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Moose Hunting
The most common method of hunting Moose are stand hunting near a well used trail, and spot and stalk.
Those methods are often combined with calling. When mastered, calling in a bull moose will prove very efficint and
most exciting. During the rut, mare-in-heat urine is also used to bring in rutting bulls during th e coldest days of
the hunting season.
Calling Tecniques
When calling, call every ten minutes(if you dont get an answer) with the vast majority of calls imitating
the cow bawl. It resembles a domestic cow bellow, but using an "URRRR" instead of "MOO". It should be as loud
or lower than dometic cow.
How To Tell if a Bull is Coming
Generally, you'll hear a short nasal, throaty grunt, sometimes alone or more often a grunt every few seconds
all in to you. A bull(or any male of that matter)will come faster and more directly to a hot date to a fight.
Bulls will sometimes circle to pick up a scent and "size up" a rival. A receptive cow bawling out
her pent- up sexuality is all a bull has to hear to convince him attendance is required.
Deer Hunting
Stand Placement
Almost any stand, if used at the right time, will work. The ideal location for most tree
stands, however, is downwind of a trail or cover and 12 to 20 feet(3.6 to 6 m) off the ground. Thos gives you the best
chance for a shot at unsuspecting quarry. Look for a tree that gives you background cover and unobstructed shooting.
Make sure all steps or branches and the stand are more than adequate to support youe weight.
If you chhose to select a traditional ground stand, take a few minutes to clear away debris that
might crackle underfoot when you shift your weight. Snug up against a tree, to break up your outline, but be careful
that it doesn't severely restrict movements. Pick a spot near the crest of a ridge when the sun and air currents
rise, then shift to a lower stand in the evening when air currents flow down the slope.
Calling
Deer calling invloves imitating deer vocalizations or other sounds that attract deer. For
hunter's, this translates to grunts, bleats, blows, and antler rattlign. Such sounds can be used to seperately or in
combination. Different circumstances will require different tactics. All deer can be lured by calls, but bucks
seem to respond best.
The bleat, the distress call of a doe or young deer, is exception. Any deer might check
it out at any time of the year. Bleating can vary from loud and repetitive to soft and sporadic.
If you spook a deer, try to blow, especially if the deer blows first. Sometimes a deer
will come to ssee what you are. Like bleats, blowing can work any time.
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