Are you planning to put in for a tag in the moose dense 15A or 15B?
Are you sick of setting up a stake camp and coming back each night cold and damp only to have to set up a fire and wait to cook and warm up?
Why not stay in clean, warm cottages with heat, hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing and kitchens?
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One of our favorite summer foods, moose hamburgers!
When having a gathering of friends on the weekend, you could cook up barbequed burgers for everybody. I don’t know about you and your friends but a friendly gathering around the BBQ and campfire is something we love to do. We are fortunate to live in the country away from the city core so on occasion our gatherings will include a campfire. Sitting around the fire is a great way to relax and get caught up with the goings on with your friends… Don’t you think?
Everyone loves Summer Barbeques, and Moose Hamburgers on the grill are no exception so we thought we would share how to cook moose hamburgers. We added a Pasta and Potato Salad and were set.
How to Make Moose Burgers
Ingredients (makes 16 patties):
Directions:
We like to put all of our patties on a large tray and then place them in the freezer until I am ready to use them. It doesn’t matter if they freeze, if all the time you have is for them to get a little stiff… that’s OK. It helps to keep the patties together while cooking.
If you don’t use all your patties at once place a piece of waxed paper between each one and then let them freeze for future use. For longer storage, once frozen we put our moose hamburger patties into freezer bags for easy access. If you want to grind your own moose meat get a quality grinder to do the job. Any leftover meat from the previous year can easily be ground.
Hint: Moose Meatloaf Recipe
You can always take the same mixture from the moose hamburgers and place it into a loaf pan… voila… easy moose meatloaf!
Add your favourite dressings and voila you have the makings for a perfect meal!
We added leaf lettuce, sliced tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, sauteed onion, mozzarella cheese and our own special sauce.
Special Sauce
Mix equal portions of mayonnaise and hamburger relish, add about one quarter of your mixture in ketchup. Example: 1/2 cup mayo, 1/2 cup relish, 1/4 cup ketchup. Internal Temperature for Cooked Moose Meat
Nutritional value of Moose Meat
Moose meat is naturally low in fat, and because it comes from the wild it contains no harmful chemicals or hormones. Moose meat is so low in fat that you often have to add some to prevent it from being dry. When we process our moose meat we do not add any fat to our mince, choosing instead to add fat when cooking as needed.
Enjoy
Every once in a while (all the time lol) a hunter’s powers and prowess are upstaged by the miracle of Mother Nature………
In a bittersweet rescue, two Newfoundlanders spared a Greenland shark from choking on a symbol of Canadiana.
While gnawing on a piece of moose meat, the shark bit off more than it could chew and got the chunk lodged in its throat, while the tide pulled it in to shore.
Enter Derrick Chaulk, who acted quickly when he saw what he guessed was a beached whale from his car on the northeast coast of Newfoundland.
Upon closer inspection, it was a shark about 2.5 meters long, that was still conscious though choking on a huge piece of moose hide on shore.
Another local, Jeremy Ball, arrived on the scene and began pulling the two-foot-long chunk of moose hide from the shark’s mouth. Once he was successful, the pair began working on getting the shark back out into the water.
Ball tied a knot around the shark’s tail then pulled the rope while Chaulk pushed the shark’s head off shore with his foot. Eventually, they were able to haul the 115-kilogram shark into water about 30 centimetres deep.
The shark laid there for a few minutes, says Chaulk, “Then all of a sudden, the water started coming out of his gills and he started breathing.”
At this point, the shark waded in the water for about 30 minutes, recuperating.
A small crowd had gathered to see if the shark would swim back out into the deeper water.
“There was a few people up on the bank watching and once that shark swam out and lifted his tail, and then swam all the way out, everybody just clapped,” says Chaulk.
“It was a good feeling to see that shark swim out, knowing that you saved his life.”
While moose are a national symbol and a common sight in Newfoundland, Greenland sharks are rarely found on Newfoundland’s northeast coast.
They generally feed on fish in shallow waters, but in some cases they’ll nab polar bears and reindeer when they’ve ventured into the water.
Chaulk suspects the moose may have entered the harbour as discarded scraps from hunters.
While reading some great hunting articles last night, I came across a very overlooked topic. This is an article written by Tyrrell Hearn and is a great quick snippet on basic hunter safety tricks!
Over the years we have all heard of hunting accidents and how bad they can be. Hunting safety should be paramount in the mind on any hunter, especially those using high-powered rifles. It goes without saying that guns are designed to take life quickly and effectively, making it imperative that you treat them as such. If you are a hunter, here are a couple tips to keep you safe this season.
Blind placement– Keep in mind that there are people around you who may also be hunting in the mornings and evenings. Be mindful of other known hunting groups in your area. Having a chat with them about the direction of their firing lanes so everyone is up to date on their neighbor’s new hunting spots is a great way to stay safe.
Less powerful bullets– It is always a draw to buy the highest grain bullet for your guns, however, higher grain equals a faster and longer bullet trajectory. Pick something a little smaller but effective for the game you are targeting.
Hollow points– Buy hollow point bullets. Full Metal Jacketed bullets are not legal to hunt with in most areas anyway. Hollow or soft tipped bullets will break up even if they are only hitting brush and small trees. Lessening your chance of a bullet traveling way past your target.
Safety orange– Wear your safety gear so that even at a distance, the most novice of hunter will not mistake you for an animal.
Stay safe, think ahead, and have a great hunting season!
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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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Hearty Moose Chlli Con Carne… an old time family favourite.
Served with fresh (your choice) Bread, Hearty Moose Chilli Con Carne makes a satisfying meal. An easy to prepare recipe, which can be frozen for latter.
This is one of those super easy recipes that a child could make. Assign one of the kids to make this when they get home from school so it will be ready in time for dinner.
I will often make a large batch of Moose Chili Con Carne (frozen) to take along when we go moose hunting; just heat and serve. Your hunting partners will appreciate the meal, and it does seem to be somewhat appropriate to be eating moose meat while hunting moose!
Moose Chili Con Carne:
Ingredients:
Directions:
One little secret we have found is the first day, or should I say the day you cook the chili, it tends to be a little runny. After refrigeration though it thickens up quite nicely and will serve well on toast.
Serve Moose Chili Con Carne with Fresh Bread
Enjoy
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Are you planning to put in for a tag in the moose dense 15A or 15B?
Are you sick of setting up a stake camp and coming back each night cold and damp only to have to set up a fire and wait to cook and warm up?
Why not stay in clean, warm cottages with heat, hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing and kitchens?
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Wawang has always been synonymous with great trophies. We have also be recognized as one of the most photographed filled brag book holders amongst our peers. Believe me, when you have this much to be proud of, you want the world to see it 🙂
It is for this reason that we announce that we can now be found on Instagram! With so many photos of successful fishing and hunting, it just makes sense to share it with the world.
We have always lived by a principal here: Show me, don’t tell me! Join us and see what we can show you…..because remember, what you show, shows what you know!
Come on over and see our page WawangResort and tell us what you think!
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One of our favorite summer foods, moose hamburgers!
When having a gathering of friends on the weekend, you could cook up barbequed burgers for everybody. I don’t know about you and your friends but a friendly gathering around the BBQ and campfire is something we love to do. We are fortunate to live in the country away from the city core so on occasion our gatherings will include a campfire. Sitting around the fire is a great way to relax and get caught up with the goings on with your friends… Don’t you think?
Everyone loves Summer Barbeques, and Moose Hamburgers on the grill are no exception so we thought we would share how to cook moose hamburgers. We added a Pasta and Potato Salad and were set.
How to Make Moose Burgers
Ingredients (makes 16 patties):
Directions:
We like to put all of our patties on a large tray and then place them in the freezer until I am ready to use them. It doesn’t matter if they freeze, if all the time you have is for them to get a little stiff… that’s OK. It helps to keep the patties together while cooking.
If you don’t use all your patties at once place a piece of waxed paper between each one and then let them freeze for future use. For longer storage, once frozen we put our moose hamburger patties into freezer bags for easy access. If you want to grind your own moose meat get a quality grinder to do the job. Any leftover meat from the previous year can easily be ground.
Hint: Moose Meatloaf Recipe
You can always take the same mixture from the moose hamburgers and place it into a loaf pan… voila… easy moose meatloaf!
Add your favourite dressings and voila you have the makings for a perfect meal!
We added leaf lettuce, sliced tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, sauteed onion, mozzarella cheese and our own special sauce.
Special Sauce
Mix equal portions of mayonnaise and hamburger relish, add about one quarter of your mixture in ketchup. Example: 1/2 cup mayo, 1/2 cup relish, 1/4 cup ketchup. Internal Temperature for Cooked Moose Meat
Nutritional value of Moose Meat
Moose meat is naturally low in fat, and because it comes from the wild it contains no harmful chemicals or hormones. Moose meat is so low in fat that you often have to add some to prevent it from being dry. When we process our moose meat we do not add any fat to our mince, choosing instead to add fat when cooking as needed.
Enjoy
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