Author Archives Damon Clarke

For the 4^th consecutive year, Spruce Pond Hunting will be represented at the World Fishing and Outdoor Exhibition at Suffern, New York. The event, which is held at the Rockland Community College, runs from March 2-5, inclusive. Spruce Pond Hunting will be located at booth 330. If you plan to be in the area, drop by and say hello!

During the rutting season moose are found in different areas than during other parts of the season. Typically, the peak of the rutting season for moose is the first two weeks of October. This is only an average, though. The further north in the hemisphere you travel, the earlier in the season the rut happens and the opposite is true for going south. There are always exceptions to the rule but for the most part early October will be the peak. There will always be some cow moose that will start ovulating early and if a bull moose hears the yearning calls of a cow in estrus, he will investigate and may even vocalize his approach.

Before the bull moose go into rut they are usually found in higher elevation areas. They will seek out cooler and thicker areas of the forest, higher in elevation, in trying to escape insects and predators. Cow moose and calves will, on the other hand, stay in the lowlands near water. The cows seek out water for two main reasons: food and safety. Calves are vulnerable, especially to predators such as bears. A cow with calf will use the water as an escape when threatened by predators.

When the rut begins and likely for a few weeks before the beginning of the cow moose estrus, the bulls will move down out of the higher elevations to seek out the cows. The bulls will stay in the lower and wetter areas within proximity of the cows with the hope of getting the breeding done. As the rut winds down, the bull will once again move back to the higher elevations.

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Source: Moose Hunting Tips: The Ultimate Guide to Moose Hunting.

• Moose can be easily identified from other deer thanks to their sheer size of hooves.
• Although they have a respectable size and can run fast for short distances, moose fall prey to black/grizzly bears and wolves.Recent studies say that up to 75% of the newborn moose can be killed in their first eight weeks of life by bears.
• These animals are usually solitary animals but the situation changes during the mating season.
• They eat roots, birch and aspen twigs, willow, grasses and pond weeds along with insects, aquatic plants, lichens. Moose can feed underwater and they eat up to 20 kg of plants each and every day.
• A male moose (bull) normally weights 540 up to 720 kg (approximately 1200 to 1600 lb) while the female moose (cow) weights 400 kg (about 880 lb).
• The record for the biggest moose dates from 1897: 2.34m (7.7 feet) and an astonishing weight of 825 kg.
• In North America there are about 800,000 – 1.2 million animals; every year almost 90,000 moose are killed by hunters. As you can see from the numbers, there are no endangerment problems.

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Representatives of Spruce Pond Hunting met some old friends and made some new ones at the World Outdoor Exposition, held in Suffern New York, from Marc 10-13. Thousands of outdoors enthusiasts, including big game hunters, attended the show. Many hunters stopped by the Spruce Pond Hunting booth to discuss future hunting adventures in Newfoundland. The photos here show Damon Clarke chatting with prospective hunters, including Todd Mitchell and his son (top photo), who were at Spruce Pond last year. Also dropping by the booth was Paul Hebert of the National Geographic channel television show Wicked Tuna.

Spruce Pond Hunting would like to take this opportunity to thank its staff, hunters and interested observers for making 2015 a great year. We look forward to continuing the growth of our business and can’t wait for the 2016 season to start!

Yours in hunting, Damon

Representatives from Spruce Pond Hunting will be in attendance for the third season in a row at a hunting and outdoors show in Suffern, New York. The Eastern Fishing and Outdoor Exposition is set for March 10-13, 2016. Spruce Pond Hunting will be at Booth 330. If you are in the area, drop by and say hello!

Blake Chelf, a resident of Oklahoma in the United States, was among the successful moose hunters at Spruce Pond this season. He is shown with the young bull he took.

Randy Luth of Decker, Minnesota, had a great hunt at Spruce Pond this season. He took this caribou on his first day of hunting. As Randy noted, “Only the best at Spruce Pond, food, friends, hunting and memories. Top shelf!”

Ron Derks had a good hunt recently at Spruce Pond, as he took as nice bull. Ron came to Spruce from New York state.

Don Davis of Claremont, New Hampshire, had two great weeks of hunting at Spruce Pond. Don, who also came to Spruce last year and plans to come back in 2016, bagged a moose and this beautiful caribou.