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Post by jwk on Apr 2, 2024 13:45:37 GMT -5
It's that time of the year for anyone that applies for the Maine Moose Permit Lottery. I'm hoping this is the year for me.  I have 25 chances Maine Moose Lottery |
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Post by davet on Apr 2, 2024 13:59:44 GMT -5
Good luck!
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Post by jwk on Apr 2, 2024 14:03:09 GMT -5
Thanks I'll need it!
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Post by davet on Apr 2, 2024 14:08:36 GMT -5
Moose hunting......it's to bad you couldn't direct the 1,000-lb animal to get close to your car first.........
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Post by moosemike on Apr 2, 2024 18:11:39 GMT -5
I do VT and NH every year for moose lottery but I gave up on Maine. Way too hard to get drawn
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Post by jwk on Apr 3, 2024 5:52:20 GMT -5
I do VT and NH every year for moose lottery but I gave up on Maine. Way too hard to get drawn Do you get drawn for VT and NH? If so, how is the hunting? |
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Post by moosemike on Apr 3, 2024 7:32:24 GMT -5
I've been drawn in both of them. In NH it was so easy. I didn't even make it to my parking spot the first morning. I jumped out of my truck and had my choice of Bulls. I kept going back Bear hunting the rest of the week and saw bulls everyday.
Now VT on the other hand took me right down to the last day of the hunt until I got a chance at a Bull.
I've gone to VT since then and managed a Cow on the third day but my wife has also been drawn in VT and she got blanked
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Post by ridgecommander on Apr 3, 2024 12:51:07 GMT -5
I would love to do Newfoundland for moose, but I think I missed the boat on that. 10 years ago it was reasonable. Today, not so much.
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Post by jwk on Apr 3, 2024 12:56:17 GMT -5
I've been drawn in both of them. In NH it was so easy. I didn't even make it to my parking spot the first morning. I jumped out of my truck and had my choice of Bulls. I kept going back Bear hunting the rest of the week and saw bulls everyday. Now VT on the other hand took me right down to the last day of the hunt until I got a chance at a Bull. I've gone to VT since then and managed a Cow on the third day but my wife has also been drawn in VT and she got blanked That's great, How long ago did you draw? and how many years did it take to get drawn. I agree about Maine though, it is near impossible. Thanks for the info! |
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Post by jwk on Apr 3, 2024 12:57:15 GMT -5
I would love to do Newfoundland for moose, but I think I missed the boat on that. 10 years ago it was reasonable. Today, not so much. Yeah, I thought about that probably 10 years ago or more. I haven't looked at cost recently. |
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Post by moosemike on Apr 3, 2024 15:22:19 GMT -5
I was drawn in VT in 2003 and 2009
NH was 2004.
VT for my wife was 2004
My wife's brother drew NH in 2005
None of us ever put in before 2003
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Post by jwk on Apr 4, 2024 12:48:02 GMT -5
I was drawn in VT in 2003 and 2009 NH was 2004. VT for my wife was 2004 My wife's brother drew NH in 2005 None of us ever put in before 2003 Sounds like much better odds than Maine. At least in early 2000. Thanks for the info, I will look in to it. |
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Post by moosemike on Apr 4, 2024 12:55:27 GMT -5
Yeah they don't give out near the licenses they used to. But Maine attracts national attention and they let you buy as many preference points as you want
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Post by dougl on Apr 4, 2024 16:01:50 GMT -5
Not to be a whiner but I feel this should be in the elk and bear forum not the deer forum.Just saying.
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Post by davet on Apr 4, 2024 16:24:53 GMT -5
Not to be a whiner but I feel this should be in the elk and bear forum not the deer forum.Just saying. #1---I think the Moose would feel slighted just staying here in an ordinary deer forum #2---Then again, Moose are neither bear nor elk #3---Someone sent me a PM and said you were a whiner.......just sayin...... |
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Post by jwk on Apr 4, 2024 16:27:59 GMT -5
technically they are all deer. I didn't see a Bear Elk forum, but it doesn't make any difference to me. If the powers that be want to move it that's fine by me.
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Post by Dutch on Apr 5, 2024 4:46:54 GMT -5
technically they are all deer. I didn't see a Bear Elk forum, but it doesn't make any difference to me. If the powers that be want to move it that's fine by me. One thing you should realize is this, most of the guys on here just aren't right in the head. 😂 |
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Post by moosemike on Apr 5, 2024 5:26:40 GMT -5
Important point I forgot to mention; The reason the odds were traditionally better in NH and VT is because there aren't Guiding operations and Guides. That doesn't work for most people but it was good for me
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Post by jwk on Apr 5, 2024 8:05:01 GMT -5
Important point I forgot to mention; The reason the odds were traditionally better in NH and VT is because there aren't Guiding operations and Guides. That doesn't work for most people but it was good for me Although I would love to do a DIY hunt it wouldn't be practical for me to do so. I wouldn't have the time to pull it all together. Maybe when I retire. Thanks again! |
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Post by moosemike on Apr 5, 2024 8:30:37 GMT -5
First two times I went I just went up for one weekend prior to the season to put some eyes on the situation. Once I found where I wanted to hunt the first day I'd do the rest of my scouting in season. I never got skunked. My wife did but that's because while she was hunting in VT I was hunting in NH. So her brother went with her to help her
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I have 25 chances 
