Ontario moose hunting....suggestions?

[Izzy]

Dont forget Maine,New Hampshire and Vermont.Maine is your best bet but tough to draw.Its inexpensive if you draw and you could do it yourself with a timber company land use permit.Very tightly regulated, not for trophys but for overall healthy pops.This year is $55.00 for 10 chances in the lottery.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by RIVERWOLF:
Found Bud Dickson hunting web site .  www.budsqueticocountryhunts.com   There located in Atikokan Ont., off of 11   Good luck ! Wish i could afford a moose hunt up there .There are alot of moose in that area , alot !  >>>-------->RIVERWOLF

Dickson? I heard that name quite a bit while I was in Ontario. He's got the next bear concession over from the one controlled by the resort I hunted out of. He also runs moose hunts in Unit 11A, which is where we were hunting. Both resorts use a lot of the same guides.

[Hunter John]

Valentine the logic may seem odd but the system seems to work in most areas.I will give an example,7 of us hunt on 1000 acres,in the last 18 years the group has been skunked twice and we see moose every year.If memory is correct there has been 22 moose taken from that property,and I believe 12 or 13 have been calves.This area is at the southern limit of moose range in the province.Do some research and find a good outfitter and you will have a good hunt and if you don't want to shoot a calf you don't have to,but the first time you taste calf tenderloin you wont be infuriated any more.    

John

[B.O.D.]

John....LOL, you know it.
BD

[hunt it]

MWM- For Manitoba look up Lambleys Hunts From The Heart. Run by a good guy from Nebraska, Jason Lambley. Jason is no stranger to trad hunters/hunting. His brother Brice is a regular contributor to TBM and the whole family has been involved with trad hunting/shooting for many years. Jason bought this outfit about five maybe six years ago. His moose guides are top notch guys that I have hunted with many times. If you hunt with him try and line up Larry Courville or Bobby Wodzics as your guide, both of these guys are trad shooters and moose killers/guides extrodinaire.

Valentine - sorry you don't agree but our bioligists that look after this program say and know it does. If we were to say give everyone an adult tag you would have no calves and no adults! As John mentioned his gang takes a fair number of calves, I will bet they are gun hunting that property. Big groups are the ones that take the calves the majority of times. Now since we are talking on an archery  forum here, bowhunting for moose, I and no one in my party has ever had the chance to even release an arrow on a calf. 99.9% of bowhunts for moose take place during rut. We call the bull moose in, I have never ever seen a calf respond or come in to a call NEVER. No bowhunter that I know has ever had this happen so it's not a concern. The number of calves taken as I stated early is small compared to adult moose. The system works I can assure you. So again I will have to disagree with your logic on this one. Please don't take it personal!!! I'm just stating it how it is and that it works for us.

[bvalentine002]

I'm here to learn. I'm learning. I don't take much personally. Especially on the web! This all gives me other perspectives to discuss with my hunting buddies.
-Brett

[Hunter John]

Dave is correct in that we rifle hunt the property,I gave the numbers to illustrate that even by taking calves from the herd we are by no means harming the population.As previously stated we have to apply in a lottery to recieve an adult moose tag,sucsess in the draw is normally every second to third year.If we recieve a bull tag we will selectively hunt bulls,normally by calling and the calves are left alone.If we recieve a cow tag we will hunt them selectively and if she has a calf with her it will also be taken.If we recieve no adult tags we will take a calf if given the oportunity.We do not continue hunting after we have taken a moose as we want to ensure that there will be more for next year,even though we all have calf tags we do not try to fill them all.one moose even a calf is plenty for 7 hunters.

John

[canadian]

No shortage of moose up here in Thunder Bay.

[nel]

All my moose hunting has beem in Ontario (must be cuz I live here) and have never seen anything other than bulls while bowhunting. And we have seen quite a few...every year we have seen bulls that would at least meet minimum Pope & Young (if you care about that sort of thing) and some years we have seen some truly big Canadian Moose.

My last close call I was on my knees behind a bush 6 feet from a monster who I thought was going to start raking me and my poor little bush...he had gouges on his shoulders from sparring...I got a real good look at him.

We hunt in areas that have had some of the problems mentioned above (natives shooting them whenever they want and off logging roads) but if you're willing to get off the beaten track you can certainly find nice bulls...

[RIVERWOLF]

Same guy Jason,great outfitter & great group of people @ canoe canada also ! If you doubt the numbers of moose in Ontario take a drive on the north shore of lake superior on 17 or 11 early morning or late evening , DRIVE SLOW ,and alert !If i could fig. pics on here i have some from last trip North , late may BIG MOOSE !  >>>--------->RIVERWOLF

[BrianC]

CMR,
Look up the webiste, "heritagewhitetail.com"  Get in contact with Charlie and ask him about Rick and Bud Dickson.  They should be able to help you out.  5 of us did a whitetail bowhunt with Charlie last October and we had a blast.  The Dickson's live up by Waa Waa, Ontario and are first class guys, great outdoorsman and guides.  They were some of the most interesting outdoorsman I've talked too.  They should be able to hook you up.

Brian

[bushwood]

CMR,
 I have hunted with the same guy for over 10 years for both Moose and Bear in Nipigon. Let me say that I have not hunted with a more seasoned outdoorsmen anywhere else in the world and his hunts are one on one. He takes three archers a year and and he was two for three last year with traditional hunters. Let me say that as a side note, he called in six different bulls well inside bow range over that three week period. His name is Bob Bearman and he can be reached at 807-887-3801. They don't come any better!