Sunday, November 1, 2009

Looking for moose

Well my daughter and I are getting over the flu we hope. We are both feeling better. I was well enough to get in the past day or so, but I stayed home to look after my daughter. I wouldn't let her go to Nan's house as I didn't want my mother to get the flu. Anyway she is feeling better and I am headed up tomorrow looking for a moose. My dogs will do a bit of complaining but I have put away the shotguns for the time being and will be out with the rifle.
The moose season runs until the first Saturday in January so I have lots of time. I have been out with my longbow and recurve but now I want the meat and hope to get a bull down so I can go back to getting my dogs out which is my big love outdoors. Don't get me wrong I love moose hunting but I miss my dogs. There is a big moose population here, actually we are supposed to have the densest population of moose in North Americ,a the problem is in getting one where you can deal with him especially when you hunt solo as I do. I hunt big lakes and then haul meat by boat or canoe.




The above pictures were taken within a half hour of each other. In one a caribou and calf are crossing and in the other a cow moose or calf are crossing. The photo's are a couple of years old. I intend to be at the same spot tomorrow at daylight. The way that I enjoy hunting moose and caribou mostly is through spot and stalk. I head in by canoe at daylight then if no animal is spotted I climb the hills and glass the surrounding countryside. You will see animals most days but the stalk is the challenge. If I didn't have the birdogs I would stick with the bow. I love hunting moose but love getting the dogs out more. Life is short the time that you can spend with a good dog is shorter still.

4 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear your daughter is ill. Hope the other women in the family don't catch it.

    It's been years since I've seen a moose, they're sort of scarce here in Indiana. :-)

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  2. Thanks Brigid. My little girl is fine. She is out and about today. I came home from moose hunting early. I am wiped. I am going to have wait and let this clear up completely before heading out again. If I got a moose down there is nothing I would be able to do with him.
    regards
    Dan

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  3. This is a superb blog. You are a man after my own heart.
    Great articles, great subjects, great country!

    Please keep up the writing.

    Regards,


    Scolopax.

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  4. Thank You very much Scolopax

    regards
    Dan

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