Originally Posted by
Jelvis
-- I had the pleasure of sitting down at a round table discussion with thee top Ministry guys in the Loops at the time, PHD in conservation up the North Thompson and Kamloops region.
-- Clued all of us hunters and locals in on the moose rut time, we mostly thought October generally was thee time, butt no, senior biologist says, last week in September is hot and heavy for moose getting turned on and wanting to get it on real bad like.
-- Mature cows bred first, bred mostly all by October 7 then tapering down a bit and the young ones get attention as they come into heat later in the rut.
Jel -- Water ways are moose places, ponds, marshes - lil swamps etc. -- a moose needs to drink 2 gallons of water a day to be healthy -- mid Sept on 4 calling
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