September 22, 2019
Read MoreMoose Country 002
I got to experience that this week during a morning of moose calling with a friend of mine Travis Novitsky. We followed an old logging trail into moose country before sunrise. Started calling next to a clear cut overlooking a cedar and tamarack bog. It was such a calm morning that sounds traveled for great distances. My calls echoed across the opening. About fifteen minutes into calling we hear a moose crashing through the trees his antlers clanking on tree branches. We never were able to entice him out of the fog and soon there was silence.
Moose Calling
After taking pictures of the spider webs, we started calling again but weren’t expecting any action so we stood right out in the open and started talking to each other. I asked Travis if he would take a photo of me with the fog in the background. When finished he quickly pointed towards the pine trees behind me. I think he said something like “Moose” and I shouted back “What”. I hadn’t even noticed that a moose was working his way towards us walking right out of the fog. It was one awesome sight. The moose had been standing in the fog watching us. He came in completely silent. Not even snapping a twig.
Moose Country 003
We continued down the logging road and encounter an even larger bull in pursuit of a cow. They head for thick cover and that is the last we see of them. We tried calling but since he had the real thing he wasn’t about to answer my calls.
Just down the trail we try calling again. One more encounter with a bull crossing the road in front of us. This one might have been the same bull we saw earlier. He goes into the thick cover and lays down. Nether one of us are bold enough to walk into the woods to get any closer.
In two hours on this beautiful foggy fall morning we have encounters with five moose. Outdoor adventures don’t get much better than that. On average though it is one in about ten times calling that it turns out successful at calling one in.