Covid Moose

[Short Track]

I wanted to do NL Moose after Covid. Figured the Bulls got real big. But it never happened. I already had other hunts booked.
Did anyone get a big Bull after Covid ??

 

[SDHNTR]

I don’t understand your question. Did someone kill a moose after having COVID? What does “after COVID” mean? What does killing moose have to do with a disease?

 

[Short Track]

NL was shut down for Covid. No one hunted for a full year, probably closer to 2 years. I figure in those 2 years, the Bulls must have gotten big, real big.

 

[SDHNTR]

Ahh, I didn’t know that. Shut down entirely? That’s news to me. Or just closed, like the rest of Canada, to unvaccinated foreigners?

 

[CrossthreadLoctite]

The outfitter I went with the last week of September said they had been killing larger bulls than normal this year. Their camps were effectively not hunted for 2 years and even though they did have some Canadian hunters last year hunt the camp I was in, those hunters shot cows & calves because they were just after meat.

 

[Muskykris]

Lots of fish camps and hunt camps struggling to survive due to the border being shut

Hopefully next year is back to normal for them

 

[Short Track]

I went up in 2021 for Caribou.. and I got a small bou. I figured they would have been bigger because 2020 the border was closed. Just wondering if you guys got bigger Moose and Caribou with 2019 being closed.

 

[CrossthreadLoctite]

I should preface by saying I wasn't trophy hunting - shot the first bull we saw which was on day 3 of a 6 day hunt. Mine was 27.5" and 8 points, definitely nothing to write home about as far as moose are concerned. Before I was there they shot a number of bulls over 30" including one about 40" with 20 some odd points, pretty good for a drive in camp. I'd be curious to know what others were seeing the rest of the season as I was there right after the hurricane, which definitely affected the animals.

 

[Joseph2186]

I got a 18 point 52 inch bull first day in NL last year.

 

[Ridge Ghost]

I wouldn't assume that there was no hunting pressure in 2020 and 2021 just because the border was closed to foreign clients. I saw several outfitters offering discounted hunts to Canadians during this time so they could stay booked and keep paying the bills.

 

[Short Track]

I got a 18 point 52 inch bull first day in NL last year.

That's an Alaskan Moose !!

 

[Joseph2186]

Had absolutely everything except, he did have narrow pans but was an incredible hunt.

 

[adamkolesar]

That's a hell of a NL moose! Congrats.

 

[Treeman85]

Anybody ever try Dashwood Outfitters for moose in NF?

 

[boneshed]

Anyone hunt with Big River Camps in NL?