Post by: HillHound on June 19, 2025, 02:24:00 PM
He is super excited and I am just as excited. He drew with 11 points and wasn’t even on his radar of being a possibility. We were just hoping his 10 cow elk points would get him a tag, which they didn’t. And now we are glad so he can use all his free time away from work this fall hunting Moose. I got a 49degrees north bull in 2018 and My brother and I got moose on a self guided Alaska float hunt last year and we can’t believe we get to go moose hunting again! We thought it would be years before we even got to tag along on one. The plan is to be there the first week at least and then a couple long weekends followed by another week at the end if needed. We have shot deer and bear in the unit so we do know our way around some of it. But if anybody has any pointers they want to share or real time sightings during the season please send me a PM. I will update this post as we start our scouting trips. Good luck to all those OIL tag holders out there
Post by: greenhead_killer on June 19, 2025, 03:18:24 PM
Post by: hunter399 on June 19, 2025, 04:46:15 PM
My son drew an Early huckleberry any bull moose tag. :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL: :IBCOOL:Haven't done a lot of scouting this year myself
He is super excited and I am just as excited. He drew with 11 points and wasn’t even on his radar of being a possibility. We were just hoping his 10 cow elk points would get him a tag, which they didn’t. And now we are glad so he can use all his free time away from work this fall hunting Moose. I got a 49degrees north bull in 2018 and My brother and I got moose on a self guided Alaska float hunt last year and we can’t believe we get to go moose hunting again! We thought it would be years before we even got to tag along on one. The plan is to be there the first week at least and then a couple long weekends followed by another week at the end if needed. We have shot deer and bear in the unit so we do know our way around some of it. But if anybody has any pointers they want to share or real time sightings during the season please send me a PM. I will update this post as we start our scouting trips. Good luck to all those OIL tag holders out there
If I see anything during season,getting firewood,I'll hit ya with the coordinates.
Heck ya, congrats....goodluck!
Post by: HillHound on June 20, 2025, 02:20:48 AM
Post by: hunter399 on June 20, 2025, 05:17:52 AM
Thanks. I would appreciate that hunter399No big deal.
I've seen a few small bulls ,so far this year in your unit.
I haven't been in the unit this year ,as much as other years.
Was in 49 yesterday, fishing.
If I see a giant or something in your unit.I'll let ya know.👍
I fish now ,instead of trail cams .....lol
I go up there for firewood,target shooting,few things.
There has been an explosion of people up there.
Just a lot of peeps recreation. That's ok or whatever.
Usually hunting wise ,I'm not in the unit too much.
I can't walk far enough up there,to get away from everyone....lol
Post by: CJ1962 on June 20, 2025, 07:41:03 AM
Post by: HillHound on June 20, 2025, 02:14:44 PM
We got it paid for today over the phone to make sure to beat the price increase.
Post by: HillHound on June 22, 2025, 07:27:29 AM
All the planning, prep, and anticipation is almost as much fun as the actual moose hunt. We have a motorhome and a camp trailer that I am trying to decide which I should bring, or if I should bring both depending on how many people end up coming for Support. When I had my 2018 tag, I had found a guy that let me leave my camp trailer over there so I didn’t have to pull it back-and-forth for all of the scouting and hunting trips. He has since built a house and shop on the large gravel pad he let me park at so that is not an option anymore. We will probably drive the motorhome and the truck pulling the side-by-side each trip. If I can find somewhere or somebody that has a spot I could use or rent to store it between trips I may pull my trailer over there in August or September to go scouting as well as some bear hunting and archery deer hunting. Then leave it there to be picked up for future scouting trips and moose camp.
So if anybody has any leads in the Springdale,Chewelah, Addy area let me know. Looking for somewhere hopefully the tires will still be on it and the windows not broke out when we get back to it. I have a couple ideas on camping spots We have used in years past, but if anybody has any great ideas on that front, I would also be interested in case someone beats me to my first couple planned spots.
Thanks