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Moose Hunting – After the Hunt

moose-wawang-lakeHunters who take a moose and are camping out often have a feast—chunks of prime meat roasted on sticks over a campfire—a delicious and savory reward for their hard work. Butchering one of these big, heavy animals takes a lot of time and effort. A prime bull can yield more than 500 pounds of meat and fat. Traditional foods include many other edible parts of the moose such as the head, liver, heart, some other internal organs, and the highly valued fat. So it takes not only a lot of work to butcher a moose, but also specialized skills and a detailed knowledge of the animal’s anatomy.

 

moose=wawang-lakeA Delicious Feast

Moose meat and fat are staple foods in most many people who live in the northern regions of Ontario.

Fat is a very important part of a traditional diet because it stokes the metabolism and adds flavor to meat and organs. Unlike beef, moose meat is not marbled with fat, but rather the fat is separate. A favorite kind of fat is found in the sheath-like mesentery membranes that hold the organs together.

In times past, even the bones of moose were ground and boiled to make a fatty broth. If they didn’t use the bones immediately, they could store them as a potential source of food during times of scarcity.

Delectables include brisket, short ribs, heart, and tongue. Thin slices of meat may be fried. A delicious gravy is made from the fat.

A regular favorite is moose meat simmered in a big pot along with some combination of rice, noodles, or potatoes and sometimes vegetables. The result is a thick meaty, delicious stew. Bone marrow is also used in tasty, nutritious broths.

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Posted by on December 29, 2014 in moose, moose hunting, Wawang Lake Resort

 

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Tracks in the Snow

moose-wawang-lakeTraditionally, moose have also been taken outside the rutting season, especially in the winter. At this time, moose tend to be scattered. If the snow is fresh and powdery, a hunter can move silently through the forest and thickets. But if the snow is drifted or develops a crust, every footstep makes a noise that alerts the moose. Making matters worse, even slight sounds carry over surprisingly long distances on windless days with temperatures far below zero—as often happens during the northern winter.

Moose have excellent hearing, so the best chance of approaching one in the winter is during storms when gale winds and gusts cover the sound of crunching snow. Luckily, temperatures tend to be warmer during storms, so although hunting in these conditions can be very uncomfortable, it’s not as life threatening as when the temperatures sink to minus thirty or colder.

When the snow is really deep—up to a moose’s belly—these animals have a very hard time moving around. Also if the snow is deep and crusted, the heavy-bodied moose will punch through the icy crust, cutting its legs as the animal walks, making travel extremely difficult.

If the crust is hard and strong enough, wolves can walk on top, giving them a lethal advantage over moose. Mired in the snow, a moose cannot escape by running away and has difficulty defending itself. Human hunters on snowshoes can also stay near the top of deep or crusted snow while the moose are forced to wallow slowly along. Under these conditions, a moose is virtually trapped in a small area of its feeding trails, making it extremely vulnerable.

When the snow is not so deep, moose can move far more quickly and easily. The practiced hunter knows that if moose tracks consistently lead in a single direction, the animal may be heading somewhere else and will be very hard to catch.

If a moose is feeding in one area its tracks will wander in multiple directions. This is good news for the hunter, because he may have a chance to get close to the animal. Now the difficulty is to find which tracks are the freshest and which direction they lead.

A hunter always wants to know how old the tracks are—how long ago did the moose make them? Would it be possible to catch up or is the animal long gone?

A track made within the hour is soft—as soft as the surrounding snow. The hunter riding on a dog sled or snow machine might simply drag his boot through the track. If the track is fresh, he feels almost nothing. If it’s older, he feels two distinct thumps as his boot hits both sides of the track.

In cold weather—especially if it’s far below zero—the inner walls of an animal’s track will recrystallize and develop a crust within a few hours. This starts first around the top and happens later at the bottom. If the track was made the night before it will be harder still. The colder the temperatures, the more quickly a crust forms on the inside of tracks.

A hunter on foot pushes his boot or a mittened hand down into the tracks, feeling the crust or testing how much pressure it takes to break through. The harder the crust, the older the track. In below zero weather, a track made two days ago or earlier will be very hard.

Another sign the hunter looks for is moose droppings. When they’re fresh, the color is dark brown and they’re soft. In freezing temperatures, the pellets quickly harden and turn lighter.

Other signs are willow branches that have been freshly broken by browsing moose, the white wood showing conspicuously against the darker background of the thicket. Often this is accompanied by a scramble of tracks and patches of gouged-out snow where the moose has pawed down looking for edible vegetation under the snow.

moose-wawang-lake (2)Moose rest or sleep in snow beds, often straight downwind from their tracks. They do this to catch a warning scent from any predator that is following their trail. At other times, a moose that hears a suspicious sound or spots something unusual will intentionally move downwind to test the scent. A moose can recognize the drifting smell of a wolf or human, even at a considerable distance.

When a hunter is following fresh moose tracks in the snow, he knows that the animal could have bedded downwind so it would pick up his scent. For this reason he leaves the trail at intervals, walks straight downwind, then makes a wide loop and heads back upwind—always watching the underbrush for the dark shape of his prey. Again and again, he makes these downwind loops and comes back upwind until he finds tracks leading to where the moose is bedded. If luck is with him and the moose never catches his scent, he may catch it unaware.

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Shooting A World Record MOOSE

If you are in search of a record book moose because he has survived many previous hunts, and you as a hunter respect the survivability of the animal, then you have set a high standard for yourself.

Pursuing any type of world record is not something that many aspire to do.   for the trophy hunter, shooting a world record moose is the ultimate goal. Are you a trophy hunter? Or a meat hunter?

Do we need to continue to search for the ever bigger? Then when we find it, is it right to destroy it? Should we limit the very essence of the mighty beast; snuff out the possibility of procreation? These are tough questions?

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Canadian World Record Moose 2013

Hunter Heinz Naef shot what he believes could be the largest moose ever harvested in the Yukon(Sept. 2013). 

His moose, scored 263 1/8 inches after the required drying time of 60 days. The official scoring will be made in Nevada in early 2014.

Heinz is not a trophy hunter, he wasn’t looking to harvest a world record moose. No, he is a meat hunter… by his own admission. He was just out looking for any legal moose to fill his freezer. It just so happened to be this one.

Human beings have pushed everything to its limits. The Guinness Book of World Records is a testament to this. We strive to better ourselves, to beat our predecessors, going beyond what anyone has done in the past. Is it wrong to have the desire to be better, to do it bigger? Is our only purpose to get our names in a book?

When entering animals into record books, who deserves the respect? You or the animal? It is vitally important to include all relevant information about said trophy… the hunters name however may not be so important.

Many hunters have a few trophies on the wall, but most are not world record moose, but all of them are trophies to the hunter.  Many hunters do not go hunt with the sole purpose to acquire a trophy, and likely many of you, may scoff at some of the animals that have been shot. They are not in any record book, nor are they of that class, but to the hunter, they are a reminder of the hunt and a way for to show appreciation for the animal.

No animal should be killed for the sole purpose to raise a hunters social status, to do so is crossing the ethical line for hunters.

Where does one find a world record moose? This question is one that no one person can answer for sure. Through research and dialogue you may be able to locate moose habitat that will contribute to the growth of these monsters. A hunter in search of a world class moose will spend a lot of money and time to achieve his goal. These big animals are not going to be easily accessible. Days, weeks even years of pursuit to harvest a moose that can make the record books will be the required 22dedication.  Hunting the most remote areas of the planet is what it will most likely take and never discount luck. Luck is a huge part of hunting.

As an example the latest world record moose taken with a rifle, shot by Jay Link in 2001. Jay travelled to Russia, to the very remote regions to get this moose. He has stated it cost him $20,000.00 to do this hunt (before shipping and taxidermy). Jay may not have been looking for a world record when he shot this one, but he was certainly looking for a world class moose. Unfortunately for Jay, because the moose was taken in Russia, it is not eligible for Boone and Crockett.

Aaron Folk killed this state record North Dakota moose in October 2012, with a green score of 166 and a 53-inch spread.

Aaron Folk killed this state record North Dakota moose in October 2012, with a green score of 166 and a 53-inch spread.

Real Langlois, who's been dubbed "The Rackman" for all his moose hunting exploits, bagged this world record bull in the Yukon with his bow in 2008. With a score of 249 1/8, The Rackman beat out Michael Cusack, whose 1973 bull moose scored 248. The most amazing thing about Langlois' kill? You can watch the whole thing on YouTube, where he makes a breathtaking five yard shot on this behemoth.

Real Langlois, who’s been dubbed “The Rackman” for all his moose hunting exploits, bagged this world record bull in the Yukon with his bow in 2008. With a score of 249 1/8, The Rackman beat out Michael Cusack, whose 1973 bull moose scored 248.

Eric Arnette killed this Yukon monster in 2004, with a B&C score of 236 and a span of 75 inches.

Eric Arnette killed this Yukon monster in 2004, with a Boone & Crockett score of 236 and a span of 75 inches.

The world record moose, Boone and Crockett scored 261 5/8 and was taken by John A. Crouse in 1994 near Forty-mile River Alaska.

Hunters value the opportunities to venture out into the outdoors and hunt. The chase is wonderful and exhilarating. To some degree the kill is saddening as a wild animal has paid the ultimate sacrifice and many hunters pause to give thanks for any animal that they just harvested.   They truly appreciate it!

Many hunters don’t hunt for a trophy – after all the antlers will make poor soup. Given the opportunity though, if a world record moose were to walk out in front of you, and assuming you recognize it as a trophy. Would you shoot…?   Would You?

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Moose Hunting at Wawang Lake

Deeply imbedded in the Canadian Boreal Forest we offer the very finest in Moose habitat for our hunters.  Look no farther than Wawang Lake for accommodations for your next BIG game hunt!

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Our hunts accommodations ONLY for Ontario Resident Moose Hunters.

If your looking for a great hunting area that has a high population of moose then look no farther than Wawang Lake Resort as we’re in the middle of the best moose hunting area in all of NW Ontario.

At Wawang Lake we offer comfortable accommodations to Resident Ontario Moose Hunters only.  Presently we don’t have any tags available and unable to take any non-resident hunters during the Moose Hunt season.

Things Moose Hunters Should Consider:

Crossbows
• Draw length must be al least (11.8 in.)
• Draw weight must be at least (119 lbs.)
• Bolt head must be at least (0.9 in.) at the widest point, and there must be at least two cutting edges of straight, sharp, un-serrated, barbless steel.

Longbows
• Draw weight must be at least (48.5 lbs.) at draw length of (27.6 in.) or less.
• Arrow length must be at least (23.6 in.).
• Broad head must be at least (0.9 in.) at the widest point, and there must be at
least two cutting edges of straight, sharp, un-serrated, barbless steel.

Rifle
We suggest using at the minimum one of the following:
300 Magnum
30-06
7MM Magnum with bullet weights in the 180 grain range
A rim-fire rifle, a shotgun smaller than 20 gauge when loaded with shot, or any shotgun loaded with shot smaller than SG or No. 1 buck cannot be used for hunting Moose.


Clothing requirements
During the rifle season hunts, a minimum of 400 square inches of uninterrupted Hunter Orange must be worn at all times.  Camouflage or open mesh orange does not meet these requirements.  An orange jacket or vest as well as an orange hat do meet these requirements.

Hunters should also have a compass or hand held G.P.S., as well as a good pair of binoculars, thermos, flashlight, lighter, warm clothing, good quality rain gear, waterproof insulated boots, gloves/mitts, long underwear.   Two-way portable radios are also recommended.  Fall hunting weather can be warm & dry to cold, wet and snowy within a few hours; so it is best to be prepared for all variables.

We trust that this information will prove to be useful in planning your next Big Game Hunt in beautiful, exciting NW Ontario.  We invite you to enjoy our ‘True Wilderness Hospitality’ while participating in a remote hunting experience.

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Posted by on November 25, 2014 in moose, moose hunting, Wawang Lake Resort

 

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Proper Field Care for Moose

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One of the most common questions of a first time moose hunter is “The moose is down, now what?”

First-time moose hunters need to know that handling the animal once it is killed will not be easy. But, with the appropriate equipment and a bit of knowledge, the job can go smoothly. If you are planning to have your moose butchered by a professional, it would be wise to check with him in advance about his preferences for handling moose.

Whatever you choose to do will depend a great deal on your means of getting the moose out of the woods and how you plan to transport it to camp or home. The “game taste” people often speak of is usually the result of poor handling more than anything else. With proper care, moose meat can be outstanding table fare.

The main cause of moose meat spoilage is heat. You can avoid this danger by field dressing your moose immediately. Allow the meat to cool rapidly by providing good air circulation. You should also take every precaution to keep your moose free of dirt, debris, blood and hair.

Cheesecloth or commercial game bags offer the best protection from dirt and flies and still allow necessary air circulation. A liberal application of black pepper will also help to discourage flies.

Field dressing should take place as soon after the kill as possible. Once the animal is dead, bacterial action can spoil the meat quickly. The chance of spoilage increases the longer you wait and the warmer the temperature. Bleeding your moose is unnecessary in most cases. Normally, the animal will bleed internally, and immediate field dressing will ensure adequate bleeding.

Field Dressing Your Moose
To begin field dressing, position the moose on its back with the head slightly uphill. It is helpful to tie the legs to nearby trees. Make an incision at the base of the breastbone with the tip of a sharp knife. Be careful not to cut the intestines or other internal organs. The contents can taint the meat. Continue the incision down the length of the belly to the anus. Cut through the skin and thin wall of the body cavity only. Face the blade of the knife upward, and away from the internal organs to avoid cutting them. Use the fingers of your free hand as a guide, but be careful not to cut yourself.

 

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If the head is not to be mounted, you can continue this cut in the opposite direction to the base of the jaw, exposing the windpipe and esophagus. The windpipe and esophagus should now be severed as close to the head as possible. (Before doing so, tie a string tightly around the esophagus to prevent the stomach’s contents from spilling.) Using your bone saw, split the chest bone down the middle, exposing the contents of the chest cavity.

If you have shot a cow moose, the reproductive tract (ovaries and uterus) can now be removed; you also have the option of waiting until the bowel has been tied. Carefully roll the internal organs to the side until you see the point where two tubes (the rectum and the vagina) exit through the pelvic bone (see illustration). The vagina is the tube nearest the belly. Grasp this and follow it carefully forward until it forks into two tubes, which are the left and right horns of the uterus.

Once you have located the uterus, insert your fingers under it and work your hand in until the organ lays in the palm of your hand. You will notice a thin, almost transparent membrane which connects this organ to the animal’s back. All that now remains is to carefully follow the horns of the uterus to the ovaries. These are bean-shaped organs one to two inches in length. They may be covered with fat so keep looking! When you find them, cut the membranes holding them in place, remove ovaries, and place them in a plastic bag. The uterus can be removed by cutting through the vagina. The ovaries and the uterus should be kept as cool as possible.

Next, circle the anus with your knife, cutting deeply to free the lower bowel. Tie this off with a string to prevent droppings from coming in contact with the meat. Now cut through the flesh of the hams down to the pelvic bone and cut through the pelvic bone with the bone saw.

The internal organs can now be removed. Grasp the tied-off esophagus and trachea and pull them gently but firmly up and back towards the body of the moose. As you do so, have your sub-permitee cut these tissues away from the carcass. Continue this process into the chest cavity, pulling the heart and lungs up and back while cutting any attachments. Once the heart and lungs are freed, cut the diaphragm away from the body on all sides. Then continue firmly pulling on the esophagus and trachea and gently roll the stomach and intestines out of the body cavity, freeing them from all attaching tissues as you go. Once all the viscera is freed of the body, it is best to pull it away from your work space.

Warning!!
Because particularly high cadmium levels have been seen in some moose liver and kidney, it is recommended that you do not consume these organ meats at all.

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Quartering
Quartering is recommended for moose to make handling easier and to allow rapid cooling of the carcass. The hide may be left on each quarter to offer some protection from dirt and flies. If temperatures are above 50 degrees F, you should skin the carcass in the field.

To quarter the animal, you will need a sharp knife and a bone saw. A saw is best to avoid bone splinters and damaged meat.

Begin by removing the head. To do this, cut through the flesh of the neck with your knife. Saw through the vertebrae, and use your knife again to remove the head. Make your cut as close to the head as possible to avoid wasting many pounds of valuable meat.

The next step will be to halve the animal. This is done by placing the back of your knife against the backbone between the second and third rib. Push the blade outward, completely through the flesh and hide. Cut upward using the ribs as a guide and do the same on the opposite side. You can now separate the halves by sawing through the backbone.

Quartering is accomplished by sawing straight down the backbone of each half. Underlying flesh or hide can be separated with your knife. The task of halving and quartering will be easier if the animal can be elevated on logs or sticks. Trim away any shot-damaged meat that could lead to premature spoilage.

Be sure to attach your tags before removing quarters from the place of kill. If the quarters can not be removed before darkness, try to hang them in a nearby tree or elevate them on logs to aid cooling. Cover them with boughs or meat socks and hang a marker nearby.

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Getting Your Moose Out Of the Woods
Getting the moose from the kill site to your vehicle or camp will probably be the toughest task you will face. If you’re fortunate, you may be able to drive close to the kill site, but many of the roads through moose hunting zones are private and may not be open to public use.

Another possibility is to locate someone with a skidder or work horses. The majority of hunters will end up packing their moose out of the woods instead of using a vehicle. To do this, you can tie the quarters to a pack frame or pack board or even suspend them from a long pole so the load can be shared. Try not to overexert yourself; the pieces will be heavy, and the going could be rough. It is a good idea to flag each quarter with a piece of blaze orange material to prevent accidents.

If the quarters are still too much to carry, the carcass can be cut into more pieces, but remember, the law requires the field-dressed carcass be delivered to a checking station for examination. Each individual piece must also be labeled with the name, address and hunting license number of the person who shot it.
It is important to get the quarters hung in a cool, shady place, preferably a meat cooler as soon as possible.

Transportation and Cooling
Always protect the carcass from dirt, heat and moisture. Transport the quarters out in the open if possible. The open back of a pickup works well. Elevate the quarters to keep cool and protect from dirt. If conditions are dusty or rainy, cover them loosely with a porous canvas tarp. Do not stack the quarters, allow them to touch or cover them with plastic. Plastic retains body heat and prevents cooling. If you transport in a covered truck or trailer, you should open windows and vents for proper air circulation.

Once back at camp or your home, hang each quarter from a cross pole of some type in a shady area with good air circulation. If you will have a long trip home, it is best to allow the meat to cool overnight before heading home. If this is not possible, consider traveling at night when temperatures are cooler.

If you are transporting your animal directly home, be cautious about hanging the meat in a garage or shed. Often these areas are not cool enough to allow proper cooling and aging of the carcass.

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Skinning
The quarters should be skinned immediately. If daytime temperatures are above 50 degrees and nighttime temperatures are above 40 degrees, you should remove the hide and over with cheesecloth. If the temperature is between 50 and 30 degrees, you can wait a few hours before skinning.

In skinning, work the hide away with the fingers, and peel it off while the quarters are hanging. Use a sharp knife to slice between the flesh and skin of the animal as it is pulled away. Be careful not to cut either one.

Whether you skin the quarters or not, you should cover each one with cheesecloth or a meat sock.

Aging and Butchering
Aging is intended to make the meat tender. This is best accomplished at a constant temperature of about 40 degrees. The temperature during aging must never exceed 50 degrees. For this reason, you will probably want the services of a professional butcher.

If you age your meat outdoors, three to five days is sufficient, but the period varies with temperature and size of the animal. Meat can be aged for as long as 21 days in a cooler.

If you will be handling the meat yourself, remove as much fat as possible before freezing. Removal of bones will save freezer space. Double-wrap and tightly seal all cuts of meat to prevent freezer burn. Meat should be frozen at zero degrees. Don’t try to freeze too much at once. Label and date all packages for future reference. If you don’t have the knowledge or time to process your own moose, then don’t risk ruining it; have it processed at a commercial facility.

Care Of Big Game Trophies
Proper field care of trophies is extremely important for good results in the final mount. If you intend to have the head of your moose mounted, you must take special precautions when skinning it out.

If the weather is warm, and you plan to have a head mount or a “fur on” rug made from the hide, you must remove the skin, salt flesh inside thoroughly, and roll it up flesh side in. Keep it in a cool place (never in a plastic bag) and get it to your taxidermist as soon as possible. Delay may cause “slipping” a condition in which the hair falls off the hide after the tanning process and ruins the hide for its intended use.

The taxidermist will need as much hide or “cape” to work with as possible. When field dressing, don’t cut any further up the underside than between the front legs. The diagram shows where the cuts should be made to skin the neck. Once the neck is skinned out, the head can be disjointed at the base of the skull and removed with the cape attached. Let the taxidermist skin out the head. He will want the measurements, and the skinning is included in the mounting charge. Remove as much flesh as you can, and salt the cape and all exposed flesh. The head and cape should be kept cool and delivered to the taxidermist as soon as possible.

If you keep only the antlers for mounting, be sure to leave a good portion of the skull attached. The best procedure is to check with your taxidermist in advance of your hunt for specific advice.

To care for the hide, remove all flesh and fat, then salt flesh side well. Moose hides spoil very rapidly in warm weather. You should deliver the hide to a taxidermist within 24 hours after the animal is skinned.

Fine table salt is best for use on hides. Capes will take about 30 pounds of salt. Flat skins will take 50 to 80 pounds. As a guide, figure on using half the weight of the skin in salt. About 24 hours after application, the salt will be wet and will have lost its efficiency — shake it off and re-salt.

Transport the hide rolled up, flesh side in.

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Bacon Wrapped Moose Tenderloin

Ingredients

Moose tenderloin
Dates
Goat cheese

Marinade

1 Tbsp. mustard
1 Tbsp. honey
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
4 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
1 cup red wine

Saskatoon Glaze

1/2 cup Saskatoon berries ( you can use blueberries if Saskatoon’s are not available in your area)
3/4 cup red wine
1 Tbsp. maple syrup

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Rub tenderloin with mustard, combine remaining ingredients and pour over top.  Use a marinating container that and flip back and forth every so often.  Let marinade at least 4 hours or overnight.

Next stuff dates with goat cheese.  If you have un-pitted dates, simply cut the top off, using a pair of tweezers, pull the pit out.  Use a baby spoon to stuff the goat cheese in, it works quite well, the tip of the spoon was perfect for starting to put the cheese in and then using the handle end to push the goat cheese down, worked like a charm!

Thinly slice the tenderloin and then wrap around the dates and secure with toothpicks.  Place on parchment paper on a cookie sheet.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place berries, maple syrup and red wine in a pot on high heat.  Bring to a boil and let simmer for 3-5 minutes, spoon the juice over the dates and bake for 10-15 minutes(or until meat is cooked to your preferred done-ness), baste with glaze at least once during baking time.

Remove and enjoy … best eaten while warm!

This is the perfect appetizer for any party….your guests won’t even know its moose!

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In a rut: Brush up on your calling

There’s a lot of prep that goes into a moose hunt, so don’t blow a shot at one of these majestic beasts because you can’t call it in. Check out the video below from Ontario Out of Doors for some great tips to help get you ‘in tune’ for when the time comes.

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In A Rut: Late Season Moose Tactics

We don’t often hear about hunting moose in the late season. An undeniable romance focuses on calling and attracting bulls during the peak of the rut; but what about when all that hormone-driven activity subsides? Where do the moose go and what do they do? More to the point, how do we hunt them in the late season?

For much of the year, bulls are reclusive by nature. They do their own thing, eating, sleeping, and moving on their own. As the rut approaches and peaks, physical antler-on-antler confrontations take place but as breeding winds down, their short-lived aggression fades back to a more docile demeanor. But as the rut concludes and moose are forced into winter survival patterns, bulls become more social, often opting to hang out in bachelor groups. At this time their focus turns to maintaining the necessities in life; eating, sleeping, and conserving energy. For the late season moose hunter who understands these dynamics, hunting can be straightforward. For those better acquainted with rutting bulls, the late season can be both uneventful and frustrating.

 


Seldom do you see bulls hanging out with cows in the late season.
More often than not, bulls will begin bunching up in small bachelor groups.

Use Vocalizations
While there was no need to communicate with the bulls, you will experience several more encounters during late season hunt when calling is used effectively. Bottom line – don’t be shy about calling, even in the late season. After the rut, formerly reclusive bulls will often group up as the weather turns cold and winter conditions set in. While seeing individual bulls is normal throughout the warm summer months and most of the fall, their social demeanor changes once breeding activity is finished. Vocalizations are common, even in November and December, as moose communicate with one another.

For late season moose hunters, this presents an outstanding opportunity. On several occasions I’ve been told experimenting with cow calls while hunting late season bulls they respond favorably.

Focus on Food

Just as it is a priority for other ungulates, food is always a priority, but during the late season, it’s at the top of the list. This usually means shifting to habitat areas offering the best food sources. While moose have a home range, they will shift within that range throughout the year based on their needs, i.e. to breed, or to find thermal cover and nutrient-rich foods.

During the warm-weather months when wetlands offer a smorgasbord of marsh plants, food is plentiful. At this time food is abundant and life is good. When sub-zero temperatures freeze these wetlands and snowfall covers an assortment of grasses, moose turn to the most accessible food, and that means bark, willows, and poplar saplings. With this in mind, willow flats surrounding frozen marshlands can be an ideal place to look for moose in the late season.

Consider the Cover
Cold, wind, and snow; these are often the conditions of late season. Just like you and I, they don’t like inclement weather. In defense, late season moose may take refuge in hills, valleys, or on leeward facing slopes. They’ll seek cover near food. This can mean different things in different types of habitat. In many areas thermal cover such as old-growth mixed forest is a first choice. In the absence of coniferous trees, alternative cover like thick willow clumps will be a top choice. Rarely will a moose hang around in open areas when the temperature and conditions are inhospitable.

Use the Snow
Found in every Canadian province except Prince Edward Island, moose are also thriving in many northern states like Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Minnesota, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire – all places that get snow, and sometimes lots of it. It doesn’t matter if you’re hunting in the foothills, mountains, rolling aspen parkland, or boreal forest, more often than not the common denominator with hunting late season moose is colder weather and eventually snow. And with snow comes the added bonus of tracking. Locate a fresh track and, particularly in soft snow, you’ve got an exceptional chance of walking a bull down. If you find a fresh track, get on it, and slowly follow keeping a keen eye looking ahead. Chances are within a short distance you’ll catch up with him.


Rut sign like this rub confirm that moose live in the area.

Follow these tips and that daunting late season hunt will be a breeze!!  Don’t put down your weapon as soon as the snow flies…embrace it as another opportunity

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Dressed for Success: Which Camo?

From the scouting to the weapon, every detail of a hunt can seriously affect the outcome….including your clothing!  I know, I know….who cares what you wear in the bush but believe it or not, it can truly be the difference between success and an animal that outsmarts you!

There are various manufacturers and patterns and each are laid out based on terrain they can represent and blend in with.

Below is a complete and diverse list of options brought to you by Cabela’s.  Each one can be expanded upon for inspection as well as linked to Cabela’s page for average price listings

And dont worry boys, they have the matching boots and other accessories

RIVER BOTTOM/DECIDUOUS TREES

Seclusion 3D®Seclusion 3D®
The most universally effective camouflage ever created with varying degrees of focus and contrast in three distinct layers of components, Seclusion 3D® gives the appearance of depth and shadow. It is this shadowed, variable-focus image that projects an amazingly realistic illusion of depth, instead of a simple two-dimensional scene. The first outermost layer of images has photo-quality detail for a perfect match with nearly any landscape. The secondary layer has six separate focal distances of varying clarity to enhance the illusion of depth to appear as though you’re looking right through it rather than at it. The background of dissolved universal tones creates shading and highlights to blend the top two layers into your surroundings. The pattern also incorporates blends of light and dark for a shadowed appearance that breaks up your entire outline with the same counter-shading effect that nature’s predators use to get within striking distance of their prey. You won’t just match your surroundings, you’ll vanish into them.

Mossy Oak® Obsession®Mossy Oak® Obsession®
This patterns uses several innovation elements to get you closer to game animals, any where you hunt, any time of the year. It has a lightened background of textured bark with carefully selected spring- and fall- toned elements as well as limbs and shadows. Everything is designed to replicate nature. If you like to hunt from the first day of the archery season to the last day of spring turkey season, you will love obsession.
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Mossy Oak® Treestand®

Mossy Oak® Treestand®
Treestand is designed specifically for hunters who hunt from an elevated position. It offers hunters the ideal camouflage solution for altering their silhouette among the bare limbs of a tree in late fall. Plus, it utilizes digital technology to exactly reproduce the details and subtleties of actual tree limbs laid over the neutral tones most commonly seen when looking up through bare trees.

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Realtree AP™Realtree AP™
This “all-purpose” pattern is neutral, open, contrasting and realistic ¿ all pieces of the puzzle to make a camo pattern versatile and effective. Realtree considered the effects of Mother Nature and washing machines and printed the pattern to hold its contrast through real-life conditions

Realtree APG™Realtree APG™
Like AP, but with the addition of olive green accents, Realtree APG™ offers even more concealment options in early fall and spring. The high definition imaging process allows this pattern to melt into hardwoods, pine thickets, prairies, river bottoms and other environments.

Realtree Hardwoods GreyRealtree Hardwoods HD®
The most three-dimensional camouflage ever created. Realtree Hardwoods is highly effective in late autumn and early spring. Realtree Hardwoods includes 13 natural colors, lifelike shadows and photo-realistic limbs and leaves for an effect so lifelike it appears you can reach right through the pattern.

Realtree Hardwoods Green HD®Realtree Hardwoods Green HD®
Realtree Hardwoods Green offers all the effective properties of Realtree Hardwoods and, of course, is printed using the HD process. Realtree Hardwoods Green gives hunters a versatile new choice for use in areas and at times where green is prevalent. It has obvious application from early fall through mid-winter, then again from mid to late spring. Of course, many parts of the country are green year-round, even in the depths of winter. With Realtree Hardwoods Green, hunters have one less excuse.

Mossy Oak® New Break-Up®Mossy Oak® New Break-Up®
New Break-Up features a computer-enhanced background of digitized red oak bark which is overlaid with a subtly mottled Bottomland pattern. It also features exclusive “Ghost Shadows” which depict the shading effect of branches and leaves that are out in front of the elements in the pattern, which significantly increases the three- dimensional effect of original Break-Up. All of the natural elements in the pattern (bark, leaves and limbs) are computer-enhanced digital images for exceptional realism.

Ameristep TangleAmeristep Tangle
Ameristep Tangle camouflage is a combination of oak and maple leaves, small branches, and fall grasses, blended with shadows to give a 3-dimensional effect. It easily provides concealment in any fall or early spring woods situation. It also works well on those border areas between the woods, pastures and croplands.

MatrixMatrix
With it’s open pattern of Maple leaves blended with greens and tans this is a good woodland pattern. The more vertical appearance of the pattern would do well in a willow environment or other open form of foliage.

True Timber® XD3True Timber® XD3
XD3 stands for Xtreme Detail, Depth and Deception. The open hardwoods pattern blends natural browns, grays and subtle hints of green, making this a perfect choice for late spring and fall. Created using high-resolution photos for unmatched detail.

True Timber® ConcealTrue Timber® Conceal
Wear this universal woodland pattern for everything from stand hunting in the fall to chasing turkeys in the spring. Photo-realistic bark-based pattern has just the right mixture of small branches and leaves to blend in with any forest or terrain.

True Timber® DS1True Timber® DS1
An open hardwoods pattern with lots of greens and browns, and subtle hints of grays. The pattern blends well because of its high amount of contrast and amazing detail.

 

Mossy Oak® Break-Up Infinity®

Mossy Oak® Break-Up Infinity®
Boasting unprecedented depth, unequalled detail and elements with remarkable contrast, Break-Up Infinity offers hunters another dimension in camouflage. The combination of leaves, limbs, acorns and branches were selected to create unmatched realism and contrast to break up a hunter’s silhouette. These elements were then placed over multiple layers of actual images from the woods to create a multidimensional depth of field.
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OptiFade™ Concealment ForestOptiFade™ Concealment Forest
As a science-based concealment pattern from W. L. Gore, this pattern prevents animals from recognizing a hunter as a predator, even when detected. Optifade Forest contains greens and browns that make a hunter’s outline vanish against trees, brush and foliage. The pattern is ideal for treestand hunting in wooded environments.

Naked NorthNaked North
DepthTech™, a state-of-the-art depth-enhancing technique, allows this pattern to maintain its dimensional depth long after other patterns have flattened out. The contrast between the limbs and the background replicates what mammals see when they look up against the sky. This allows you to look more like an extension of the tree. The pattern has no added black, so it won’t look too dark when you are not standing next to a tree trunk. Earns its name “Naked” because its combination of leafless popple, pine, birch and oak. One of the best patterns at eliminating whitetail “head bobbing”.

AdvantageClassic®Advantage Classic®
Advantage Classic blends perfectly with every environment. At a distance, Advantage Classic provides maximum break-up of the human outline. Up close, the detailed, realistic leaves and limbs offer incredible concealment qualities.

Mossy Oak® Forest Floor®Mossy Oak® Forest Floor®
This latest member of the Mossy Oak family of camouflage patterns combines their legendary shadow technology with an ultra-realistic array of autumn leaves, limbs and natural dirt colors to create vivid realism and lifelike effects that disintegrate the human form.

Mossy Oak® Shadow Branch®Mossy Oak® Shadow Branch®
Specifically designed for hunting sparse woods and bottomlands in the dead of winter, Shadow Branch’s big timber pattern captures the naturally-occuring colors and details of winter limbs, leaves and shadows. This pattern utilizes the rich, earthy colors that made Mossy Oak so effective. If you loved their Treestand pattern, you will appreciate the work they have put into creating Shadow Branch, the perfect dead-of-winter pattern.

Mossy Oak® Shadow Leaf®Mossy Oak® Shadow Leaf®
Shadow Leaf’s realistic leaves, limbs and shadows reder you virtually invisible in green spring woods, delivering exceptional concealment for hunting late-spring turkey and early archery deer. You can’t improve on nature, and the unmistakably realistic leaves and limbs in Shadow Leaf make it the most color-perfect green pattern available.

True Timber® HarvestTrue Timber® Harvest
A leafy pattern with multiple earth tones and a hint of green moss keeps you concealed in various hunting environments.

 

Vertigo™ GreyVertigo™ Grey
The purpose of camouflage is to break up the human outline. Vertigo camo obliterates it. The revolutionary design blends light and dark patterns in garments specifically engineered for those who hunt in treestands and elevated blinds. If an animal happens to look up, Vertigo melts the human silhouette into the natural background of sky, branches and tree trunks – even from a distance. Vertigo Grey is best suited for early season and hunting from ground positions.

Vertigo™ TanVertigo™ Tan
The purpose of camouflage is to break up the human outline. Vertigo camo obliterates it. The revolutionary design blends light and dark patterns in garments specifically engineered for those who hunt in treestands and elevated blinds. If an animal happens to look up, Vertigo melts the human silhouette into the natural background of sky, branches and tree trunks – even from a distance. Vertigo Tan is best suited for early season and hunting from ground positions.

Mossy Oak® Bottomland®Mossy Oak® Bottomland®
Most patterns are designed to make the hunt – Bottomland went right ahead and built a camo company. Bottomland is Mossy Oak’s original camo pattern, created by Toxey Haas two decades ago. This pattern preserves the original design while applying advanced technology for increased stealth and effectiveness. The same field-proven components and colors, the same dirt and bark elements, the same ability to blend into dark environments and obscure a hunter’s outline from every angle – all carefully enhanced with digital technology for even greater subtlety and realism. The colors of dirt, leaves, bark and old moss make up Bottomland’s elliptical shapes that resemble red oak bark. The goal was to perfectly blend in with the ground and under-story of big hardwoods and swampy areas. Bottomland was updated using the latest computer technology and enhanced digital images. The combined effect creates an illusion so realistic that it doesn’t just blend with its surroundings, but actually adapts to the colors and textures found in nature.

Mossy Oak® New Bottomland®Mossy Oak® New Bottomland®
New Bottomland preserves the integrity of the original design, while applying advanced technology for increased stealth and effectiveness. Like the original, this pattern mixes the colors of dirt, leaves, bark and old moss to make up elliptical shapes that resemble red oak bark. Wear it to blend into dark environments, effectively obscuring your outline from every angle.

True Timber® Conceal GreenTrue Timber® Conceal Green
Green leaves replace the brown leaves of the original Conceal pattern, making this a universal pattern for any wooded terrain. The photo-realistic, bark-based pattern has just the right mixture of small branches and leaves to blend in any forest or terrain. Ideal from spring to early fall.

Realtree XTRA®Realtree XTRA®
Realtree XTRA® works in more hunting situations than any other camo pattern available. Patterned by arranging natural elements like tree trunks, limbs and a variety of leaves over large open areas, then layering these elements at different depths within the pattern to create an amazing 3-D effect. It’s this unique process that makes hunters disappear in nearly any hunting situation they find themselves in.

Realtree XTRA® GreenRealtree XTRA® Green
Realtree XTRA® Green with its detail and contrast works great for early-season bowhunting – where green is needed and closeness counts. It uses the natural elements like tree trunks, limbs and a variety of leaves over large open areas while adding a variety of color in the leaves to set it apart. With this specfic color palette, Realtree XTRA® Green perfectly matches the lush, vibrant greens of the woods, making it ideal for anyone hunting in spring through early fall.

Zonz™ WoodlandsCabela’s Zonz™ Woodlands
Woodland hunters are likely to find themselves in one of the three “zones” while out in the field – whether perched in a tree stand, hiding in heavy brush or stalking through sparse, leafless branches. Now, for the first time ever, there’s a camouflage that perfectly blends all three zones.

MARSH/WATERFOWL APPLICATIONS

Mossy Oak® Shadow Grass®Mossy Oak® Shadow Grass®
The key elements in Shadow Grass are first the dark shadows that are cast from the blade of grass. Of all elements found in the outdoors, shadows more than anything are constant. These shadows run at different angles to add contrast, break-up the pattern and retain “Long Distance Visual Integrity”. Second is the realistic detail in each blade of grass found on the pattern.

Realtree MAX-4®Realtree MAX-4®
Realtree MAX-4 was designed to offer maximum effectiveness in open terrain – without geographical limitations. The pattern incorporates cattails, millet, milo, corn stalks, dead sunflowers, oak and maple leaves, cedar and oak limbs, plus a variety of other plant life into the largest camouflage artwork on the market. It melts into marshes, grasslands, deserts, broomsage, croplands…even the open canopy of a treetop. It’s ideal for deer, turkey, waterfowl and western big game. Coast to coast, border to border, it works.

Delta Hunter Marsh™Delta Hunter Marsh™
Columbia Sportswear’s proprietary waterfowl camo. A blend of varying shades of brown and tan incorporated into a cattail pattern.

 

True Timber® Flooded TimberTrue Timber® Flooded Timber
The combination of cattails, different types of grass and intense shadows is strategically designed to hide you in any type of marshland.

 

Mossy Oak® Duck Blind®Mossy Oak® Duck Blind®
Duck Blind was designed specifically for avid duck and goose hunters in all flyways from the east to west coast – to be equally effective in marshes, potholes, riverbanks, reeds, tules, bottomland, corn fields, wheat stubble, rice fields and just about anywhere a waterfowl hunter would want to be hidden from the birds’ view. Duck Blind is built on a base background of true dirt colors with different tones to represent wet and dry ground, with elements of millet, wild oats, corn stalks, phragmites, Johnson grass, soybeans and native grasses selected and placed to achieve maximum effectiveness. Unique shadows enhance depth and create the ultimate 3-D effect. Finally, muted shades of brown, tan, gray and soft black are incorporated for blending into harvested fields, marshes and wetland environments. All you have to do is sit down – and be the blind.

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Mossy Oak® New Shadow Grass®

Mossy Oak® New Shadow Grass®
The finest waterfowl pattern ever just got better. Featuring our new background of textured bark, photo-realistic images of grass and marsh foliage, and increase depth, New Shadow Grass® provides exceptional versatility and unequaled concealment in marsh and sage surroundings. New Shadow Grass® virtually disappears in the duck blind, the dove field, and the western prairie, helping you get closer to nature.

FarmLand™ CornBelt™FarmLand™ Corn Belt™
This mix of corn leaves, stalks, roots and soil is designed to let you disappear in harvested and standing corn, maize, sorghum and milo. Be the field!

 

Mossy Oak® Bottomland®Mossy Oak® Bottomland®
Most patterns are designed to make the hunt – Bottomland went right ahead and built a camo company. Bottomland is Mossy Oak’s original camo pattern, created by Toxey Haas two decades ago. This pattern preserves the original design while applying advanced technology for increased stealth and effectiveness. The same field-proven components and colors, the same dirt and bark elements, the same ability to blend into dark environments and obscure a hunter’s outline from every angle – all carefully enhanced with digital technology for even greater subtlety and realism. The colors of dirt, leaves, bark and old moss make up Bottomland’s elliptical shapes that resemble red oak bark. The goal was to perfectly blend in with the ground and under-story of big hardwoods and swampy areas. Bottomland was updated using the latest computer technology and enhanced digital images. The combined effect creates an illusion so realistic that it doesn’t just blend with its surroundings, but actually adapts to the colors and textures found in nature.

Mossy Oak® New Bottomland®Mossy Oak® New Bottomland®
New Bottomland preserves the integrity of the original design, while applying advanced technology for increased stealth and effectiveness. Like the original, this pattern mixes the colors of dirt, leaves, bark and old moss to make up elliptical shapes that resemble red oak bark. Wear it to blend into dark environments, effectively obscuring your outline from every angle.

Mossy Oak® Shadow Grass Blades™Mossy Oak® Shadow Grass Blades™
Mossy Oak® Shadow Grass Blades™ is the most versatile and effective waterfowl pattern ever created. It accurately creates the perfect grass pattern by arranging every blade of grass in a natural position with shadows falling across each other on a thatched background. The thatch, with its small grass moving from light to dark spots creates the depth and distance from larger blades to provide a realistic, 3-D appearance and superior ability to break up a hunter’s outline. Each blade of grass was selected for its unique coloration and position to duplicate the grassy edges found all over the country.

SNOW/WINTER CAMO

Outfitter SnowOutfitter Snow
With more shadowy grays than conventional snow camo, this pattern is particularly effective when hunting partially snow-covered ground or in snowy timber. A must when hunting predators in the winter.

King’s Snow® ShadowKing’s Snow® Shadow
King’s Snow Shadow has perfect blend of white and light shades for that late-season hunter or predator hunter. The realism of this pattern is almost unbelievable with the snow-covered sage and limbs. If you like to hunt with snow on the ground, there is nothing better.

Seclusion 3D® WinterSeclusion 3D® Winter
We’ve taken our proven Seclusion 3D™ pattern and adapted it for wear in snowy conditions. Unlike pure white snow patterns, Seclusion 3D® Winter has photographic quality images of trees and branches. In conjunction with the white background, the branch pattern breaks up your outline and allows you to vanish into your snowy surroundings.

Mossy Oak® Winter®Mossy Oak® Winter Break-up®
Mossy Oak Winter Break-Up provides the ultimate concealment while hunting in the snow of the season’s wintry months. Utilizing Break-Up’s proven leaf and limb configuration in combination with a pure snow white background, Mossy Oak Winter Break-Up takes concealment in the frigid months to a new level. Whether you are chasing monster whitetails in the snowy plains of Saskatchewan or perched in a barren treeline at the peak of the Missouri rut, Mossy Oak Winter Break-Up will get you closer.

Mossy Oak® Winter Brush®Mossy Oak® Winter® Brush®
Textured snow background with soft shadowing simulates snow over uneven ground. Strategically placed grass and sagebrush create the perfect elements to break up the human form, while blending in with the natural environment of open country. With lighter elements and no heavy shadows, Mossy Oak Winter Brush replicates western elements and blends in with all winter environments better than other patterns. Excellent choice for mule deer, elk, antelope and predator hunters.

True Timber® MC2 SnowTrue Timber® MC2 Snow
One of the best-looking snow patterns on the market. High-resolution photo designs add extreme details like snow clinging to small branches.

 

NaturalGear™ SnowNaturalGear™ Snow
Open, soft-edged camo pattern captures real snow’s shifting hues, perfectly balancing the contrast between light and dark to help you disappear in every snow situation. The more complex a camo pattern, the more situation-specific it becomes. Wear a sticks-and-leaves camo pattern in a grassy field or cattail slough, and you’ll stick out like a raisin on white bread. NaturalGear contains a subtle blend of tones and shades in a simple-and-effective pattern that’s scientifically designed to make you disappear in all kinds of situations. That’s what makes NaturalGear so versatile – it’s scientific simplicity.

Naked North SnowNaked North Snow
Shades of grey break up your outline and blend into the backdrop of a snowy woodlot. The pattern works effectively whether you’re hunting on the ground or in a tree.

 

Outfitter Winter Camo™Outfitter Winter Camo™
The use of white combined with contrasting shades of gray makes Outfitter Winter Camo an extremely effective pattern in snow-covered terrain. Similar to the other patterns in the Outfitter camo series, it has the versatility to conceal you amid a variety of hunting locales, from the woodlands to the plains.

Realtree APS™Realtree APS™
Realtree APS has obvious application in snow-covered hardwood forests across the country, whether white oak stands of the northeast, cottonwood bottoms of the midwest, flooded timber of the Central Flyway or oak brush of the Rocky Mountain range. Its predominant color is white, but it maintains its concealment qualities through the addition of strategically placed black- and gray-colored leaves and limbs.

CONIFER FOREST

True Timber® Mixed PineTrue Timber® Mixed Pine
A one-of-a-kind, high-resolution pattern with exposed bark and a mix of needles, cones and oak leaves that disappear into pine and hardwoods. With a versatile blend of colors, Mixed Pine makes it easy to go undetected year-round.

Vertigo™ TanTrue Timber® Conceal Green
Green leaves replace the brown leaves of the original Conceal pattern, making this a universal pattern for any wooded terrain. The photo-realistic, bark-based pattern has just the right mixture of small branches and leaves to blend in any forest or terrain. Ideal from spring to early fall.

GENERAL

Outfitter Brown®Cabela’s Outfitter Brown™
From treestand hunts for whitetails to chasing elk through heavy timber, the dark, brownish background in Outfitter Brown gives you the versatility you need for hunting in nearly any terrain. A variation of the original Woodland camo, the shades, shapes and dark background in this pattern allow the human outline to disappear into a variety of settings. This pattern will improve your chances of taking home a trophy, no matter where you go.

NaturalGear™NaturalGear™
Destroys your outline virtually anywhere. NaturalGear camo pattern helps you hunt without being seen or heard.

 

Realtree AP™Realtree AP Brown
This pattern was created to be the one camouflage that works well in any situation-trees, corn fields, foliage and grasslands. Multi-sized pattern for concealment at both long and short distances.

Brown CamoBrown Camo
Sometimes called WWII camouflage, this concealing pattern is the steadfast choice of 80 percent of the waterfowling public. Cattails, cornfields, fence rows and wheat fields all make acceptable backdrops for this pattern.

Predator® Brown Deception™Predator® Brown Deception™ 
The large open shapes, earth tones and natural jagged intersections in Predator Camo demolish your outline and make you virtually invisible in any terrain. Predator Deception™, uses three dimensional images that eliminate the human form by disturbing an animal’s focus and depth perception. This pattern uses a blend of colors that is effective on the ground and in a treestand in any season.

Outfitter Camo™Cabela’s Outfitter Camo™
Outfitter camouflage features muted greens and grays in a design that’s more open than most other camouflage on the market today. The shadowy pattern is excellent for hunting in the open country of the West and among the pine and cedar forests of the high country.

King’s Woodland® ShadowKing’s Woodland® Shadow
Woodland camouflage, by design, is a universal camo for the Fall season. The blend of brownish tones works everywhere, whether on the ground or up a tree. It does what it’s supposed to do, break up your outline so that you can’t be distinguished from your surroundings.

Predator® Deception™Predator® Deception™
Earthtone colors and a unique 3-Dimensional look break up your silhouette. Deception takes stealth one step further by making it hard to focus on your figure, therefore difficult to judge your exact distance – which is why Deception is so deceiving! Deception works great anywhere from the Northern woodlands to the Southern brush country.

Ground SwatGround Swat
The first camouflage designed and scaled specifically for use in ground blinds. Unlike the camo pattern on your clothing, Ground Swat is a large image pattern that works on large items like blinds. Developed by stealing shapes straight from Mother Nature, this pattern simply blends into more terrain than ever thought possible. This pattern will undoubtedly help you be even more successful when hunting from the ground.

MultiCam®MultiCam®
The first camouflage designed and scaled specifically for use in ground blinds. Unlike the camo pattern on your clothing, Ground Swat is a large image pattern that works on large items like blinds. Developed by stealing shapes straight from Mother Nature, this pattern simply blends into more terrain than ever thought possible. This pattern will undoubtedly help you be even more successful when hunting from the ground.

WESTERN/OPEN COUNTRY

Seclusion 3D¬Æ Open Country¬ÆSeclusion 3D® Open Country®
From the desert Southwest to the vast expanses of grasslands that stretch from Canada to Texas, many species of game thrive in wide-open country. To hunt them successfully, you need a camo pattern that blends with the sage, long-stem grasses and rocky ground found in these regions. Cabela’s Open Country’s unique digitally produced pattern does this better than any other camo. It has been optically formulated to blend with the colors of tree-less terrain, with a unique overlay of light brush that breaks the pattern up for effectiveness at any distance. Like all Seclusion 3D patterns, Open Country gives you the advanced performance needed for consistent big-game hunting success.

Realtree MAX-1¬ÆRealtree MAX-1®
Whether you are chasing Antelope in Nebraska and Wyoming or in the Scrub Oak country of Texas, this pattern with it sage blend of colors will help you disappear as quickly as that huge buck did on you last year.

King‚Äôs Desert¬Æ ShadowKing’s Desert® Shadow
Unlike camouflage geared toward woodland hunting that leaves your human form protruding and dark colored in open-country settings, Desert Shadow totally swallows your outline in its realistic shades of Western vegetation and landscape. The color schemes and shapes in this pattern specifically match those found in the high mountains of Montana to the low desert of Arizona, yet blend well in a wide variety of terrain regardless of where you hunt.

Mossy Oak¬Æ Brush¬ÆMossy Oak® Brush®
Perfect concealment in western rangeland, mountain foothills and any open cropland areas. Perfectly matched background of dead grass and dirt create a base that will blend into virtually any open country surrounding. Varying sizes and tones of authentic brush and native plants make up the foreground of the pattern. Transparent reflective shadows are strategically layered to maximize the three dimensional effect while retaining its ability to blend into the terrain. Whether chasing pronghorn in the plains, mulies in the foothills or waterfowl in cropland, Mossy Oak Brush provides the most effective concealment in open country.

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King’s Mountain® Shadow

King’s Mountain® Shadow
This pattern has the perfect blend of high-country darks and lights. Whether you’re in open flats or thick trees and brush, this pattern gives you a wide contrast in colors for a broad range of terrain.

CamoWest Vanish¬ÆCamoWest Vanish®
Wayne Carlton and Camo West developed this pattern with true-to-life depth, detail and coloration to destroy your outline in all types of spruce, pine and pinion trees. Vanish camouflage is perfect for disappearing in the dark timber. This pattern completely destroys your outlines in all types of spruce, pines and pinion trees.

Outfitter High Plains¬ÆOutfitter High Plains®
The ideal all-season western pattern, Outfitter High Plains incorporates a blend of muted colors and tones. From the desert high plains, to the open country of western Canada, it is the ideal choice to match any terrain.

OptiFade‚Ñ¢ Concealment Open CountryOptiFade™ Concealment Open Country
The first science-based concealment pattern from W. L. Gore. OPTIFADE Concealment Open Country results from studies done on how deer see their surroundings. It works by preventing animals from recognizing a hunter as a predator, even when detected. Open Country is designed for spot-and-stalk hunting in western mountain environments.

True TImber¬Æ MC2True TImber® MC2
Maximum Concealment Camo was created for the open-country hunter by combining western elements like sagebrush to the contrast of light and dark shadows. Even though it is designed with western terrain in mind, this pattern’s earth-toned colors provide concealment almost anywhere. The use of high-resolution photos adds to the convincing realism.

Kryptek Highlander™Kryptek Highlander™
Kryptek Highlander™ camo incorporates proven principles of visual deception based on the mimicry of foliage, animal, marine and geographic visual qualities in a wide range of environments. Based on the extensive battlefield and special-operation-forces experience of the company’s founders and pro staff, the pattern uses a multidirectional design for effective concealment in a multitude of terrains that have either a lateral or vertical flow. The bi-level layering of the patterns incorporate background transitional shading and sharp random geometrical foregrounds to create a three-dimensional effect that ensures the utmost in concealment at both close and long ranges. These components combined with colorations selected and matched based on input from testing and observations in the field deliver the ultimate in hunting deception.

Cabela's Zonz™ WesternCabela’s Zonz™ Western
Western hunters are likely to find themselves in one of three “zones” while out in the field – whether hiding in sage brush, stalking through grasslands or traversing mountainous terrain. Now, for the first time ever, there’s a camouflage that perfectly blends all three zones.

HUNTER ORANGE

Blaze OrangeBlaze Orange
Highly visible in all types of weather conditions, Blaze Orange is a requirement in most states during big-game firearm seasons. Check regulations in the state where you hunt.

 

Mossy Oak® Blaze™Mossy Oak® Blaze™
Blaze camouflage pattern with overlay branches to add three-dimensional effect. Ideal for tree stand positions where concealment at long and short distances is imperative.

 

Blaze HorizonCabela’s Blaze Horizon
This blaze camo features a large print pattern for open country big-game hunting. Ideal for snow-covered situations.

 

Seclusion 3D® BlazeCabela’s Seclusion 3D® Blaze
With our Seclusion Blaze, you can make yourself visible to other hunters and still stay hidden from game. This pattern has a variable focus image that projects an amazingly realistic illusion of depth. The black outlines of trees and branches stand out over the blaze orange background to break up the human profile. Take a step beyond basic Blaze Orange with this exciting new pattern, and improve your chances of bringing home that trophy.

Realtree Hardwoods® BlazeRealtree Hardwoods® Blaze
Working with the original Hardwoods pattern, Realtree created Hardwoods Blaze by removing just the right amount of limbs and leaves. This created an extremely open pattern that offers plenty of blaze orange coverage while still maintaining its camouflage qualities. This combination of color and camouflage is the perfect mix for deer hunting, effectively revealing hunters to other humans while concealing them from he color blind eyes of deer.

Natural Gear BlazeNatural Gear Blaze
A perfect combination of the safety of blaze orange and the camouflage science of Natural Gear. This is the choice of the hunter who needs to be seen by fellow hunters, while staying concealed from prey. Effective for both big game and bird hunts.

Blaze CamoBlaze Camo
This pattern works to break the outline of the hunter created by the solidity of pure blaze. Smaller color splotches add concealment at close range. Blaze Camo is acceptable in states requiring blaze camouflage to be 60-65% blaze orange.

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