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[On a call]

Guess it is more like....mmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


Heading up to AK in Sept. on a moose and other game hunt. Anythoughts on calling moose with an electronic caller ??? I have an FX-3 and thought about loading up a cow call.

Also...I can shoot a wolf too...any thoughts on calling wolf ?

Thanks Guys.

Edited by On a call, 25 July 2010 - 07:22 PM.

[ebbs]

Seems like something lighter you could keep in your hand without buttons to worry about would be better. Unless you're calling and your buddy is shooting.

[hassell]

On a call said:

Guess it is more like....mmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


Heading up to AK in Sept. on a moose and other game hunt. Anythoughts on calling moose with an electronic caller ??? I have an FX-3 and thought about loading up a cow call.

Also...I can shoot a wolf too...any thoughts on calling wolf ?

Thanks Guys.

Use a tin can and a string for a moose call, can't get much lighter than that, shoot the moose and sit on the gut pile, the wolves will come, hopefully not before the bears show up, Raven, Moose and Caribou calf distress for the caller for wolves, might have to fasten parts of the moose down or the wolves will take it all into the bush at night if theirs any hunting pressure on them!!!!

[On a call]

hassell said:

Use a tin can and a string for a moose call, can't get much lighter than that, shoot the moose and sit on the gut pile, the wolves will come, hopefully not before the bears show up, Raven, Moose and Caribou calf distress for the caller for wolves, might have to fasten parts of the moose down or the wolves will take it all into the bush at night if theirs any hunting pressure on them!!!!

Ok..this is the third time I have heard this tin can and string ???? Always thought it was joke..still do. Hassell Correct me if I am wrong..lol. Yes to the carried off bit. Last time I shoot a moose up there..we quartered it and had to leave it overnight. The next day a hind quater was missing...we found it 200 yards carried not dragged away. Also...still in perfect condittion.

I will tie it down and or sit on the gut pile for a day or so depending on situation.


Ebbs actually I was thinking of taking one of those rollable plastic cutting boards and use it as a megga phone....calling out...but that gets you out of breath after a bit. I will have my mouth calls and locators for the predators if I am out and see one.

Edited by On a call, 26 July 2010 - 07:41 AM.

[knapper]

I am not sure but I think eletrionic calls are not usable for moose, the can and string works so does using a mouth call.

[hassell]

[quote name='On a call']Ok..this is the third time I have heard this tin can and string ???? Always thought it was joke..still do. Hassell Correct me if I am wrong..lol. Yes to the carried off bit. Last time I shoot a moose up there..we quartered it and had to leave it overnight. The next day a hind quater was missing...we found it 200 yards carried not dragged away. Also...still in perfect condittion.

I will tie it down and or sit on the gut pile for a day or so depending on situation.

Cut the bottom off a 2 litre pop container, small traffic cone, theirs lots of things you can use, their so easy to call, we never used any commercial calls just our own vocals, find it some where on the net and practice grunting, sure the wife won't mind!!!!!!!!!!! If there wasn't any teeth marks in the hind that went missing then it was probably humans, Grizzly is the only thing that can pack a 1/4 but there should still be some scuff marks, don't know the kind of terrain you were in so am guessing. Make sure you check the regs. to see what your allowed to use for calls!!

[On a call]

There were a few scuff marks...and a trail that we followed....very much doubt it was human..but then ?? We were out way far in the bush. It did however seem odd that it was not chewed on too much...but there was a small section gone, perhaps 5 pounds of meat.

I will check the regs...hate to get in trouble .

Thought about taking what you suggested !!!!! Been there done it....I came up on a cow the day after I shoot my bull...she was moooooooaaaaaaannnning sooooo much I was like..wow she has it bad. Nothing like a deer bah bah bah....This cow went on for like two minutes or it seemed like it....then there was a wolf wolf not a couple hundred yards away....you know it...next day, took my buddy there...nothing.

Thanks guys ! looking forward to another experience.

ps....what is the string used for ????

[youngdon]

You tie it to a tree and unravel the ball back to camp and wait for the moose to tie his can to the other end... then you know where he is. Have a friend sell him some encyclopedias that'll keep him there till you show up with the gun.

[On a call]

YD.,,,ever think of becoming a stand up comedian ??? I had to laugh and had a chuckle.

I have read enough experiences now here and else where to know it take moose a long time to show up...not like a white tail...you call and 5 minutes or less...here comes a buck..if there was in hearing distance...seen it happen too many times and love to see it happen too.

Maybe I should try supper glue and a tracker string ??? 2000 yarder

[hassell]

On a call said:

There were a few scuff marks...and a trail that we followed....very much doubt it was human..but then ?? We were out way far in the bush. It did however seem odd that it was not chewed on too much...but there was a small section gone, perhaps 5 pounds of meat.

I will check the regs...hate to get in trouble .

Thought about taking what you suggested !!!!! Been there done it....I came up on a cow the day after I shoot my bull...she was moooooooaaaaaaannnning sooooo much I was like..wow she has it bad. Nothing like a deer bah bah bah....This cow went on for like two minutes or it seemed like it....then there was a wolf wolf not a couple hundred yards away....you know it...next day, took my buddy there...nothing.

Thanks guys ! looking forward to another experience.

ps....what is the string used for ????

You'd be bawling too if someone shot your suitor, its a big area up there and getting lucky could sometimes take days, What is the can for?

[On a call]

OH...I did not shoot her boy friend...and I never saw him. He might have been a son or daddy to the 50" er I had taken. The can I am guessing is for a honey bomb ??

There was one island that I hunted that was full of cows and yearlings. I was hunting the sand bar which was about 20 acers. Never did see bull there...but with all those cows I know he had to be there some where.

[On a call]

http://pictures.spri...o=true&wm=1Just wondering if this photo was loaded...My sons first buck 12 years old.

[hassell]

Nice Buck, how many years ago was that taken? Treestand!

[On a call]

Guess the photos will stay posted ?? good.

This buck was shot in 2007. My son and I were hunting the early youth season. I have a tree stand that is in a multiable trunked maple tree. I placed two tree stands facing each other about 25 feet up. Well the first day Hunter ( my son ) was sitting there getting chilled...dad, can we get down and have breakfast ??? this was at 10 am...I replied no...not yet. I got a phone call about 5 minutes later from my friend who had his son in another wood lot not far from us...he was wanting me to push deer to him...I told him...you do it for us. Just then I heard...crunch crunch..hung up the phone Hunter said..dad deer...I knew it and looked down this 10 point, a spike, and a few does came walking in. I told my son...you know what to do...it was like 5 yards from the tree. He drilled it perfect with a 20 gage sabot. The other deer bolted out of there...but this buck walked about 60 yards with its head hung low...bedded down and was dead.

So...yes tree stand.

[hassell]

On a call said:

Guess the photos will stay posted ?? good.

This buck was shot in 2007. My son and I were hunting the early youth season. I have a tree stand that is in a multiable trunked maple tree. I placed two tree stands facing each other about 25 feet up. Well the first day Hunter ( my son ) was sitting there getting chilled...dad, can we get down and have breakfast ??? this was at 10 am...I replied no...not yet. I got a phone call about 5 minutes later from my friend who had his son in another wood lot not far from us...he was wanting me to push deer to him...I told him...you do it for us. Just then I heard...crunch crunch..hung up the phone Hunter said..dad deer...I knew it and looked down this 10 point, a spike, and a few does came walking in. I told my son...you know what to do...it was like 5 yards from the tree. He drilled it perfect with a 20 gage sabot. The other deer bolted out of there...but this buck walked about 60 yards with its head hung low...bedded down and was dead.

So...yes tree stand.

Phone in a tree stand!! Don't tell me you also have hot and cold running water!!!!!!!

[On a call]

Do you remember our duck blinds lol

I do have some friends with some nice box blinds....but not us. We use lock ons larger one though.

We do however have cold running water.....when it is raining...warm in the summer

[lswoody]

On a call said:

Guess it is more like....mmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa


Heading up to AK in Sept. on a moose and other game hunt. Anythoughts on calling moose with an electronic caller ??? I have an FX-3 and thought about loading up a cow call.

Also...I can shoot a wolf too...any thoughts on calling wolf ?

Thanks Guys.

I am so jealous!!!!! Hunting moose is my dream hunt. Hope you have a good time and get a big moose and a wolf too.

[On a call]

Me too, but I know I will have a good time, an experience for sure !!!!!!!!!! I am getting packed.

[Tommy]

it carried off a quarter? could have been a skunk ape......

[On a call]

We had a trail cam set up...and here is what we caught on film......