Hangman moose tag...not so good

[huntnnw]

I know of a couple who hunted this unit and one is a member on here that ate tags not positive if he filled it in the last few days, but this unit isnt looking good and is the worst I have ever seen. A buddy of mine hunted over 40 days and never saw a shooter bull.. dinks and I hunted with him a few times and the bulls were not there. He had a stretch of 19 straight days of hunting without seeing an antler I spend alot of time on the mt as it is running cams,hunting and shed hunting and have not seen one good bull this year! I didnt even hear a moose grunt this year. No idea whats going on predators are not an issue here.

I only knew of the 1 bull posted here, a archer took one on private and 2 cows.

[boneaddict]

Wolves were working it pretty good the last couple years.  They came in that backside from Idaho.   I didn't bother to even take time off or buy a permit to go photograph this year.   Pretty sad.

[MooseZ25]

I have a buddy that can tell the same story about his Selkirk tag.   

[bearpaw]

I had the same experience in North Spokane, fewer and smaller moose this year than I've ever seen in that unit. My hunter hunted 7 days and he hunted with me for 6 days, so 13 days of hunting, the largest bull we saw was about 36ish inches. Killed a meat bull yesterday so he had meat for the freezer. Wolf tracks were seen in the snow when it snowed!

[huntnnw]

What's bad is I can glass into unit 5 in ID and find a lot of moose. Last year we saw 7 bulls in a clearcut and its a half mile from hangman border. Chris hunt in unit 4 is loaded with moose and there are wolves everywhere

[boneaddict]

They might just move them around.   I didn't see near the moose on that Idaho side last year.  I chaulked most of it up to the high winds I had when I was there, but I hadn't ruled out the wolf pressure either.   I also usually see a fair amount of elk which seemed to be absent as well.       I'd have to spend more time there to come to any conclusions.

[Dhoey07]

Talked with a guy yesterday down by mica with a cow tag still in his pocket.  I hope he got to notch it

[huntnnw]

On 2 trail cams I ran last year on ID side I had 22 different Bull elk.. I've seen a lone wolf track last year on border and that's been it in the last 10 years of hunting and scouting area.

[BULLBLASTER]

I also saw very few moose this year on mica. The elk seem to be doing well but moose are stuggling. Last year just over the border in idaho i was seeing moose like crazy.

[whacker1]

i know of someone that had a similar experience last year.  no big bulls spotted.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

I had the same experience in North Spokane, fewer and smaller moose this year than I've ever seen in that unit. My hunter hunted 7 days and he hunted with me for 6 days, so 13 days of hunting, the largest bull we saw was about 36ish inches. Killed a meat bull yesterday so he had meat for the freezer. Wolf tracks were seen in the snow when it snowed!

Guess you'd better change your ad then.  "Northeast Washington has produced some record book heads and there are plenty of big bulls to be found so there's no reason for anyone to shoot a small bull."

For the record, I saw three nice bulls together the first day of late deer season in Aladdin, one appeared to be over 50". Also saw lots of sign in other areas.  Seemed to be about the same amount of fresh sign as I've seen the last 4 years there.

[kentrek]

Not exactly the news I'd like to see, points option next year 

[Bob33]

Not exactly the news I'd like to see, points option next year 

What do you expect to gain by waiting?

[bobcat]

I think that's a great idea- everyone should only apply for a point next year.   

There just aren't enough moose to justify applying for a tag and potentially losing all your points. 

[kentrek]

Not sure, other moose threads seemed really positive but this makes a guy wonder if hunting will be be better in the future...once in a lifetime might as we'll wait for hunting to be good 

I think that's a great idea- everyone should only apply for a point next year.   

There just aren't enough moose to justify applying for a tag and potentially losing all your points.