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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: 180-GRAIN on June 14, 2009, 09:13:56 PM
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I was lucky enough to be drawn for moose in the 49 degrees north unit. Was wondering if anyone had any info on where to start looking for them. I,ve hunted turkey in that unit alot but have never seen moose so any info would help.
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Pretty much the entire unit holds moose. You just need to pick whether you want to shoot one close to a road or not or what your style of hunt is.
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I really hate road hunting so I will be getting out of the truck alot
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Get yourself a good current map and look for road closures. There are quite a few. Not as many as the Selkirk. You have tons of public land. You'll have a good hunt. On your scouting trips, pay more attention to terrain, logging, feed etc, and not worry about seeing moose. They are very nocturnal in teh summer. Look for moist areas.
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No hot spots, get in the mountains, glass cuts and learn to call.
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I will do that. If you were drawn in 49 degrees would you have any certain roads you would start your search on?
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Spend some time looking between Fourth of July Mountain/Little Calispell Peak and Calispell Peak.
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Your in for a quality hunt. I know of a bull I called in last year that was too small to shoot. I don't know how much they grow each year, but I bet he's still there. He had 4 cows and a little dejected bull with him. EZ to find, and nice camping area too.
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There is a little info in here ;)
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,12363.0.html
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Gee I wouldn't know where to start! :rolleyes: Is that a good tag to have BTW???
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Gee I wouldn't know where to start! :rolleyes: Is that a good tag to have BTW???
only a good tag if you like antlerless :chuckle:
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What if I want a bull with bigger balls than antlers??? :chuckle:
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What if I want a bull with bigger balls than antlers??? :chuckle:
I think it has happened before..... :chuckle:
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What if I want a bull with bigger balls than antlers??? :chuckle:
I may have to avoid you from now on :chuckle: :chuckle:
were you thinking of making a necklace out of them :dunno:
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Gletty Creek, just north of the Flowery Trail Road, has a BUNCH of moose and some really nice bulls.
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Bone got pics of a nice one there last year
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Is a nice one to Bone a big bull or what? I would like to get a bull in the 40-50 inch range, dont know if it will happen but I'm gonna try like hell!
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Get a good bike with a comfy seat and start riding tomorrow. :twocents:
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Get a good bike with a comfy seat and start riding tomorrow. :twocents:
What size engine?
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Peddle power Moss, peddle power!!!
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how about a quad, are they legal over there or is a bike the only way to go besides hoofin it.
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Peddle power 180, peddle power!!! :chuckle:
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Got a mountain bike to I will start training.
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Then rig your mountain bike up so you can hook a cart up to it to haul the animal out if you get one.
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Sounds like a good idea.
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Or call me and I'll bring the mules up and pack it out for you. :hello:
Gletty has some huge bulls in there.
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Sounds like a good idea.
Hey 180, look at the pictures of the game cart on my moose thread. I took my moose out in two trips plus the head. 482 lbs of meat. I was only a mile behind a gate is the reason I took two trips. 150 to 180 is very manageable. The game cart balances out very well.
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where did you get your cart PA BEN?
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Good luck up there 180. :drool:
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Thanks pathfinder.
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Too Funny Fred, I was going to recommend Gletty and over into the Winchester. Its been a while, but I jumped two bulls together in there in November... one was a 160+ bull...the other a 140ish... Beautiful moose country for SURE!
E
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Goddard Peak, Winchester Creek, Nine Bark Road, Power Peak, clearcuts at daylight and at dark that contain willow and ceonothus. You won't have any problem finding a moose but you have to be out there at primetime since they often bed down during most of the warmest part of the day. Watch for willows with the tops broken and hanging down and you'll know you are in moose country. Why, I even had a cow moose in my back yard 2 weeks ago in Kettle Falls, that was a first. They are just about everywhere here in the NE part of the state.
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Anyone know how the antler growth is right now. I want to start scouting but I want to be able to see what the bulls have to fully offer.
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At this point you would just want to be more interested in what logging is going on, roads that are gated etc. You are a long ways out from October and where they will be.
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Hard to see this time of year, there is a ton of food source everywhere, they dont have to be out in cuts to eat right now. alot of growth on the big bulls right now
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plus they are about 90% nocturnal. Though the temps are moderate, Moose HATE heat.
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except late in the year ;)
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Right on I will wait awhile. probably start scouting in august or september.
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I don't know about here but in AK we never saw very many Bulls till the first frost, then game on after that if the temp stay below freezing...
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where did you get your cart PA BEN?
I got the cart from Cabela's, and made the goose neck for the bike myself.
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which cart?
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Thanks pa im going to check into that cart looked very handy and helpful on your hunt.
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Man this is crap bought my tag two weeks ago and they did'nt send it to me yet! Anyone else having this problem?
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just call them tomorrow 180, I wouldnt worry.
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I just bought my sons (moose) a couple of days ago. Today the game dept called and said there was a missprint. They said they needed to call everyone and let them know that the fees will go up .50. So we had to void that check and write them another one. They also said they are a couple of weeks behind on getting the packets out to everyone but should see them soon. :dunno:
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I got a letter sent to me about all units where the moose are, lol pretty generic, waste of effort imho pretty much moose are in the woods :chuckle:
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I noticed in the regs it said moose tags were 109.50 but the game department charged me 110 so hopefully they charged me the right price. Sounds like I will have to break down and call them tommorrow.
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It's .50 and you have a moose tag in your pocket. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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Yep Shane that is what they told me they were waiting for, pamphlets from the fish and wildlife showing where to find moose.
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Went up scouting today off of highway 2. I did'nt see any moose but did see alot of tracks. I was pretty surprised I did not see any moose because it was a cool overcast day and all the other animals in the woods were moving sawabout a dozen deer, couple nice bucks. Also saw a bear and about 100 turkeys. The spot looks very promising for moose though so I think I will spend the first couple days of the season in that area.
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Here's one :) You have to use your imagination how big!
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi238.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff110%2Ftkswhanson%2FMDGC0248.jpg&hash=87cf5d10ad01834ea231f927827ef648f1430ff9)
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Thats a cool picture wish I could have atleast caught a glimpse of something like that but I guess it will have to wait until the next trip.
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"Yep Shane that is what they told me they were waiting for, pamphlets from the fish and wildlife showing where to find moose. "
Check out www.MooseAreHere.com. The moose update the site daily with their locations to assist hunters. :chuckle:
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180- Listen to Machias and another with info in the same area. great Moose in there. PM me when you get a chance and mayeb I can get out with you and scout the areas up there..... Many Moose in that drainage!!!!
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mooseare here . com.... How about just get out and hunt, whether you get one or not that is whats its about.... not going to the grocery store and getting aslab of mooose. :brew:
maybe too many after work beers
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I spent the week in Chewelah at my Mom and Dads. There's been some BIG BULLS seen this year in 49. Hotter then hell right now so there layed up in the timber during the day.
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Well moose down not the widest but nice overall. I will post story and pics soon.
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sweet
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CONGRATULATIONS :whoo:! That is good news. A great moose is a tagged moose. Looking forward to the story.
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nice job! waiting for the story :drool:
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Congrats!!!
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Pics please :)
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pictures? story? need help?
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Sorry it took so long, here's some pictures of my moose. Story and more pics to come.
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right on 180
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Nice job j
Mike
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Way cool rack!!!!!
Congrats!!!!
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good score...congrats
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Congrats 180! What did you think about the cutting up ? :tung:
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Man, guys are sure putting the smack down on the moose. Saw 2 yesterday at the taxidermist. One from canada the other from 49 degrees. Excellent job 180!!!!
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One was from 49 degrees north the other one was my idaho moose.
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Nice moose Jay, Congrats
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Nice job 180. :tup: Man the moose are really dropping now. AWSOME :whoo:
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good job 180! :drool:
met a fellow today in the local store looking for a cow to fill his disabled permit with, was looking in my car for my card to volunteer my help and he drove off, good luck to the guy. glad to see all the success stories posted here.
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Nice bull man, congrats!
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I tell you what shane even though there was three of us it was a ton of work cutting that beast up.
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quarters were quite heavy! I have been slowly chopping on him for 2 days!
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Well here is the story. First morning we started a little late got to our first hunting area about 8 am. We got out of the truck and walked a trail that enden up overlooking a big overgrown clearcut. We immediately noticed fresh tracks on the trail in front of us and followed them until they went into the brush. About 5 minutes later we heard a bull grunt down the hill in the clearcut, so we went back to where we had parked and noticed a old gated road that looked like it went out into the clearcut we heard the grunting in. We ended up walking out the road and got about 500 yards in on it and a little bull went running down the road in front of us. We watched him bed down in the clearcut and continued to the end of the road. When we came back by the clearcut 30 minutes later we spotted another bull coming up from the bottom of the clearcut, he was quite a bit bigger than the first bull we saw and he walked right below us on a old drag road and straight toward where we heard the first bull that morning. He hadnt been out of our sight for more than 20 minutes when we heard a cow start moaning and that was followed by the craziest sound I had ever heard hunting, it sounded like there was a 3000 pound pissed off pnr bull on steroids screaming just in the woods. We went down towards the moose but we could not find them, found a chewed up bull pit and lots of rubs all over though. Later that day we seen acow and another small bull but nothing that said shooter. Day 2 we were driving up flowery trail road in the morning and my dad spotted a young really wide bull in one of the swamps off the road, we watched him for a few minutes and decided he was to small. We hit our road and didnt go a mile and seen a big cow out in a clearcut. After watching her for awhile we drove on to check out a lake we had seen fresh tracks at the day before and we got the same result fresh tracks and no moose. We started up the hill to where the road ys and my brother in law spotted my moose standing in a opening about 80 yards off the road when I saw him I new he wasnt wide but something said shooter in my head so when he trotted off I ran after him and took a fifty yard shot hitting him right behind the shoulder. I knew it was a good shot because right when the bullet hit him a huge cloud of steam blew out he opened his mouth and nosedived into the groud. He rolled over a couple times but by the time I got up to him he was done and had only went 15 yards from where I had eventually shot him. This was a awsome hunt some of the coolest stuff happened that I will never forget, even though my moose wasnt the biggest in the state it is a trophy in my book and there are no regrets.
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Yep I know, yours looked a little heavier than mine but I got 537lbs of meat out of the deal.
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Great story and congratulations on a great bull!! :tup:
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Great story j,sounds like you had a great time and some good help along the way.
Mike
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Good job, man you guys are dropping them for sure..... Good eats for the year..
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Good job 180. Looks like a nice bull, love that rack. And getting your pick-up to him to boot. ;)
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A lot of character in those long tines! Congrats!
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Nice bull,Congrats! :tup:
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I enjoyed the hunting story. Congrats!!!
There are alot of moose these days. I used to hunt flowery trail road 10 years ago and didn't see any moose. Last year I saw 8 moose around Pend Oreille county.
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Great bull, great story. Congrats
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Very cool, congrats on a dandy Moose. Good story and nice Moose.
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Way to go. Some really nice moose hitting the dirt this year. :drool:
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Nice bull J.
LT
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congrats i love seeing all of these tags filled its great we all get to enjoy the hunt with the pics and storys
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Nice Bull J...More pics for "B" tents wall of fame!!!
Travis
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Definitly Travis none of the old farts can compete with this one, good to hear from you and LT.
