AK Peak Moose Rut dates

MtGomer

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If you had a 10-12 day period in September you could hunt and you could pick any time frame, what dates would you pick?
Unit 18. Open Sept 1-30
 
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If rut was the criteria, yeah... later is probably better. They can really reach maximum dumbness that first week of October.

We usually hunt earlier in Sept for much less smelly bulls though, so there is that consideration also.
 

Hudge

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The last ten days. The last time we were out hunting caribou a few years back on an extended season, we saw rutting bulls quite often. Just a week before nothing. If I remember it was about 22 Sept. we saw the action.
 
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I'd pick the days with the best weather...:D
...that said, they really do start responding to calling like crazy that last week of September...
 
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