Arctic’s 7-25 Moose Draw 2023

[Arctic Lake]

Unbelievable ! My buddy and I drew an LEH Bull Moose for 7-25 . We had this draw years ago and posted a thread but can’t find it to check out what you fellas had to say about locations ? We did not get a moose and only saw one taken and never saw any others except for one cow . I think we went the first week of October maybe we should have went the second week .

As when I hunted moose just North of Prince George always went the second week of October and did well .

I know about rut hunting and I’m a successful moose caller .

We hunted near Cripple Lake off the Germansen Road that previous draw .

I’m looking for help as to what area in 7-25 do you think would be our best shot ,pardon the pun !

So any help would be greatly appreciated and good luck to all of you this season !

Arctic Lake

[kevingm1987]

Don't know anything about the area, but around that PG line of latitude, I always liked oct 4-14, been good to me and the group I hunt with. You will deal with the Thanksgiving long weekend warriors but that's just part of the game.

Good luck

[Arctic Lake]

I tried a search to try and find the thread I had a few years ago on 7-25 but no luck . I had quite a few replies from fellas with suggestions on what parts of 7-25 might be good , but as mentioned I can’t find it .
Arctic Lake

[Arctic Lake]

If anyone would care to help out on what area in 7-25 would be best , it would be greatly appreciated ! As mentioned when we got the draw a few years ago we hunted East of Cripple Lake and only saw 2 moose .
Arctic Lake

[MissKona]

Hey there, we got the same shared hunt. Been an amazing area for the family over the years. Just know your timing. Pull the average weather charter for last few years. You’ll find temp drops to 0 on average Oct 6-9 over last five years. Know your boundaries if your on the 6-6 side of 7-25 as cummingham fsr is just a guideline not actual boundary. Good luck to on your hunt.

[Arctic Lake]

Miss Kona . Do you usually go on those dates listed ? Any info you would like to share I’m listening as this will only be our second time there . Last time was quite a few years ago . We were on the East side of Cripple Lake
Arctic Lake

Hey there, we got the same shared hunt. Been an amazing area for the family over the years. Just know your timing. Pull the average weather charter for last few years. You’ll find temp drops to 0 on average Oct 6-9 over last five years. Know your boundaries if your on the 6-6 side of 7-25 as cummingham fsr is just a guideline not actual boundary. Good luck to on your hunt.

[MissKona]

Go to wunderground.com type in Fort st James and you can get past weather, just know that it is actually PG Airport weather station. It gives a good measure of past. Cripple lake is further than us. We’re on other side of Stuart lake bordering with 6-6 area. Warmer weather seems to stay later and later into fall. Our goal is to up there just before that shift in weather. Cheers

[Arctic Lake]

To all you fellas who have viewed this thread . I used to always hunt an hour North of Prince George for moose . Always went the week of Thanksgiving and did well when cow calling for a bull . Went a week earlier twice and nothing .

Peak rut is last 2 weeks of September 1 st 2 weeks of October

If I’m now going to be hunting West of Prince George but basically on the same line of latitude the dates should be good as well ?
I love moose hunting and we would really like to connect this year . I’m not getting any younger !
Arctic Lake

[HappyJack]

Should be perfect timing, 50+ years of moose hunting experience up there says so.

[moosinaround]

Shot many mooose last week of Sept, first week of Oct. Last year we had moose calling back Sept 25, shot Oct 4. We worked the same moose in the same area for 3 days before we killed him. First light cow call, 30 seconds later dead moose. I have shot moose earlier, and I have shot moose later, but most have been in that 2 week period from last week of sept to end of first week Oct. This is observations from over 30 yrs of moose hunting in Northern BC. before the stupid LEH up in the Peace, if we didnt get a local LEH around PG, we would go up north and bag a 2, 3, or10 moose the last week of Sept, till the rut closure! Moosin