shootm 1/3rd up and 1/3rd back. STAY AWAY from shoulder and leg bones! Puttm in the boiler they wont go far.
look up love thunder and bull 1 and 2..you'll find most everything you need to know about how to call on there...there is some better canadian made ones I've heard but I dont know the details of them.
Moose have a tenacity of dying in water...a comealong if you have room isnt a bad idea to have. Or atleast a pair of chest waders would be a good idear, atleast one person just in case.
Call late at nite before you leave your stand or area, or even in the middle of the nite....cow call and do some raking, it can work wonders...a oil can on a stick with some duct tape makes one helluva moose (and elk) brush thrasher..to tone it down you can cut the can in half or wrap it in duct tape. I like it loud so I just cut an inch off the bottom or so.
Be patient..moose are in no hurry to go anywhere..but they WILL travel long distances to get there. A megaphone style call isnt bad to have if you suspect the animals are a long ways off.
Dont over call, like anything else, they'll have the tree you're sitting under pegged real quick. Call when they stop, shut up when they're coming.
There's basically two kinds of grunts, one supposidly is a challenge grunt...more like a UHH UHH...and the one they make while they are coming in...owhaa owhaaa... A cow call is simple but I aint even going to try and type it lol. They'll come to chopping wood, chain saws running and a host of other things...so it doenst have to be perfect.
Tone the calling down when they get close...bulls have HUGE megaphones on their heads. I over call way to much in heavy hunted areas. Where we guided at in the bush I'm sure you can over call but man alive they liked everything you threw out once they started responding to calling.
If it's hot and they are quite, find ponds and sneak in on them...maybe even set up on the edges and do some calling...ponds or marshy areas..just remember THEY WILL DIE in the water LOL!
A tip on taking care of a moose.
Dont gut them first, cuttm down the back from the tail too the neck. Take off both quarters and the strap, and if you want to bone the neck out start nocking it loose as best you can..then roll the beast over and do the same on the other side, take the other two quarters, strap the rest of the neck...THEN gut and get your flank meat, rib meat and tenderloins. They are big animals...man handling them isnt quite what you'd expect..so instead of trying to tie this up, hold this over here and have someone pull on this over there..this is the EASIEST and most complete method of doing it...a good tarp or two is nice to have, to put meat on as it comes off before bagging and or to roll the carcass over onto before gutting. I typically just roll it over back onto the hide...you will however get a bit of hair on things this way it does work well though. So bring a tarp for rolling it over and wamo you'll have some nice clean meat and an easy gutting job.
There's many ways to skin the cat...this is just one that has worked well for me. I hope it makes sense lol
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