Is it just me; or are you seeing less moose around PG?

[emerson]

Usually see wrong sex, wrong age, wrong etc. but
still animals around. Only saw 1 so far this year,day before opening
and too many points for GOS.

[Little Red Man]

Got a draw there for any bull last year and hunted ass off for about 10 days. Called in only two, with no shot, and saw only one downed by some lucky road hunter who got to his moose about 30 seconds before we did. Buddy lives there, and hunts the area to the west quite a bit, and he has certainly noticed a drop in numbers......

[Whonnock Boy]

Popcorn poppin'.... :-D

[warnniklz]

was out one weekend... seen 2 two points, a big guy, and one near the university... wasn't packing a tag and it was smoking hot out.

[moosinaround]

Haven't seen very many myself. Pretty poor year for moose up around PG. Looks like the cariboo is the place to go for moose!! I hear moose are falling like cattle to the slaughter up around 5-02 country! Moosin

[3006pg]

thats why its called hunting not grocery shopping!

[moosinaround]

thats why its called hunting not grocery shopping!
Hey that's my line!! Please retract that comment, as I have a copyright on it. Failure to retract that copyrighted comment may result in litigation in my kangaroo court!!!;). Moosin

[The Dawg]

Hey that's my line!! Please retract that comment, as I have a copyright on it. Failure to retract that copyrighted comment may result in litigation in my kangaroo court!!!;). Moosin

That reminds me, I haven't been threatened with that lately...time to stir it up a bit! :D

[swampthing]

I leave pg when I go moose huntin. The only ones I see are the ones that live in my yard!

[warnniklz]

Isn't that funny how that works(this is a generality in all hunting that I see). Guy from the coast head to the interior and the interior people head up to the Omineca/Peace region.

[Dhegg]

I've been lucky enough this year to draw bull LEH in 7-15. I've been out as much as I can and have seen a lot of cow and some calf but have yet to spot my bull. Sounds like above the university is the place to sneak into with my bow. i'll be giving that a shot over the long weekend.

[Wade]

My hunting partner and I got extremely lucky this year. We stopped our quads on the road to glass over a valley, and noticed a 2x3 bull was walking up the road toward us at about 120 yards away. And the rest is histoy

[LYKTOHUNT]

I would agree, seems like less sightings in the area of 5-2 where we hunt, we did manage to get a couple but it was not easy and what we are noticing is if we see cows, there are no calves.
Something that interested me was the amount of Grizzlies we saw,actually more than moose, I have hunted that same area for about 30 years and was used to seeing Grizz maybe one every other year but this year we sighted 8 different Grizz in a one week time frame and only two black bears.

[BlacktailStalker]

How many people who comment on the moose numbers actively hunt wolves all winter ? Just curious.

[GoatGuy]

Inventory work conducted shows several moose populations in Regions 5 and 7a are down between 50 and 70%. Shouldn't come as a surprise if hunters aren't seeing as many moose.

[LYKTOHUNT]

How many people who comment on the moose numbers actively hunt wolves all winter ? Just curious. Well I cannot say I actively hunt wolves all winter there, but I have hunted and shot them there and have bought a snow machine last year to try to hunt them more this year

[bigmuley]

one word.....wolves..

[LYKTOHUNT]

one word.....wolves.. Two words.... wolves ... bears

[Jelvis]

3 words .. wolves..bears..cougars

[Cyrus]

3 words....shut it down.....to everyone!

[GoatGuy]

3 words .. wolves..bears..cougars
4 words: Rational to support that?

[Jelvis]

4 words .. wolf -- bear -- cougar -- ticks

[Jelvis]

Cyrus -- shut it down to everyone, -- is 5 words -- not 3

[Salty]

word...........

[billjc33]

Lots of words wolves, grizz, blackbears, ticks, quads, access, cameras, equipment(guns scopes bino's), amount of people learning to call, Internet!!!! And most of all calf season

[Cyrus]

Lots of words wolves, grizz, blackbears, ticks, quads, access, cameras, equipment(guns scopes bino's), amount of people learning to call, Internet!!!! And most of all calf season

why they still have a calf season is beyond me...kill em off before they can grow and breed...likely just about dollars and cents than sense....

[GoatGuy]

So in about 3-5 years you had a 50-70% decline; let's go through the variables.

Grizzly bears: considered stable to increasing, slow growing species, can sustain harvest rate ~5%
Black bears: considered stable and have been lightly hunted for about 30 years, can sustain a harvest rate of ~10%
Regulated hunter harvest: consistent and managed through LEH ----- checks off quads, access, cameras, equipment, people learning to call, internet
Calf Season: has been going on in 7a for over 30 years SUSTAINABLY and there is no calf season in Region 5, which has seen the same population declines
Unregulated harvest (poaching and First Nations): unknown - quads/access could be contributory
Wolf population: expanding and growing at a rapid rate. Can sustain harvest rates between 50-70% without affecting population.
Salvage logging: can increase predation risk, reduces thermal cover and can increase hunter mortality, although regulated hunting is controlled

Just a few things to consider when forming 'opinions'.

[GoatGuy]

why they still have a calf season is beyond me...kill em off before they can grow and breed...likely just about dollars and cents than sense....
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=52

[reach]

I leave pg when I go moose huntin. The only ones I see are the ones that live in my yard!
No kidding. Just got back from walking the dog and there was a cow with two calves in my front yard :D Chances of that happening tomorrow, when calf season is open? Approximately nil.

[The Dawg]

Wonder if that's the set that was at Shane's house this morning

[warnniklz]

went for a drive during the last 2 hours tonight and seen a cow and a calf... only a day early...

[Bushy]

Seen 13 in 7 days, no shooters as no leh.

No wolf sign unlike last year where there were tons!

[aggiehunter]

they say theres some wolves in that country..yup..must be them furry moose eaters...funny after hitting it hit hard for 8 days in the bowonly Moose in Region 6 the only wolves we saw were driving new ford pickups with Canucks stickers on 'em...day and night...

[BCrams]

goatguy

Calf Season: has been going on in 7a for over 30 years SUSTAINABLY and there is no calf season in Region 5, which has seen the same population declines




Did the reg 7a BCWF guys miss the memo on this?? And that calf harvest is insignificant (<3%)

heard a rumour about changes they supported regarding calf season.

[brutus]

lol seen the same ford pick up with canucks stickers driving day and night on my wife 6-08 leh draw,did see lots of dog signs,could not tell you if average for that area as i had never been before,lots of moose left in there they just stay in the thick shit away from the road,well about a 150 yard of so lol