New Hampshire Moose

[Kevin Root]

Congratulations Zim. 780 pounds sounds like enough meat to fill your freezer up for a while. Those moose sure are big animals and it sounds like the heavy work started right after he hit the ground. Have a safe trip back home.

 

[BKC]

Good job on a great bull ! Someday I hope to be lucky enough to get a moose tag in my home state of Colo. Congrats!!

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Nice moose Zim!



If you got it, flaunt it, IKIC.

Hahahahhahahahaha

 

[sjsmallfield]

Great bull Zim. Congrats on a tough hunt. I can't wait to hunt moose some day.

 

[Zim]

This is how we ended up getting bull out. Same logger that told me where to hunt, had to come out and use his skidder to haul him out. Was near midnight when we finished.

 

[ivorytip]

pretty country there, what a great moose! and BB, seriously though, how do you like the rhino skins? great idea

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

pretty country there, what a great moose! and BB, seriously though, how do you like the rhino skins? great idea

rhino skins work as advertized. They fit close, and keep the ticks out. They are NOT as comfortable as normal poly long underwear.

I will continue to use them in tick season.

 

[ivorytip]

ill check it out. after a late summer scouting trip for elk last year on the desert i found 21 ticks on me. 21!!!!!! o the drive home i was picking those stickers out of my pants and noticed a tick then the search was on. make you wonder how many we actualy get on us that we never notice

 

[TheWanderer]

Zim,

How many years did it take to draw your tag for NH? My dad and I just applied for our 2nd year in a row. We're trying to draw there rather than Maine. I don't like that they'll let you buy as many chances as you can afford there.

I'll research it, but in NH do you have to bring the moose out whole? Can you skin and quarter it to get it out of somewhere difficult? Can't imagine most people run into someone with a skidder.

 

[Zim]

TW, I believe I applied for 14 years, but I think they only started offerring bonus points for the last 8. I think my odds for a bull permit were still only 1%.

Yes it is legal now to quarter one out for extraction.

It is a much better plan to just go to hunt moose in Canada. There are outfitters that do semi-guided hunts at reasonable prices.

 

[nwwa huner]

Just read this. Awesome! And awesome bull! One of my dream hunts

 

[Zim]

I feel real lucky to fulfil my dream hunt considering the population crashes in Wyoming, New England & upper midwest. Saw they just stopped all moose hunting in Minnesota. In NH tags dropped from 675 to 275. I have to rate both my hunts very poor quality. Very few sightings. Had to hit a jackpot to score. Go north young man! Land-o-plenty.

 

[izzy69]

What do You think is a reasonable amount for a moose hunt in canada

 

[Zim]

I think there are some outfits that go $2,500 semi-guided. I knew one guy in Ontario but I'm not home to look for contact info. You shoud be able to find some just Googling around.

 

[buckbull]

zim - did you hunt timber company property out there? I've been applying in Maine for a few years and usually pick the north maine units. Just wondering about accessibility out there in the northeast.

 

[Zim]

bb. Things work a bit weird up there. 99% of the land is owned by timber companies but it is basically all treated as public. Access is no issue for these hunts. I have 14 points in Maine and hope to draw there some day too, but odds are still only ~5%. Maine has a heck of a lot more moose than NH. To draw one of only 190 bulls tags was crazy lucky last year.

 

[buckbull]

Thanks zim. Thats what I've read and heard about the timber companies. It just a little weird concept that private ground owners allow hunting access without a fee.

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Not to jack the thread, but many timber companies in MT allow foot and horse traffic year round ...

 

[Zim]

Ya same up there. You are not allowed to off-road anyting like ATV's, even for a simple extraction. Although my partner visited a few of the company's offices and got written permission to use an ATV to retrieve a moose should we get one. In the end it was the timber company's skidder that hauled mine out! Didn't need a paper for that.

 

[izzy69]

Thanks zim. Thats what I've read and heard about the timber companies. It just a little weird concept that private ground owners allow hunting access without a fee.

Weird isn't it That's what I thought when I started hunting out west that You had to pay to hunt on private ground You just couldn't ask to hunt. Yes!! some well let You without a fee