Hi all, just finished making my first Birch Bark Moose Call last night. Not as tricky as I thought it might be. Harvested the Birch from a downed tree last weekend - hardest part was getting it off and softened. Nothing a couple of days soak in the creek couldn't fix. Found the deer scapula walking back from the trail camera check . . . guess someone didn't make it through the winter.
Anyway, the questions:
Have a Nov. LEH "Any Bull Moose" tag in eastern Zone 3.
1) Will they respond to calls in November [post rut -- my understanding is rut is end of Sept to first of Oct]?
2) Could there possibly be a 2nd rut around the first of November?
3) Will be back up scouting at the beginning of August and again in September -- would they respond to a test calling that early in the year?
The news I'm the most stoked about . . . one of the neighbours [we know] in the region offered to go with me on the hunt. He lives there year round and is a former trapper --- he knows where a few are hanging out.