical 1st hour of light, we've had success walking through potential bedding areas, making low bull grunts and brushing a shed through the shrubbery. If you come across a cow, good chance there is a bull not too far away - and he'll be pissed at you.
 
Last year we got friendly with a fellow near our camp, who ended up with a nice Immie around 9am. We came across him just in time to help dress and pack it back to his camp.

With just a tiny bit of a breeze, we were surprised at how nicely the skin got that "glaze" on it, despite it being fairly warm. He didn't wait too long to get it into town though.
 
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