2013 December Moose hunt

For several years now my friends and I have planned a moose hunt for the last week of our hunting season up in Northwest Ontario, which always closes after Dec. 15.  We went again this year and despite being faced with SUPER COLD weather, we had a great time and managed to harvest a few moose.  

Snowmobile travel was about the only way to get around last week up in the Red Lake area where we were hunting because of all the snow on the ground.  We would cover many miles each day looking for fresh moose sign, then we would get on foot and try to catch a glimpse of a moose.  A fun way to hunt, especially in the cold weather.  High temperatures during the days that we hunted were about -30 each day!  

Early in the week a couple of the boys were lucky to come across and cow and calf together and harvested both animals.  These moose are very good to eat and putting some meat in the freezer for the winter is the number one goal of our group.  

When we would get into areas with a lot of moose hanging around, there would be beds everywhere, just like the one in this picture.  

Here is another cow that one of the guys got, I was along to help with getting it out of the woods one evening.  These are very large animals!  

This week I'm back on the road, in Hawaii with my wife August for our honeymoon!  Look for a report on the fishing here next week!