Montana Moose

[huntinwithmyboy]

I sure look forward to my or my boy's opportunity with a MT moose tag, if our luck ever strikes! Best luck Highground! I look forward to hearing about your hunt.

 

[Highground]

Well I spent last couple weekends driving around the unit with a couple short hikes. Snow drifts turned me around twice but I was able to drive all the way through (North to South) on one road and it is beautiful up there. Tons of huck bushes (without berries of course) and quite a bit of elk sign for sure. I saw two separate hound camps and a couple other parties who may have been just hiking and camping. It seems like the "Moosey" looking areas are all pretty small so far. The creek drainages don't seem to open up much anywhere so they are all pretty narrow and steep "ish". I guess Ive just not found the honey hole quite yet. I went and bought some cellular trail cams and tested them in my yard and they seemed to work good, but any area I thought looked good didn't have cell coverage. The cameras are still in my pack waiting for a place to be more useful. I should have just put them up and dealt with the sunk cost of not needing the cellular feature, but I'm one to step over a dollar to save a dime. Now I'll be spending that cash on diesel to go back next weekend. My wife is an accountant and NOT happy about the whole thing yet. In her defense I didn't really ease her into anything. Been gone every spare moment and spent every spare dollar since the results came out. I warned her when we met and long before she married me, that if I ever draw a Moose tag I'll probably disappear for a couple months. She understood at the time...but neither one of us thought I would actually ever draw. So here we are. I might be homeless, jobless and divorced by December. Anyone got a spot I can store a Moose mount until I get back on my feet should I be so lucky? Mostly joking

 

[Highground]

I drew a moose tag a few years ago and got great advice from Hunt Talkers. I didn't get a moose, but that's tnot Hunt Talk's fault. I just ran out of time. I split my 2 weeks into early October for rut and mid November for tracking snow. October was lovely, weather was warm, but the rut seemed to have run down. Tracking snow never showed up in November. I hunted 10-12 field days (not including travel time). Turns out I needed 13 to get a moose. I have seen moose the last two elk seasons, in that same unit. Go figure. Make it fun.
Also, LMK if you want a moose call. I have mine and am happy to send it to you.

Thanks for the offer Ben! Sent you a PM