Originally Posted by AkMtnHntr
How can you find a moose if you can't stop long enough on your wheeler and look for them.


Yep! Lots of moose, I'm certain, get ridden right past. They simply aren't as dull-witted as they sometimes appear. There have been plenty of instances where they have been spotted entering a willow patch, and no amount of riding by has moved them. This fall some friends had been out looking for a bull which had been spotted close to town in one of the many willow patches dotting the tundra. After many hours spent over several evenings, they finally saw it cross and enter into a smallish patch of alders. They did a couple of ride-bys hoping it might show itself. It wouldn't. Finally, they just stopped and parked, throwing a few stones. Still nothing, so the waited awhile and then tossed rocks again. It seemed that waiting him out must have finally made him nervous. And that seems quite typical.

Moose know what cover is, and use it to their advantage whether in escaping from wolves, ATVs, or humans. They can actually be hunted like rabbits if you're not afraid to take your chances "going in". Flushing moose can be effective and a whole lot of fun. Of course, they can also give you the slip because that much cover is......cover, which is to their advantage.


Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.