Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    I have been putting in for Maines Moose hunt the last couple of
    years myself and no luck also. I put in for N.H. last year and more
    of the same luck. A friend of mine goes up to Canada every couple
    of years for Moose. In Canada an alien has to have a guide and there
    are no exceptions except for Canadian residents. He told me the
    last time he went it was not as good as it was 10 years ago. He
    uses a 30/06. 

    A fellow I know won a permit a couple of years back.  It ended up
    costing him about 5,000 dollars after: refitting truck (springs,
    winches, etc), buying a freezer, a VCR and VCR Camera, taxidermy
    fees, butchering fees, licenses/permits, camp rental, etc..  I watched
    the video they made and it was pretty good.  They showed stuff like
    getting stuck in the mud, scouting the day before, bird hunting
    the day before, shooting the moose that they picked out the day
    before (a real "ready, aim, fire" experience), field dressing the
    moose, getting the moose on the back of the ruggedized truck, checking
    it in, showing the kids, and finally bringing it to the taxidermist.
    Definitely not the glamor associated with the professional hunting
    videos.
    Not sure on the hardware used.  I think one of the guns was an .06
    yeah, forgot to mention it but both guys unloaded on the moose at
    the same time so that both could claim that they killed it!  8^)
    Some might take offense to this but I have to admit it was the cleanest
    kill I've ever seen on any animal.
    They were quite a distance from a road and the winch on the truck
    was worth its weight in gold.
    

     I went moose hunting this past fall in Quebec. I didn't need a
    guide however I did get one. There were a lot of moose but luck
    was not with us. The weather was against us all week. It was my
    first time doing a guided hunt and found there are definitely pros
    and cons to it. I'm going back next fall but this time I'm doing
    it on my own. I use a bow & arrow (High Country 75lb W/ Thunder
    Head 125 Broadheads on 2213 xx75 arrows) and am very confident it
    will do the job very effectively. For the person who thinks shooting
    a moose is like shooting a cow in the field you have a suprise comming.
    they are not that stupid animal a lot of people try to make them
    out to be. The best sugestion I will give you is DON"T buy a freezer
    until you have the moose.
     

    John,
      Moose hunting up here in northern Ontario is pretty good if
    you can find a place where there aren't many hunters. Unfortunatly
    there are not that many public places to go that don't have a
    hunter on every rock and behind every tree. Your best bet is to
    find someone who owns some land and get in with them, or pay
    the bucks and go on a guided fly-in hunt.
    
      I'm not sure what permit costs and restrictions apply to you
    "south of the border" types, but I'll look it up tonight and
    let you know.
    
    
    Your Canadian connection,
    Jamie 

    Sory about the delay, I was off ice fishing on my favorite pond
    for the last four day's.
    
    A non resident moose tag is $200.00 Canadian
    
    Non residents must be accompanied by one licensed guide for each
    two hunters when hunting deer or moose in the Territorial District
    of Rainy River. In other parts of Ontario, the use of local guides
    is not mandatory.
    
    I hope this info. helps.
    
    Your Canadian Connection,
    Jamie
    

    A good buddy of mine will be journeying to Alaska in the next year
    or two for a crack at a moose.  Needless to say, he's somewhat
    excited about the prospect.  He's been trying to read up on
    moose hunting and hasn't been very successful in finding anything
    written about moose hunting.  Can anyone help him out?
    
    Does anyone know of any good books, magazines, etc. that he might
    read?  Also, any suggestions in this conference would be appreciated.
    I should be able to tell him information of this nature without
    violating any company policies.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Jerry

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                            -< Alaskan Meese, anyone? >-

    Jerry,

	I have a good friend that lives up there just here visiting me
	for a week.  He has bagged a couple of moose up there, and vows
	to never do it again.  I had the same desire to hunt moose up 
	there as your friend until Bill told me about his experiences.
	Up there you have to get way into the back country.  This will
	be by horse, foot, or go upstream in a boat.  No back country
	roads to speak of.  If your friend has ~ $2000 - $3000 to spend
	on the hunt, no problem, guides will do all the work, provide
	horses, etc.  Bill said that, that is the only way to go.  He
	did the hike in hunts.  Finding and bagging one was a piece of
	cake.  Getting it 12 miles out of the back country was a major
	weeks worth of work.  Then you have the bear problem, if you
	don't get it all out asap, its history.  He reports that the
	river hunts are the best to book.  Good odds of getting a bear
	on one of those hunts too.  He reports that in most back country
	hunts that two animals might have to be killed, one for the
	hunter and one for the bears.  He will need major firepower
	for protection, .44 mag min.  I have a bunch of info coming to
	me concerning hunting and fishing Alaska, as I plan to take
	a fishing trip this year and a hunt trip in two years.  Drop
	me a VAX mail note and I'll copy some of the stuff to you.

	Gordon