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Patten had planned to give the hunter the moose call as a memento, but when he backed up his truck, he heard a sound like a bottle being run over. It turned out to be the moose call. He had to make a new one.

There are a few things to consider when choosing your location to call: is there good moose sign nearby (tracks and bushes that have been raked by antlers), pick a spot that is open enough for a good shot and setup on the upwind side of the opening because the moose will usually approach from downwind. Moose have an extremely good sense of smell, so they will want to use the wind to their advantage.

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A couple years ago, I planned to meet Trevor at Henderson Brook Bridge on the Allagash. It was late September and the rut was just starting. He had gotten to the bridge before me and started calling moose just to see what would happen. When I got there, you could just barely hear a bull moose grunting off in the distance. Within ten minutes there was a young bull walking up the river grunting every few minutes. He came within 50 yards of the bridge before he figured out something was wrong and took off.

I was on an Allagash canoe trip with some friends a couple years ago on Long Lake. We spotted a bull moose across the lake one evening. My buddy and I started calling, within a few minutes that young bull was swimming across the lake to meet the lovely sounding cow on the other side of the waterway.

A fall canoe trip down the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) combined with calling moose would be an awesome adventure. Firearms and archery equipment are prohibited until October 1. On that date, the waterway is open to general hunting with restrictions near campsites, trails and other developed areas. See AWW rules at: www.maine.gov/allagash for a complete list of waterway rules.

I was more than a bit shocked when I found out I was drawn for a 2016 moose permit. Even more shocking was that I was drawn for zone 5, one of the most successful moose zones, which also happened to be the same zone in which my son Zack shot his moose in 2012.

Last summer, 1,054 people simultaneously belted out their best moose calls at the 2018 Skowhegan Moose Festival, and on Wednesday, Feb. 13, Guinness World Records announced that the record had been confirmed.

First, Moose calling is easy, and anybody can do it. Even young kids can do incredibly good cow calls with just a little bit of practice, and anybody can break sticks and rake brush.

Second, it works - and not only during the peak of rut. Moose calling can increase your chance for success in almost every hunting situation from late August into October, and even beyond.

Finally, you must be patient. Best results will be realized when you believe that it will work and are willing to wait.

This is important. Please use extreme caution whenever you call. A rut-crazed bull can be dangerous and can cover ground very fast. Brown and black bears can come into calls expecting lunch, and you might even call in other hunters. Be alert and prepared whenever you call.

When calling, I use three basic sounds: brush thrashing, bull grunts, and cow calls. Depending on the time of year and the current status of the rut, I use these sounds alone or in combination to try to imitate various moose behaviors. I call for 20 to 40 minutes at a time, at 3 to 5 hour intervals, and usually from a spot that is two to three hundred yards removed from my main lookout location. During these 20 to 40 minute sessions, I brush thrash and/or use bull grunts and cow calls for two to three minutes, then I glass the area thoroughly with binoculars; then listen and wait for five to ten minutes before calling again. I repeat this sequence continually throughout each session.

Brush Thrashing

Brush thrashing sounds can be made several different ways. Try to find a dead spruce and break some branches off to produce a loud cracking sound. Chopping dry timber with an ax or using large dry limbs, ax handles, old shoulder blades or other similar items to thrash brush will also work well.

When bulls challenge each other, when they move around in a group of moose while trying to win cows, and when they respond to calls, they usually do so while making short, deep grunts at 2 to 3 second intervals. Bull grunts range from hiccups to explosive coughing sounds, but a deep, short U or Ugh!!, Ugh!! sound, is probably the easiest to make when trying to imitate a bull.

If you were to wake up in an ugly mood, and decide to pick a fight with some guy on the street, you could call him any of several different names and probably get the results you are looking for. A similar situation exists when trying to call a bull in rut. Try to make your calls to sound as perfect as possible, but just being some what close will usually do.

Cow Calls

Cow calls can vary in length from 2 seconds up to almost a minute, are usually higher in pitch than bull grunts and can be made using an e r or errr sound. Start off low and carry the r for what ever length you want the call to be. Gradually raise the pitch in the middle of the call, and then lower the pitch again while tapering the call off at the end. Waver the tone on your longer calls. Pinching your nose and cupping your hands over your mouth, will produce a nasal effect that will make both bull grunts and cow calls sound better.

Other Sounds

In addition to brush thrashing, bull grunts and cow calls, also try other noises that fit the area you are hunting. When near lakes, ponds, rivers, or wet swamps, you can pour water from any container, into the water to sound like another moose urinating. Make sounds that a moose would when moving through that terrain.

Flashing

After bulls first strip their velvet, their antlers are white and can easily be seen from great distances. When they shake their head and flash their antlers, they are making an aggressive visual statement that probably means much the same as when people angrily shake their fists at each other during rush hour traffic. Waving or flashing something white or light colored, such as scapulas, light colored clothing, or even white garbage bags can actually serve as a very useful visual aid when trying to attract or approach moose.

Visual Flashing displays, mixed with a few short, explosive bull grunts and some thrashing, can be extra convincing, and can prompt a pretty angry and fast response from a rutting bull, so be sure that your weapon is ready, and maybe even have a tree nearby to hide behind or even climb, just in case the bull you provoke isnt legal or of the trophy quality you are looking for. Always wear some bright red or orange when doing this and use extreme caution so that you avoid being mistaken for a bull and getting shot!

Site Choice and Calling Strategies

When considering hunting areas, try to pick locations with good visibility that overlook swamps and mixed areas of birch, and willow. Choose a glassing area or lookout and decide on a few calling spots that are 200 to 300 yards distant and in different directions from your lookout. Look for calling spots that are close to major game trails, rub poles, scent pits or any area with fresh beds, tracks and droppings.

Natural drainages, especially those with beaver dams and ponds are excellent choices, because moose love water and also feed on pond weeds and grasses.

Early Season Calling Strategies (late August through about the 7-10th of September)

The moose mating cycle, or rut, starts slowly in late August when bulls start rubbing their new antlers against small trees and brush to scrape off the velvet. Most of my calling routines at this time consist almost entirely of brush thrashing to imitate this sound. Though the peak of the rut, defined as the period of time when most of the actual breeding takes place, is still a month away, bulls start to pay more attention to cows, and begin to engage in rutting behavior other than breeding, such as thrashing brush and sparring with other bulls.

Continuous all day calling isnt necessary. Moose can exactly pinpoint your location and will investigate on their own time schedule, whether you are calling then or not. Start calling at daybreak, but first thoroughly glass the surrounding area before proceeding to your calling location.

By September 1st, most big bulls have completely stripped their velvet and are starting to become a bit ornery, so add short deep grunts to your brush thrashing sounds, especially during the first and last calling session of each day. During the first 7 to 10 days of September, bulls start to move around quite a bit. Big bulls hear especially well, because their antler mass helps to draw in sound and thrashing alone will bring in bulls throughout most hunting seasons. If you doubt whether your moose vocalizations sound good enough, be willing to at least try some thrashing! Early season bulls respond slowly and out of curiosity about future competition, more so than with an urgency to fight other bulls or to win cows, so at this time especially, additional patience is required.

An important exception to using only brush thrashing and bull grunts on early season hunts is that one or two 20 to 30 second cow calls at the very front of the first calling session each morning, and at the very end of the last one each evening, seems to increase a bulls curiosity, and can help alert a distant bull to your presence. With proper wind conditions, and with the use of a megaphone, long, loud cow calls can easily be heard from two miles away.

Mid and Late Season Strategies (about September 7th - October 10th)

Starting as early as the 7th to 10th of September, moose become quite active, and calling starts to work pretty well. Bulls and cows start to group up, even though most cows wont be in heat yet. From late evening through until early or mid morning, both sexes can be quite vocal. Bulls will grunt, thrash brush, and engage in sparring matches with each other, and cows will make short moans from 2 to 8 seconds in length. From now until about October 10th when the main rut ends, add short cow calls in groups of 2 to 3 at a time, to morning and evening sessions. Try to sound like a group of moose, both cows and bulls, by moving back and forth within a one hundred foot or so area, while thrashing brush and making bull grunts and cow calls.

Gradually increase the intensity and length of your calling routines as the season progresses. Switching back and forth between bull grunts and cow calls, and also adding some brush thrashing will bring moose back around, again and again! e24fc04721