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Moose Hunting in Alaska – Alaska Hunting Seasons, guides and licenses

Nothing rivals the site of a moose in the wild, huge and ungainly poses often the head of their forage, strings of vegetation hanging from massive antlers. The moose is the most sought after big game animals in Alaska. More than 7,000 are taken every year from a population of approximately 175,000.

Licenses

Licenses, tags hunting, duck stamps and hunting permits are available at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Protection and is available online. Buy in advance and bring them to you. Licenses are good from the date of purchase through December 31 year license. Big game tags are necessary for non-residents, if you plan to hunt brown / grizzly bear, black bear, bison, caribou, deer, elk, goats, moose, musk ox bull, sheep, wolf or wolverine.

Stations

Alaska is divided into 26 game management units (airborne &). Each unit has separate rules and sets its own hunting seasons. A map of these units and the regulations them can be found on the web at http://Wildlife.Alaska.gov. Click the GMU of interest and a document that defines the season opens. A complete copy Alaska Hunting Regulations can also be downloaded at the site of ADF & G.

Moose season generally extends from Alaska as soon as September 1 until as late as Sept. 20, depending on the game unit. Office horn size varies between units, but has been largely an extension of 50 inches or 4 opposite ends. Check the regulations of the unit you are interested in hunting for more information.

Highlights

• Mature bulls can weigh over 1500 pounds. One death can produce 400 to 700 pounds of meat and 65 kilos of antlers to transport from the dead on the spot. experienced hunters recommended not to take a moose more than a mile from his vehicle.

• A properly-caliber rifle adequate vision and well-placed shot from a good rest first is the best way to avoid having to track a wounded moose. A rifle capable of firing a bullet of 150 grains or more at 2500 fps or more is enough for elk. A lung shot is the better chance that a moose has been released quickly.

• Some elk are migratory, some are permanent residents of an area. Any area can have several sub-populations with different migratory habits.

• Hunt early or late in the day.

• Moose have excellent sight and smell. Avoid being visible in silhouette, like a song. Avoid noisy clothing such as jeans. clothing fleece is quieter. Stay upwind.

• The success of the hunt is knowing where moose in the fall season.

How to find a moose

Moose are found in Alaska, except in the Aleutian Islands. They prefer forest or shrub habitats and generally avoid opening the tundra. They are more common in the southeast or the interior of Alaska and its density can elk vary from 30 square kilometers to 5 or more moose per square mile.

Their favorite habitat of the season are:

Summer – frequent open meadows around water and eating aquatic plants and drinking lots of water.

Autumn – Diet change in late August to early September to include woody browse of willow, aspen, poplar and birch. Migratory moose move down the ranks of the routine.

Winter – Stay heat areas and feed on low shrubs early winter. The end of winter, moose mountain move to valley bottoms and lowlands burns where they feed on willows along rivers and streams.

Spring – The diet changes back to the herbaceous plants and leaves. migratory movement of elk calving areas and ranges summer.

How Scout Elk

Around the summer of bulls and legal hunting on the opening day of the season.

Scout after the final of the fall season. elk tend to stay near areas zeal for a month or two after the workout. Once you locate a fall concentration area, hunting there next year at the latest possible legal season.

Find and use the fall migration routes. Rivers, streams and low passes mountain are the preferred routes.

Keep alert for rubbed trees. In early September, Bull Moose rubbing the velvet from their horns. Still thrash trees in late September as a sign of dominance.

Watch for droppings. summer droppings resemble cow patties, winter droppings are balls. Fall droppings are a combination of both.

Hunting techniques

Stand hunting and Glazing – Select a panoramic view of the hillside. Do not scan with binoculars. Choose a location, search carefully, then move to a new area. Listen early and late for antler clashes, mating grunts or breaking branches.

Float – floating down rivers and stream in a canoe is the nicest way to hunt moose. It also has a method to get the meat back without carrying it on his back.

Road and hunting and roads – the cruise roads with trucks or wheels. Above all, a successful and expensive method. Car park and walk in.

Moose Call – The four basic sounds produced with bullhorns from birch bark, cardboard or a glass of milk.

• Horn scraping on trees and shrubs in early September
• Pre-RUT bull "Gluck" in early September
• Bull challenge, or "mu-wah" in mid-September
• cow call, a cry nasal melody, in late September

About the Author

Moose are among the most sought after animals by those
hunting in Alaska
and make great trophies. Mark Allen, writer for AlaskaGuideServices.com, helps hunters find the ideal
Alaska hunting guides
, Alaska hunting regulations and Alaska hunting seasons.

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