Newfoundland Moose

After a year long delay we finally got to hunt Moose in Newfoundland. Left last Wednesday night at 8pm and drove to Nova Scotia to catch the ferry. We where at Portland Creek Outfitters on Friday afternoon to catch a float plane to camp. Luckily we got out before Ida hit the east coast of the island. We were on the Western side. Hunted Saturday afternoon in high winds and rook 2 bulls. On Monday I shot mine just before dard. Called in from a mile out. One shot at 300 yards with the 28 Nosler dropped him instantly. The last guy in our group got his bull Tuesday afternoon. We flew out Wednesday afternoon before we got stuck due to bad weather. Got home at 2am today. Newfoundland has lots of water fog wind and rough country. Was a great trip.
My bull was a 7 point with a 32 inch spread.

congrats nice animals sounds like you had a great hunt!

Nice work! Sounds like a great trip.

My son and two of his buddies left at 2:30 this afternoon for Newfoundland. Their parting comment was "mooses be toast". Looks like an awesome time. How many animals did you see altogether?

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In 4 days we saw 30. Population is high due to last years shutdown. Also saw 4 Bear. 1 guy in our group hit one. Rough country.

Congratulations, The Rock is a fun place to hunt.

Looks like a great hunt!

Was it a hassle getting into Canada? Had one buddy go with his family a couple weeks ago and he said it was easy peasy. Another one said it was ridicules, waited 3 days for neg test couple guys in group got false pos so had to catch up later etc.......

We had our test and the arrivecan app. so crossing the border was easy. But going between providence's was a pain in the arse. And crossing back in the us is a pain. Treat you like a criminal.

Moose backstraps tonight.

Those backstraps on the grill is a trophy picture. Congratulations

Awesome! Should have popped into PEI!

Congratulations on what sounds like a real good trip! I would love to have that good of a trip there. How many bulls were in that 30 moose spotted? Also, how much meat (pounds) do you think you got from your bull?

20 bulls around 250 pounds of meat. Had it butchered there. Only took them a few hours and was vacuum packed. Cost me 170 us. Fuel is high in Canada figured we spent around$1000 just in gas.. Saw a beauty of a 50 inch bull with 23 points at the main lodge. Trip of a life time even it was only 4 days in camp.

That moose meat looks great! Sounds like a real good trip.

Did the arriveca ap require you show proof of vaccine?

Yes and a negative test with in 72 hours

Got ya, thanks HR.

I’ve had moose meat a lot of ways but I actually think my favorite is cold moose meat sandwiches the day after a roast. Mayo, mustard and some onion. Something about it, can’t duplicate it with any other meat.

Congrats on a successful hunt, enjoy!

Sounds great! Congrats on the bulls.

I head out next Friday for Newfoundland moose. My first time moose hunting and going to Newfoundland.

Make sure your arrivecan app is complete along with negative test. Make sure your gun is registered with us customs. And check on what paperwork or apps you need to go between providence's.

Funny how everyone is worried about getting into Canada, it’s always been for me a bigger hassle getting back into the USA.

It’s not really a registration form for your firearm on the USA side, but just proof that you did not purchase it in Canada so you do not have to pay duty on it. You fill out the form US Customs stamps it and you have the only copy. Make sure you have your Canadian firearms tax documents filled out and do not sign them until the Canadian customs office tells you to.

I knew about the test and arrive can app but I haven't heard anything about travelling between provinces. Do they have checkpoints set up? You now have me worried haha.

Yes they do. Check each providence in which you are going. Easy to fill out but it was unknown to us. The 1 we only had to show our negative test. App to fill out when you get off the ferry. Squash is right on with getting back in the US. Good luck on your hunt. The rut will be be in on your hunt.

Congratulations
That’s a lot of Moose meat.

You did great! My hunting buddy and I went in 2019 and got bulls about the size you shot. We had approx 350 lbs of meat each. We had a deposit for 2020 but covid ended that. Hope for 2022.

Thank you for the heads up! Hopefully we are as successful as your group.

I've only had moose two times in my life and it was the best meat ever. I only had a calf tag and my brother a bull. His was tough and mine was tender. The next hunt we only wanted calf tags and we both got one both from the same cow.

Guides told us the 3rd and 4th week of the season is the best time to call them in. But the meat will be tough on a bull.

Fyi Newfoundland is 1 1/2 time zone different then eastern standard time

Reason they shoot any bull NFLD is no wolves there to trim the moose. Hunters have to shoot about 25,000 a year to keep things in check. Has been some pretty severe range degradation in some places, e.g. the national parks, there to the point where special hunts were allowed to restore habitat. Just about the whole place is great moose habitat so a lot have to be shot to keep things in order. Outfitters and non-resident hunters do a great service by trimming the moose in the back country. Locals hunt the more accessible areas. Almost everyone local is a meat hunter.

Just got a text from my son. He and his two buddies all got their moose. Only issue is they are stuck on the island until Tuesday because of weather, real rough seas. The quick story on his animal was hit at a ranged 289 yards thru a shoulder and out, second shot was 329 facing away thru the center of the neck and instantly down. He said the second shot was not really needed but I taught him a long time ago, if it's still on its feet keep shooting. He said its lungs were very well mushed up. Second shot broke the neck. He is using a 300 win mag that he just had built. Blue printed Remington 700 action, TriggerTech trigger, 24" Proof Research carbon fiber barrel. Nosler 180 grain E-Tip, 69.9 IMR 4350, Federal 215 magnum primer, Winchester brass. I can't recommend the brass as we got 2 sealed bags of 50 virgin brass, half of which we scrapped as you couldn't close the bolt after it was full length sized to make up the fire forming loads. I think it's an issue with the size or position of the belt. Average velocity is right around 3100 fps and will shoot into an inch at 200 yards. Didn't get either bullet back, they are still going. I'll try and get pictures up when I get them.

Looking forward to the pics. I did my skull for a European mount on Friday. Boy did it stink.

He can't bring the skull with brain matter back into NYS, cwd concerns, so I think he is having the skull prepared there and shipped. I agree, boiling out a skull is a stinky job. Beetles are just as bad.

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Here is a few pics from our trip. It was a great time in some beautiful country. The weather wasn't the greatest for our hunting technique but It cleared up a few times to give us our moose. My uncle also got a good bear.

Congrats Michigander! I would have been thrilled with a bull like yours.

What county are you in?

Your supposed to eat the nose too! Google it.

Nice Bull Michigander

That’s my dream hunt for a moose.

So these moose are about the size of an elk?

250-300lbs of meat sounds about right. I shot a 42” bull in ME in 2015, it dressed 740 lbs.

Lenawee, but I frequent your area a bunch.

I almost saved his snout but decided against it. I did salvage his tounge.


I got 261 lbs of boned out meat from my moose and my uncles yielded 350 lbs.