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Most affordable location for a moose hunt? #6101822 12/26/15 12:57 AM
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Just wondering where to go, and how much money to save to do it.

Canada, Maine, Alaska?


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Maine probably least expensive if you can get drawn. But has a very good success rate.

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I have a friend who hunts Canada about every 2-3 years for moose.. Newfoundland, Quebec and Ontario. These areas have outfitters with much more reasonable prices than Alaska or the Yukon but the moose are not as large,

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I'll NEVER own a quarter bore, don't have a big enough .30, will probably take a .338 NM moose hunting. Why? Victory loves prepararion. grin


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I have heard many wonderful things about a Newfoundland moose hunt. Very economical with excellent success rates. The moose run a little small, sure, but not as small as you might think with a good outfitter.

There is a recent thread on this very subject that has lots of good info.

Even though I am usually a "bigger is better" guy, despite their huge size moose are not hard to kill. At all. I would not hesitate to use anything in .30 caliber and above.


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Jason, I have a friend that has hunted moose in Canada and Alaska, he said Canada was easier, but he would skip there to hunt the Yukon for a trophy, if it was a onetime deal. This was in response to my same question when I was really considering it. He has DEEP pockets, so hunts all over the world, but he doesn't just drop cash to hunt, he actually budgets it much the way he did years ago. As the others have said though, he said the same, can be much cheaper in Canadian provinces, with the biggest difference in cost being, travel, guide and access fees, tribe fees.

I don't have permission to post his face, so hopefully I got the black out done. IIRc, this bull went book, or was darn close. shot last fall. He hunts with a 300 wm topped with Swaro.

From what I gather, it is a 12k -24k deal everything included (including mount), depending on initial guide fee.
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I have the taxidermy covered. So I'm looking at $11k?

Well this will take years to save for.

A "small bull moose" will still be way bigger than my 5 x 6 bull elk.


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JG, from what I was told (by guys that go) You can do hunts in Canada for like 7-10k, up (base, good odds) I don't know if they ever went to Maine, or other in the 48. I do know my buddy really vets an outfitter big time though and he tips very well.

He has almost exclusively used the Cabelas service for booking now for over 10 years and says that gets him the best quality hunts, but there is a fee iirc. One thing I know you have already considered, which evens out the cost some, is travel expenses, so I'd think the location and outfitter would be the biggest cost to consider confused2

Your LR class would be a great way to fill a jar, just for that trip maybe?


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Shipping meat back is $. Alberta can be done sub $10k. Won't be huge bulls and can kill a variety of animals with most outfitters for tag cost (bear, deer, wolf, etc) ID has a few units with decent odds.

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Originally Posted By: FiremanJG
I have the taxidermy covered. So I'm looking at $11k?

Well this will take years to save for.

A "small bull moose" will still be way bigger than my 5 x 6 bull elk.


That will get you a great hunt. Just research your outfitter carefully. The DSC show would be a great place to check out to get a "feel" for everything.

You can do a Newfoundland hunt for a little over half of that - probably around 7-8K "all in".

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Ask about other added costs also. Processing of the moose if not included. Cost of getting meat from camp to processor or to be shipped back to you. If they fly you in and out to camp, ask about those costs to see if they are included.


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Call me crazy but I am considering myself and a buddy driving there with our own coolers. Maine, and Alberta are both about 30 hours out. With two of us we can keep the truck moving. Haul the moose, or meese, back ourselves and use my taxidermist.


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Two guys from a town close to me did that in the late 80's in a Nissan 1 ton pickup. Went to Alberta I believe and killed a bull each. Hauled them back in that truck packed in a tarp with ice.


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Buddy of mine looked at a hunt for he and his wife and talked to Jim Shockey 5 or 6 years ago about the Yukon hunts and said it would run around 25 grand apiece plus extra to fly the antlers and meat out. rifle

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I'm out on that.

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Buddy of mine looked at a hunt for he and his wife and talked to Jim Shockey 5 or 6 years ago about the Yukon hunts and said it would run around 25 grand apiece plus extra to fly the antlers and meat out. rifle


I did the same thing, about that long ago. The 25k also included an estimation for taxi work here. Mr Shockey's fee portion was only around 11-14k. From what I understand, you usually bring back a very small amount of meat. The tribes get most of it. Could just be my friends preference IDK.

Jason, I believe there is moose, or "meese" hunting in Idaho, Montana and Minn as well?


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Any moose hunt in the lower 48 is very expensive (auction/Native American) tag or you have to be extremely lucky in a draw for nonresident tags. Canada is the least expensive option. The moose hunts go up in antler quality and price from east to west across Canada. I killed mine in Canada this year. I went to British Columbia and drove to bring the meat and antlers back and got a good 50 inch bull. It was a 40 hour drive there from Tyler, Texas. If you just want a moose you can drive to Manitoba or Alberta in less than 30 hours. i bear hunted in Manitoba just north of Winnipeg. It was an ~20 hour drive from Tyler. There were tons of moose up there. However the trophy size was lacking in talking to the locals. A really monster moose in that area was 50 inches where in BC a 50 inch moose is just a good moose. If you want quality it's not going to be cheap, at least as far as moose is concerned. I hope this helps, I went through the same decision Two years ago and just decided to save up for a BC moose and goat hunt.

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Call me crazy but I am considering myself and a buddy driving there with our own coolers. Maine, and Alberta are both about 30 hours out. With two of us we can keep the truck moving. Haul the moose, or meese, back ourselves and use my taxidermist.
this would be my choice, I have never been to Maine, so that would be my first choice.


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Jason, I believe there is moose, or "meese" hunting in Idaho, Montana and Minn as well?


Out of state hunter has to put in to be drawn?


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Jason, I believe there is moose, or "meese" hunting in Idaho, Montana and Minn as well?


Out of state hunter has to put in to be drawn?


Yes. Idaho has pretty reasonable odds though - especially in some units. But good research needed to insure good unit choices.


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How far south of the border do they typically come?


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Shiras moose are in Utah and Colorado in better and better numbers - tags still long, long odds to draw though.


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Jason, I believe there is moose, or "meese" hunting in Idaho, Montana and Minn as well?


Out of state hunter has to put in to be drawn?


There's a few in the Expo raffle.

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ID has a pretty reasonably priced tag and it is relatively easy for a non-resident to pull the tag, especially the archery tag.

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