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09-23-2018, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 39
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Advice for WMU353
Hey ladies and gents,
Thank you all for sharing your stories and knowledge.
I’m am headed to 353 for a hunt this coming week. Any idea of game/predator #’s and where I’ll find the least amount of mud? Lol
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09-23-2018, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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Do not like to be a smart a--, but if you stay on pavement will not find any mud. The roads with limited gravel will be terrible. Oil field trucks such used today pound gravel to bottom of roads and break packed surface. WMU 353 usually has decent game numbers but will depend on wolf, cougar and bear numbers. Fellow trapper Nube hit wolves hard last year in little Smokey area.
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09-23-2018, 10:34 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 39
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Thank u sir.
Nube- very talented and a decent videographer. Always entertained!
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09-23-2018, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: onoway, Ab
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The early nineties was the time to hunt 353. We had tags for calling season every year and would pass up moose all the time.
Over the last several years the gov has handed out so many moose tags in hopes of reducing wolf numbers that their isn’t much left.
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09-24-2018, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 39
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Thanks again for the response. What about wt/mulies/elk?
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09-24-2018, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Central AB
Posts: 750
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353
We have had limited success the last few years in 353. There are deer there but some days they are hard to find. We will be out in November for moose. Hopefully the mud will be frozen unlike last year and the snow not as deep as 2years ago. If we get skunked I think it will be time to find a new zone.
I would be interested in hearing what you see.
kidd
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09-25-2018, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 39
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Thanks kidd! I’ll update next week. Hope to hear some buggleing out there. But I am a meat hunter first so even some wt would be nice. As Always thanks for sharing.
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10-02-2018, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 39
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Well, just got back. Buddy took a small 3x5 wt buck. Another friend missed two shots at two deer on one night. He was done until could verify he was sighted ! Lol
I got one bugle my last evening , 20 minutes later a black bear as high as my quad and two feet longer rolled past. That was the end of the elk. Heard a cow calling at night near our camp.
Seen large griz tracks, numerous moose and elk track, not much for wolf track or deer tho.
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10-06-2018, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: In a house
Posts: 7,778
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Makes no scents!
Well, just got back. Buddy took a small 3x5 wt buck. Another friend missed two shots at two deer on one night. He was done until could verify he was sighted ! Lol
I got one bugle my last evening , 20 minutes later a black bear as high as my quad and two feet longer rolled past. That was the end of the elk. Heard a cow calling at night near our camp.
Seen large griz tracks, numerous moose and elk track, not much for wolf track or deer tho.
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Were u around smoke lake area? Shouldn't be seeing any wolves for a while around there lol Glad to hear it is finally making a difference up there and guys can see some game now
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10-07-2018, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: edmonton
Posts: 43
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Was hunting up in 353 yesterday and it was nice to see some animals running around! Wasn't able to connect with a bull moose we caught up with but managed to see 3 moose, 6 whitetail , 1 black bear , 1 cinnamon blonde bear, and about 14 chickens. Didn't see any wolve/coyote tracks anywhere in the area we were in.
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10-03-2018, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 134
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Was the southern portion of the zone closed off for Caribou again this year?
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10-07-2018, 11:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 39
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Hey, yes, we were south of smoke lake.
Ha, and yes there were a lot of chickens.
Good luck ladies and gents. The next trip for me will be Oct 19/20 weekend.
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10-18-2018, 06:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 43
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Behind (south) Keyera chemical plant. On the simonette. Look it up on Google maps.
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10-18-2018, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Peace Country
Posts: 42
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The Simonette run was a moose hunting paradise. Too many tags for a easy hunt. Spent 10 years working behind keyera gas plant. The caribou were behind
This cull of sorts. It was used extensively by the Cree and very popular amongst
Alberta residents. Cycles are coming around again.
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10-18-2018, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Peace Country
Posts: 42
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I also heard they cleared out a lot of beetle killed tree blocks. Going up the big hill and that road drains right down the middle of the road.
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10-18-2018, 10:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 209
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That’s always a fun area to hunt. Lots of different game, just park the truck and take a hike down a cut line you will be surprised in what see...
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