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EvilAL

(1,437 posts) Sun Oct 6, 2013, 07:02 AM Oct 2013

Anyone go moose hunting?

The moose season for firearms starts in a couple of weeks here in Quebec. In the last 5 years I have been hunting moose in Quebec I have yet to shoot one myself. The way the law works is you need 2 tags per moose. So 2 people get together and go hunting and if one shoots, the 2 hunters have to tag the animal and you are done. I have never come home empty handed, just I haven't been the one to fire the shot. I had my son go take his course, (you can get licensed at 12 years old here, but you have to hunt with an adult hunter. He is allowed to shoot the moose though, just can't carry his own high powered rifle) so I don't need a partner this year. Every other year my partner has shot the moose, this year I hope it's different.
Anyone else go after the big boys?

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Anyone go moose hunting? (Original Post) EvilAL Oct 2013 OP

Not a whole lot of moose here in Texas. oneshooter Oct 2013 #1

hahah yeah I'd bet.. nt EvilAL Oct 2013 #4

I run a family ranch in Texas with lots of hunters but I have to agree no moose here. efhmc Oct 2013 #2

I figure the northeastern states would for sure. EvilAL Oct 2013 #3

Yes and NH and Montana, but Minnisota closed the 2013 season for lack of animals. efhmc Oct 2013 #6

There could be a lot of reasons I guess, EvilAL Oct 2013 #8

One of my hunting mags reported warming climate was an underlying cause. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #9

That would be my guess. efhmc Oct 2013 #10

I knew folks who did the moose tag lottery back when I lived in Maine. ManiacJoe Oct 2013 #5

Yeah, in New Brunswick they have the lottery EvilAL Oct 2013 #7

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)

1. Not a whole lot of moose here in Texas.

Reply to EvilAL (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 10:46 AM

Oct 2013

I believe the weather has something to do with it.

EvilAL

(1,437 posts)

4. hahah yeah I'd bet.. nt

Reply to oneshooter (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 01:08 PM

Oct 2013

efhmc

(14,992 posts)

2. I run a family ranch in Texas with lots of hunters but I have to agree no moose here.

Reply to EvilAL (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 10:55 AM

Oct 2013

What states do have moose season in US? Am curious to find out. Will google.

EvilAL

(1,437 posts)

3. I figure the northeastern states would for sure.

Reply to efhmc (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 01:07 PM

Oct 2013

I'm pretty sure Maine does, I'm only an hour or so from the border..

efhmc

(14,992 posts)

6. Yes and NH and Montana, but Minnisota closed the 2013 season for lack of animals.

Reply to EvilAL (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 01:53 PM

Oct 2013

Not sure why if disease, no food what?

EvilAL

(1,437 posts)

8. There could be a lot of reasons I guess,

Reply to efhmc (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 05:02 PM

Oct 2013

maybe they just got below the threshold for a good amount of moose to sustain the hunt. Could be disease too, if a lot of deer move in they have a parasite or something that kills the moose if they catch it, so a lot of moose may die or they leave the area when too many deer are around. I know it's like that for white-tail deer, not sure about other species..

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

9. One of my hunting mags reported warming climate was an underlying cause.

Reply to efhmc (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 07:34 AM

Oct 2013

efhmc

(14,992 posts)

10. That would be my guess.

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 11:15 AM

Oct 2013

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

5. I knew folks who did the moose tag lottery back when I lived in Maine.

Reply to EvilAL (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 01:52 PM

Oct 2013

My grandfather did it for many years; he got a moose at most only once. Only one tag needed, but recovering the moose was a team sport. Due to the volume of meat, lots of friends get gifts for their freezers.

EvilAL

(1,437 posts)

7. Yeah, in New Brunswick they have the lottery

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 04:56 PM

Oct 2013

as well. My cousin took 22 years to get picked to go.. In Quebec, in the zone I hunt in, they don't bother with that, they just require 2 hunters per moose, so everyone gets to go and they sell a lot of tags, but the amount of moose taken isn't as high. There is a lottery for the cow moose though, not everyone gets to shoot the females.

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