Seasons here!

[whitewalrus]

Any big game with bow and arrow is a fine accomplishment. Congratulations! Excellent steaks there!

While scouting for moose today I met an archery hunter from Ned looking for a cow moose. His season started two days ago. He'd seen bulls but no cows. We met a Sheriff's officer who said he'd seen two cow moose off Magnolia, so the archer headed that direction. While exploring I came upon a cow moose at 60 yards and save the coordinates for the fellow hunter. A while ago I called him and he was already butchering his cow moose.

I met a muzzleloader buck hunter from OK and pointed him to where I'd seen two nice bucks earlier. He'll probably go there in the morning. I didn't see a bull today but both he and the cow moose hunter showed me where they'd seen bull moose. I like meeting other hunters in the field and while there's an element of competition, particularly when you're hunting the same game, I figure we're all in this together.

Yesterday, Mrs. Hummer and I scouted another mountain canyon and drove by a house. The resident had a big sign on their truck that said, "It's not food, it's violence". This is the mindset that should keep hunters (and shooters) working for one another.

Great job on sharing of the information with the other hunters. Always have enjoyed talking with other hunters in the area who are open to talking about things they are seeing. Good luck on the moose hunt, I am sure its been years in the waiting for it.

Sadly, a lot of non-hunters think that way. If they only knew that the violent part is such a minuscule amount of the time spent in the woods. I doubt it will change most minds, but I have ran into some that when talking to them at first they seemed like it was shooting fish in a barrel as they only know of animals in the city parks. They left with a different understanding of how different the real wild animals are.

[hunterhawk]

On a side note anyone hearing any bugles? Everyone i have talked to has said they havent heard much and it has been warm. I have yet been able to get out. I know every area is different and every day is different. I'm just curious. If I can't get out this weekend i want to shoot for next week.

[CS1983]

They've been bugling where my buddy and I have been going. But it's not consistent. Also, generally only mid/late afternoon and somewhat into evening. Nothing in the morning.

[zimagold]

I was up along the divide in 38 this weekend on a training hike with my daughter. Ran into a small group of Elk above 11,000ft. Haven't heard any bugles this year. Looking forward to October.

[GilpinGuy]

I was up along the divide in 38 this weekend on a training hike with my daughter. Ran into a small group of Elk above 11,000ft. Haven't heard any bugles this year. Looking forward to October.

I hunted in 38 up near the divide myself the last few days. I heard some bugling on Tuesday morning, that's it. He was moving and sounded off 3 or 4 times between 9 and 10 AM. I thought it was my buddies that were a few hundred yards away, but they heard the same as me and we saw nobody else up there. That's it. My buds have been up there since Saturday morning and have seen nothing but a few deer. I saw a doe - got a buck tag of course.

Kind of a funny story. Apparently, someone shot a bull moose up there. Someone called the Ranger because they thought the bull was poached since the head was gone and it looked like the the body was intact. The Ranger inspected the carcass and the hunter had just laid the hide over the gut pile for some reason. He said it was cleaned very well and nothing was wasted. Yay.

[hunterhawk]

Thats a happy story and funny. I think im going to head to AZ to help my buddy fill his tag instead and if not ill have more fun than if i went hunting by myself..especially if i get one down haha

[Hummer]

This morning I explored a drainage that I'd found on Monday to be full of fine moose habitat. It was extensive willow and shrubby cinquefoil with patches of aspen surrounding. I climbed the canyon to timberline and saw plenty of deer, elk and moose sign. Pungent, fragrant elk.
On the way back I busted a young bull moose from his bed in the willows at about 20 feet. Told him I wasn't there for him but he followed me down the hill for a couple hundred yards.

Check out his spike antlers, about 11" on his right and 8" on his left side. He's just a little fellow, about the size of a big bull elk.

[Irving]

Coming back with four unfilled tags is humbling.

[sniper7]

Yeah but that makes for a good serving of tag soup!
I’ve got dozens of tag soup in the freezer!

[kawiracer14]

I was up near Snowmass and Capitol this weekend and Wednesday Thursday. Saw a small buck near Geneva Lake by Snowmass but nothing good sized.

Wednesday hiking into Capitol Lake I saw two doe that were decent sized. Talked to some hunters and they said they saw a large Bull but it was on private property right on the boundary with Forrest land.