Calling Moose under 20 paces

[Mooseman]

Hunting with a trad. bow things have to be sooooo darn close to get a high percentage shot.
How cose do you moose hunters out there call them in on a regular basis and how do you do it?

Here a cow that came in closer then I expecte.

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[PGKris]

If that was me in that pic, there would be a small puddle forming between my legs! That's close man!
To get the big bulls in close I use a small bull grunt and direct it behind me.

[Mooseman]

That bull was just out of range at 40 paces

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/MoosemanBC/cap002.jpg

[bwhnter]

My closest bull was shot @ 8 ft. I didn't even use the sights on my compound I just drew back and looked down the arrow.

[guntech]

A friend of mine, a rifle hunter, called one to his truck two years ago and he has a picture taken from the drivers seat of a nice bull moose looking in the passenger window. He had a broken leg that year and had already called one close and shot it... this one was called in for the fun of it.

He gets moose every year.....

[moosecaller]

Most of the moose that I have called in over the past few years have been as close as 4-5 paces up to 20 or so. The little bull I called in for the girlfriend this past season was 15 paces before she shot and he was coming closer but she was getting nervous. I took my (non-believer) neighbour out a few years back and it was 5 mins. after we arrived at the spot he shot a bull at 6 paces. It takes a few (lots) years of practice and lots of calling and listening to get it down right. I have been calling for 30 years and I still am learning new things every season. Also I hunt spots where most people drive right by as it does not look "moosie" enough for them I guess, but I score every year so I must be doing something right.

[youngfellla]

Moosecaller, what do you use for a call?

I've got a homemade birchbark call that seems to do the trick for me.:grin:

[marcus44]

I havent called any moose in hunting... But I have been "fishing" with moose on 2 seperate occasions. 1st was walking into a lil pond and seeing 5 moose across it about 50 yrds or so. The 2nd was fishing in my belly boat and having a cow and calf moose walk out into the water to within 20 yrds of me.

I have also walked up on a number of moose while deer hunting, the most recent being this past yr when I was walking I heard a bull calling and crashing in the bush near where I was, couldnt get a good look at him, only flashes but was within 30 yrds of him to.

[moosecaller]

I use an old highway safety cone with the bottom base cut off, it is about a foot long and is vertually indestructable. I have had this one for 25 years or so. It works much better than a birch one as I don't have to replace it every year due to wear. The cone gives a slightly better sounds because the wall thickness is heavier than birch.

[talver]

Hunting in 7B during the rut I have called in moose to within 20 paces but that antler restiction let most of them walk. I get more of a rush calling them in then dropping them because after you drop a bull moose the work begins. I use a couple things like a moose shoulder blade bone, brich bark horn, I have had the best result using a combination of these two things to get the big bulls out. PS I am not in favor of the antler restriction in 7B I think it should be like region 6

[Brambles]

I've called 2 bull moose within a few feet with a elk bugle and cow call of all things. Both these areas were low moose populated areas so they were just probably lonely.

[moosecaller]

That's weird I called in a bull elk while calling moose out on the beaver road here. He was squealing up a storm and grunting like crazy all over my moose call. I also had a bull moose on the other side of road at the same time both were racking the bush and getting each other all worked up with me in the middle.

[moose hunter]

i dont like to get this close im one of the unfortunate that has been charged before out ventures bend for all u pg guys thats the place to go for big bull moose every time u call 2 will come in i garuntee, btw where did u see the bull elk i want to take one this year where is beaver rd?

[Tuffcity]

My hunting partner & I usually use a tag-team approach. I'll cow call and if I get a response he'll be off to one side and will bull grunt- really annoys the real bull. :) The closest I've been was 7 yrds from a nice bull but with the 3 brow tine rule I had to let him walk. My hunting partner arrowed a 47" at 3 yds this past fall.

All calling is done with hands and mouth.

RC

[30-06]

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