Congratulations Steve. I drew an either-sex tag in unit B1 several years ago. I don't know your unit but I can offer 3 tips:
1. Most NRs attend the mandatory moose hunting seminar right before the season opens, but I picked one in mid september and made it a long weekend, spending 1/2 day at the seminar (take your maps and make sure to talk with the main moose biologist, she was very helpful) and the rest of the long weekend driving the roads in my unit, doing some hiking, etc. I found an old logging raod during that trip which I eventually used during the season to access the area where I killed my bull. I also saw a nice bull chasing a cow.
2. Most moose you see before the season will be in the lower country, bogs, ponds, etc. but during the actual season, most of the moose are up in or very near the clearcuts that are 4-6 years old. I wasted the first 2 days of my hunt looking at old sign in the swamps and bogs where I had seen that big bull chasing a cow in September, but found moose once I moved up into the clearcuts.
3. The success photos on the game and fish web site list the units where the moose were killed, and the lists of successful hunters (with their home towns/states) are available - it shouldn't be too hard to look over these 2 items for the last 4-5 years and then contact the lucky hunters from your unit. My guess is that the NRs would be more likely to provide info on where to hunt, since they probably don't expect to return any time soon.
Good hunting and please remember us here after your hunt - we like photos and hunt stories....
Topic: I drew a New Hampshire Moose Tag! (Read 421 times)
