Posted By: bigbore442001
Maine Moose Hunt 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 06/18/2015 2:43 PM
Hello All:
I got a message from a friend of mine in NH. He told me to call him. So I did and discovered my Dad was picked for a bull moose permit in zone 4 for the September hunt in Maine.
We are elated at this news. This zone is the biggest and most wilderness like with few camps in it. Also September is the rut so you can call them within close range to take.
I am a subpermittee on his permit.
The way the system works in New England for moose is that when you obtain a permit you also can designate what is known as a subpermittee. That person is allowed to hunt with the permit holder and can shoot the moose if the permit holder allows it.
Dad and have contacted a lodge in that part of Maine. This may be our last big hunt together sad to say. Dad is 77 and has some health issues. So roughing it in a remote tent camp is not going to happen.
Moose hunting in Maine has changed a great deal. In the past you had some time to get a guide or some other arrangements but now almost all of the guides and outfitters are booked up within 48 hours of the official drawing.
We ran into many brick walls because we waited an extra day or so to make any contacts.
To make a long story short we got ahold of a camp in that zone and they are putting us on what is called a stand by hunt. That means that on the first day we are on our own to call in a moose. As a rule other hunters tag out on the first day thus after the first hunter tags out that guide will come assist us in getting a moose.
The September 28th season is the best in the fact that they are in rut and you can call them in. The lady I spoke with guided someone last year and called in a bull to a hunter within 20 feet. When the love is in the air they let down their caution quite a bit. Her and her husband run a decent camp and we will have a well maintained camp with modern plumbing and hot meals. Dad said we need to have a good time. I am looking forward to this special and quality time with Dad.
Believe it or not an Indian friend taught me how to call moose. So for the first day I will do my best to bring in a bull for Dad. I did some practice but my wife gave me some evil looks so I will have to do this outside the house. Also I have a shoulder blade from my last hunt that I can use to rake bushes. It is the sound of antlers being rubbed and can get them excited about a challenger. I do have another trick I have to check out to see if it is legal to do in Maine. Maine forbids the use of decoys to hunt moose but I don't know about the antler trick. You can take a plywood cut out of moose antlers and hold them up. The trick is to cut them a bit small so a big bull thinks that a puny weakling is trying to get his cow. Kind of like using a jake decoy on a big boss gobbler. Again I have to call up Maine fish and game on this.
Dad plans to take his Remington M700 in 30-06. He has killed moose in Newfoundland before with the 30-06 and it worked very well. He did ask me about reduced loads as he doesn't deal with recoil very well any more.
I am planning to take one of the following:
1. TC Super 16 in 4570 . Gary had refinished this barrel and installed a muzzle brake. Believe it or not shooting the barrel isn't that bad. Kind of like a warmish 44 magnum. I am not sure what bullet and load combo I want to use. Last time I used a Nosler Partition 300 grain soft point( which is no longer made) and was not impressed by it. I am thinking of a Hornady 350 grain flat point loaded in the TC Contender.
2. TC Super 14 in 375 JDJ. Again the load I am not sure.
3. TC Encore 15 inch in 30-06. Maximum load for a 165 or 180 grain bullet.
4. TC Encore 16 inch 50 caliber muzzleloader.Max load of Blackhorn 209 with a 300 grain sabot round.
We spoke about a strategy. The plan is since we are going to call for moose is to set up a small blind and sit next to each other. When we see a good shot Dad said I have first crack. I told him that what we should do is shoot right after each other. So if I take the shot then immediately he shoots. Two shots in a moose should do the trick.
Moose normally don't react to being shot. It seems that they absorb the shot and when they run off and you see them stumble then you know you have it.
Well. We are pretty excited about this.
I got a message from a friend of mine in NH. He told me to call him. So I did and discovered my Dad was picked for a bull moose permit in zone 4 for the September hunt in Maine.
We are elated at this news. This zone is the biggest and most wilderness like with few camps in it. Also September is the rut so you can call them within close range to take.
I am a subpermittee on his permit.
The way the system works in New England for moose is that when you obtain a permit you also can designate what is known as a subpermittee. That person is allowed to hunt with the permit holder and can shoot the moose if the permit holder allows it.
Dad and have contacted a lodge in that part of Maine. This may be our last big hunt together sad to say. Dad is 77 and has some health issues. So roughing it in a remote tent camp is not going to happen.
Moose hunting in Maine has changed a great deal. In the past you had some time to get a guide or some other arrangements but now almost all of the guides and outfitters are booked up within 48 hours of the official drawing.
We ran into many brick walls because we waited an extra day or so to make any contacts.
To make a long story short we got ahold of a camp in that zone and they are putting us on what is called a stand by hunt. That means that on the first day we are on our own to call in a moose. As a rule other hunters tag out on the first day thus after the first hunter tags out that guide will come assist us in getting a moose.
The September 28th season is the best in the fact that they are in rut and you can call them in. The lady I spoke with guided someone last year and called in a bull to a hunter within 20 feet. When the love is in the air they let down their caution quite a bit. Her and her husband run a decent camp and we will have a well maintained camp with modern plumbing and hot meals. Dad said we need to have a good time. I am looking forward to this special and quality time with Dad.
Believe it or not an Indian friend taught me how to call moose. So for the first day I will do my best to bring in a bull for Dad. I did some practice but my wife gave me some evil looks so I will have to do this outside the house. Also I have a shoulder blade from my last hunt that I can use to rake bushes. It is the sound of antlers being rubbed and can get them excited about a challenger. I do have another trick I have to check out to see if it is legal to do in Maine. Maine forbids the use of decoys to hunt moose but I don't know about the antler trick. You can take a plywood cut out of moose antlers and hold them up. The trick is to cut them a bit small so a big bull thinks that a puny weakling is trying to get his cow. Kind of like using a jake decoy on a big boss gobbler. Again I have to call up Maine fish and game on this.
Dad plans to take his Remington M700 in 30-06. He has killed moose in Newfoundland before with the 30-06 and it worked very well. He did ask me about reduced loads as he doesn't deal with recoil very well any more.
I am planning to take one of the following:
1. TC Super 16 in 4570 . Gary had refinished this barrel and installed a muzzle brake. Believe it or not shooting the barrel isn't that bad. Kind of like a warmish 44 magnum. I am not sure what bullet and load combo I want to use. Last time I used a Nosler Partition 300 grain soft point( which is no longer made) and was not impressed by it. I am thinking of a Hornady 350 grain flat point loaded in the TC Contender.
2. TC Super 14 in 375 JDJ. Again the load I am not sure.
3. TC Encore 15 inch in 30-06. Maximum load for a 165 or 180 grain bullet.
4. TC Encore 16 inch 50 caliber muzzleloader.Max load of Blackhorn 209 with a 300 grain sabot round.
We spoke about a strategy. The plan is since we are going to call for moose is to set up a small blind and sit next to each other. When we see a good shot Dad said I have first crack. I told him that what we should do is shoot right after each other. So if I take the shot then immediately he shoots. Two shots in a moose should do the trick.
Moose normally don't react to being shot. It seems that they absorb the shot and when they run off and you see them stumble then you know you have it.
Well. We are pretty excited about this.
