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Many groups will go up earlier and spend days scouting for them. Find the travel routes, and beaten paths. Just like fishing, fish where the fish are.
I've killed 10 moose with a bow and been in on tracking and removing another 32 bow kills. Just remember a moose will come from a long way to a call. Paddling miles off a road and shooting a moose that goes 1/4 mile in will be an adventure you might not want to experience. We still have a few guys that want to go DEEP, too deep most times. I've carried a lot of quarters out on stretchers and some say my arms look abnormally long in my old age! I usually talk those deep guys out of it! You might be a hero killing the moose but you won't have too many friends when it's all over. Kill a moose like a farmer. Don't do it out in the back field. Walk him right to the hoist .. then wack him. Good luck with whatever method you choose!
Listen to the advice on here, lots of great pointers.
One thing that I have benefitted from is "google earth". Study the terrain and water flow where you are hunting. Save a few screen shots of the area on your iPhone if you have one, and I do like the post from SK3. You can't just sit on the tailgate and call though. Haha
Not a lot of access in either of those units. Most hunters hunt off the old abandoned rail line. Topo maps are good for showing water and well-established roads, but they aren't up to date to show most logging roads.
Go to the MNR website. they have a free feature called "Make a Map". Under Map Layers, you can switch between a topo map and aerial photographs. The air photos are about 7 or 8 years old, but should be OK for the units that you are interested in.
This thread is almost 4 years old lol pretty sure this guys first moose hunt is over
ha ha I got halfway through this post before realizing it was mine from 4 years ago. That was my first and only moose hunt to date.
How did you make out hawkens? Success?
Hey Guelph, just answered that question in a private message. Here it is,,,,,, Hi, we did not get a moose , but myself and buddy had a good time. Other 2 guys not so much. We went up the 1st week and turns out we were a week to early, to warm. The cottage we stayed at in Nakina told us we were only a 20 min drive to 18b . But as it turned out we were 45 mins . We just ended up hunting the cuts. Saw fresh tracks but never saw a moose. Saw a few other groups in the general area. I didn't have any hunters in my area. I would park the truck and walk in about 2 km down the logging road to where it ended at a small lake. Very moose habitat looking. One day when I walked back to the truck for lunch there were moose tracks over my tracks that I walked in on. That got me going for sure. The part of the logging road with my tracks was soft sand so very clear to see. Another day I went back to a spot that I called from the very first morning and a small tree a few feet from my watch was all torn up from a bull. Been dreaming about another hunt but have not done a second one.