wainright bull moose tag for this november

[foothillzman]

Hi guys, well waited near a decade building high priority points for bull moose, and was trying to decide where to go......decided on Wainright.
I bought a thompson centre last Fall and drew a tag for Wainright this year in the primitive weapons (1st) season.

Having never been there and obviously not being allowed to scout, Inwas wondering if anyone was willing to pm me some advice on where to focus my efforts looking for ol bullwinkle up there on the brief 3 day hunt.
thanks so much, any help appreciated!

best of luck this Fall out there fellas.

Adam

[elkhunter11]

I had the antlered moose tag last year, and although there were moose spread over much of the hunting area, I didn't see any large bulls. We ended up killing a smaller bull less than ten minutes from the check station. The trophy potential has dropped considerably since the last time I drew, and 50+" bulls were fairly common, but moose are still fairly easy to spot right from the trails, in most of the hunting area.

[farmsniper]

I was there for the first rifle hunt last year and saw two bulls that would go highly 40’s to low 50’s. A couple other meat bulls mixed in but mainly saw lots of cows and calves each of the 3 days. First one was on the way to the annex from orientation just as you reach huntable area on both sides of the road. Second and biggest was NE side of the ring road around the annex. Nobody killed them as of the end of the first rifle hunt, possibly in the 2nd or 3rd hunt though??Good luck, post pics when you get him.

[Steyr Luxus]

Ensure you read the regulations regarding Wainwright and all the requirements for access."Weidmannsheil"

[dustinjoels]

Annex or Buffalo 2 is where I've always seen the most moose

[Ruddy]

Another thing to consider is when you get there for the morning briefings, there are large maps posted with all the previous years animal harvests. If you look at all the years you will see groupings of where the moose, elk, deer were taken.

Obviously then you can change up where you want to go looking for animals. I was there in 2017 looking for cow moose, ran into bull moose everywhere. Groups of 6 to 10 roaming around.

Good Luck!

[shedcrazy]

IF I had that tag I wouldn't go where others focus or the usual go to go areas. There are lots of moose and still some good bulls but with the extra tags the past few years the easy to access areas don't have the moose they use to and the areas that don't see much foot traffic are impressive. Depends on how much you want to hunt/work and how much you want to bomb around in the truck. Both methods pay off on the base for moose but like already mentioned the bigger bulls with lots of pressure are much more rare and don't grow big being stupid.

[trigger7mm]

The majority of the moose in the northwest quarter of the camp.

[dave99]

To the OP:

Make sure that if you are hiking in, you have a firm plan in place on how to extract a bull moose. Quartering and packing out with a backpack is the only option in some areas. An external pack frame or good quality internal frame backpack is needed to haul 80-100lbs moose quarters.

The Wainwright Hunt is also unique in that (I believe) the staff at the Hunter check station will wait until all the hunters are checked out every evening. In other words, if you drop a bull 2km into the bush in the annex and last light, it is gonna be a long night for not only you, but also the staff waiting for you to arrive.

Give them a heads up if at all possible. You never know, someone may even lend a hand.

My brother backpacked a quartered moose across and up the Battle River hills last year, and still talks about the experience. Have fun!


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[foothillzman]

Originally Posted by dave99

To the OP:

Make sure that if you are hiking in, you have a firm plan in place on how to extract a bull moose. Quartering and packing out with a backpack is the only option in some areas. An external pack frame or good quality internal frame backpack is needed to haul 80-100lbs moose quarters.

The Wainwright Hunt is also unique in that (I believe) the staff at the Hunter check station will wait until all the hunters are checked out every evening. In other words, if you drop a bull 2km into the bush in the annex and last light, it is gonna be a long night for not only you, but also the staff waiting for you to arrive.

Give them a heads up if at all possible. You never know, someone may even lend a hand.

My brother backpacked a quartered moose across and up the Battle River hills last year, and still talks about the experience. Have fun!


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good to know they wait for ya if ya get one at last light, reassuring for sure

I have an excellent tatonka ext frame pack that guys can stand on its that solid, and a rugged sled if i can get it to bullwinkle for the haul...hopefully its not -40 hahah

[Bassett]

Originally Posted by dave99

To the OP:


The Wainwright Hunt is also unique in that (I believe) the staff at the Hunter check station will wait until all the hunters are checked out every evening. In other words, if you drop a bull 2km into the bush in the annex and last light, it is gonna be a long night for not only you, but also the staff waiting for you to arrive.

Give them a heads up if at all possible. You never know, someone may even lend a hand.



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I am almost positive during my orientation that if you know you will be late checking out at last light you have to call in otherwise there is a search party sent..

[foothillzman]

Originally Posted by Bassett

I am almost positive during my orientation that if you know you will be late checking out at last light you have to call in otherwise there is a search party sent..

that Makes a lot of sense, we have to do that at work with home care