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Moose Hunting: Preparation and Procedures

on moose hunting. Feel free to ask questions or leave comments on the story here.

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1606 Location: Nova Scotia

I do some moose hunting in Newfoundland and this advice seems on the nose for here as well. Good article.

moderator · Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Posts: 6523

Glad you liked the article! I hope this article helps hunters that are preparing for their first moose hunt.

Moose are tough to hunt and they do not have the natural range of other big game species; therefore information about hunting moose is not as widely available.

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1606 Location: Nova Scotia

It good for the new moose hunter to have this info. I see all too often the groups of "hunters" on back of a pick-up with rifles blazing at the first poor moose in their sights. Makes us all look bad. If we teach the new hunters so productive tactics perhaps they will adopt the "right" way to hunt moose... or any game for that matter.

bitmasher · Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Posts: 2619 Location: Colorado

Yeah that is a good point ChesterGolf. Do you have problems with hunting rights being limited or restricted in Nova Scotia too?

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1606 Location: Nova Scotia

Hell, I have problems with hunting rights being restricted by the wife.:smile: Seriously though, with the new gun laws being implimented the hunter is very restricted. As well, we cannot shoot does without being picked in a draw(thats right... a draw to shoot does of all things). We are only allowed one buck/deer(if you are lucky/unlucky enough to get a doe tag). Bear hunting sites have to be registered by DNR and waterfowl hunting is more complicated than a main-frame computer.
Moose hunting is by draw as well. You have a 2% chance of getting picked and can't apply for 5 years after you are picked so I do all of mine in Newfoundland with guides.

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moderator · Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Posts: 6523

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Hell, I have problems with hunting rights being restricted by the wife.

:grin:, chuckle...

I didn't realize that the moose draw was so competitive in Nova Scotia. According to Gunslinger338 numbers in the Rocky Mountain Forum there is about a 3% chance of drawing a moose tag in Montana. Is Newfoundland less competitive?

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bitmasher · Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Posts: 2619 Location: Colorado

Hell, I have problems with hunting rights being restricted by the wife. :wink:

Yeah sometimes I wonder if the anti-hunting crowd isn't just largely composed of people estranged from their hunting crazed significant others...

Well that is to bad to here the restrictions on the hunting. Guess I had just seen Canada as a land with lots of big game with few hunters. You burst my bubble, man!

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1606 Location: Nova Scotia

I was looking at the stats for this years moose draw in Nova Scotia. 11,149 entries with 200 tags given out which is less than 2% this year. Somebody is making a lot of $$$ on this draw and I can tell you it is not the hunters.

ChesterGolf · Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 1606 Location: Nova Scotia

Moose hunting in Newfoundland is a lot less competitive. There is not a draw in NFLD just an open season. Their moose populations are as good as our deer populations but as a result they do not have a great deer pop. ???if any???

bitmasher · Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Posts: 2619 Location: Colorado

Yeah I here you on somebody making bucks ($$$) on the draws and it not being the hunters. What really gets me wound up is that sometimes in the U.S. they have these "special auctions" where they sell a moose, sheep, or other hard to get tag and sell it to the highest bidder. So if you have the $$$ you can hunt anything you want in the states, but yet everybody else has to stick with this 2% stuff.

maineguide · Joined: 03 Sep 2002 Posts: 244 Location: Downeast, ME USA

The NRA wanted the state of Maine to donate a couple of our moose tags so they could put them in a auction for the big boys with the big bucks.
I don't go that!

bitmasher · Joined: 27 Feb 2002 Posts: 2619 Location: Colorado

That is interesting about the NRA and the permits, Maineguide.

I understand why the wildlife departments just about piss their pants with excitment with these types of "special fund raiser auctions". It brings in BIG BUCKS that helps them do their job. However these auctions just are not fair, especially for hunts that are so hard to get (moose, big horn, goats).

Snake · Joined: 29 May 2003 Posts: 9 Location: Northwestern Ontario

Great article on the basics of moose hunting. Would have liked the author to have said more about the butchering process. We've been hunting moose here in Northwestern Ontario for over 25yrs and if there is one thing we have learned about the care of the meat it is that you need to get the hide off as soon as practical. Once you get the animal out of the bush and back at your camp, hang it up and get the hide off. It's amazing how much heat the hide holds in even in cool fall weather. It really makes a difference to the flavour and overall quality of the meat. Another trick we picked up is to liberally sprinkle the meat with black pepper.It really keeps the flies off.

Littman · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 25 Location: Fairfield, CT

Great article, but like Snake said: it would be interesting to find out more about the butchering and transport of the meat". I was surprise that only guides can help pack the meat. I shot a moose once 500yrds from a road. We were 15 guys dragging that thing out. By the time we got it to the tractor, we were all coughing up our guts. I see on ESPN, hunters dropping these HUGE moose in very remote and rough terrain. You never see the packing job that they have. How do you Alskan boys approach this?