Where you one go for a trophy bull moose in Canada

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Absolutely sincere question.

If one is planning to hunt a trophy bull moose where should that be for an Ontario resident

if there are outfitters out there I am look at 2022 booking

Ontario
New foundland
Yukon ?

any advice is welcome

if this can be combine with wolverine would be nice. I missed my chance twice before
 
Take a look at the Boone and Crockett record book, you will find that by far the majority of the top 50 entries are from Alaska and Yukon, especially in the last 20-30 years.
 
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Ghubert said:
Absolutely sincere question.

If one is planning to hunt a trophy bull moose where should that be for an Ontario resident

if there are outfitters out there I am look at 2022 booking

Ontario
New foundland
Yukon ?

any advice is welcome

if this can be combine with wolverine would be nice. I missed my chance twice before
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this year there will probably be some good buys with outfitters in BC and Alberta. Yukon and NWT are both likely still going to be closed to Canadians (effectively with the 2 week quarantine). If the Yukon and NWT will allow Canadians to travel there without quarantine then those would be your best bet. If they open up I will be going for a sheep/moose combo for sure. I hunted big horn sheep in AB this past season after my Nepal blue sheep hunt was cancelled due to Nepal being closed.

If you are an Ontario resident, watch the CORONA restrictions and make a call. good deals to be had if you are ready to go and have the cash.
 
Ashcroft said:
Take a look at the Boone and Crockett record book, you will find that by far the majority of the top 50 entries are from Alaska and Yukon, especially in the last 20-30 years.
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Alaska is open for Canadians but with Canada being closed to Americans I doubt you will find a spot for this coming season and if you do it will be insanely pricey.

Yukon is closed. Canadians need to Quarantine for 2 weeks. If you are willing to sit in a hotel room in Whitehorse for 2 weeks prior to departing on a hunt then go for it but to me, Yukon is closed being Ontario residents (like the original poster).
 
Ghubert said:
Absolutely sincere question.

If one is planning to hunt a trophy bull moose where should that be for an Ontario resident

if there are outfitters out there I am look at 2022 booking

Ontario
New foundland
Yukon ?

any advice is welcome

if this can be combine with wolverine would be nice. I missed my chance twice before
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I would recommend Newfoundland, but I'm prejudiced. If the travel ban is lifted by April, I can give you a list of outfitters.
 
Ghubert said:
Absolutely sincere question.

If one is planning to hunt a trophy bull moose where should that be for an Ontario resident

if there are outfitters out there I am look at 2022 booking

Ontario
New foundland
Yukon ?

any advice is welcome

if this can be combine with wolverine would be nice. I missed my chance twice before
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There are a few guys here local to me who swear by going to the East Coast.
By the time guys factor in fuel and equipment and time and energy it was/is cheaper to go East.
Then there is the Yukon for big bulls...
No recommendations, but research is fun.
Rob
 
the moose in the east are not the same, alces alces vs alces alces gigas in yukon and alaska. The moose hunt is excellent in quebec / ont or even better in Newfoundland.
But if you want a huge moose you need to go to yukon
 
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Treat me like a newbie and we are talking trophy bull moose

Are there subspecies ? Anybody into that ?

like eastern Russian brown bears are different than Kamchatka brown bears.

if they are all the same then staying on the eastern seaboard makes sense logistically.
 
Far NE BC or Northern Rockies or NW Alberta

Much bigger than eastern moose in general. Some of the moose in far north east BC are larger like those in the Yukon, I’ve never been to the Yukon but I have been to the far northern Rockies and there is a difference in the body size of moose I saw but that could be hunting pressure.

Lots of pressure on rivers and highways but all the guides I know in those areas use horses and get pretty far in there

I don’t know if there is any merit to the “ subspecies” from a biological standpoint but anecdotal I’ve seen moose all over BC and Alberta and they get larger as you go further north
 
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AR15meister said:
Alaska is open for Canadians but with Canada being closed to Americans I doubt you will find a spot for this coming season and if you do it will be insanely pricey.

Yukon is closed. Canadians need to Quarantine for 2 weeks. If you are willing to sit in a hotel room in Whitehorse for 2 weeks prior to departing on a hunt then go for it but to me, Yukon is closed being Ontario residents (like the original poster).
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alaska is not open at all ... try to get a NAVHDA test there and no way lol ...
 
yukon and nwt (mckenzie) is where i will go for hunting big moose. there are few outfitters to avoid as usual homework is very important but the question is: quad,boat, horses, helicopter?
 
Northern alberta is an option too. Having grew up in the maritimes yes we had nice sized moose back home but the moose up north are just massive.
 
Ghubert said:
Treat me like a newbie and we are talking trophy bull moose

Are there subspecies ? Anybody into that ?

like eastern Russian brown bears are different than Kamchatka brown bears.

if they are all the same then staying on the eastern seaboard makes sense logistically.
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There are three distinct subspecies in Canada that I know of, two on the west and one on the east with the “Canadian moose” being the one in Newfoundland, And most of Canada.

There is a very small range of shiras moose in BC and possible south western Alberta, and the Yukon moose are predominantly Yukon Alaska northern B.C, and I’d imagine the NWT but there I’m not certain of.

I’m by no means a moose expert so don’t quote me though.
 
Yukon has big moose way bigger than out east body wise anyway(I don’t care for antlers lol) but I hope we stay close for ever and that people move back south hahahah just kidding.... kind of!
For exemple one of the few moose I harvested gave us well over 700lbs of dressed meat, no bones, no hide, no head, just meat!!
 
Value for hunt, Newfoundland. Size and "trophy" quality, Yukon. Big difference in $$$. Some parts of Northern BC or Northern SK, MB might be in-between.
 
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