I made a series of Moose Calls with my voice and the bull responded.....

...Using sounds of cow moose calls and my own un-amplified voice I was witnessing something up to that point which I thought was only possible for highly skilled hunters.

He was trotting across the meadow toward me. I knew then that I was onto something..... Nothing short of amazing!

My dad had dropped me off at the entrance to Meadow Road (as we call it), and I walked quietly down the overgrown logging road to the edge of the meadow.

Ever since I was a youngster I had known that you could call Moose using your voice, my Grandfather had often talked about it and would sometimes demonstrate his expertise at the dinner table (much to the chagrin of my grandmother). So when I started moose hunting I tried it a couple of times, to no avail.

This nice bull moose stands in a meadow. Note: This bull would not be considered a mature bull in British Columbia because he only has two points on his eye guards.

If you are looking for information about games calls other than moose calls, you may be interested in this.

"Perhaps this time I'll be successful", I thought to myself, I decided I should give it another try. I think I even I looked over my shoulder just to make sure no-one would see or hear me. Pretty silly Huh?

Mustering my courage, I cupped my hands to my mouth and made what I believed to be a call of a cow moose.... Ahhhhhahhah... I think I even stifled a bit of a laugh. Then sitting down with a small pine tree at my back(to break my outline), and I waited.

I've since learned there are several ways to magnify the sound of your voice. First is to use a traditional birch bark call, these calls are described in more detail on their own page.

As I listened for a response, the only sound I could hear was that of our pickup truck thumping down the road, or at least that is what I thought, at first. I didn't realize what I was hearing...

The sound was getting closer, not going further away as it should be. Not only that, the road was much farther to my right.... Then realization set in that it was a bull moose making the noise and he was heading in my direction.

Click here to hear the sound of a bull moose.

On this occasion I was able to use a moose call and get a good bull moose. Get yourself a moose call and use it the next time you go out moose hunting. It is very exciting to have a moose come into your calling.

Two more styles of moose calls

The reed style moose call. These types of calls are also very popular and you will find them here.

And another, not so well known moose call designed by World Champion Moose Caller Ken Capling is made from fiberglass.

Birch bark calls have been used for centuries for calling moose. Used first by Aboriginal people and now by anyone who has grasped the technique.

The Cree are an indigenous people of North America who occupy an area from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States.

They now constitute the largest group of First Nations people in Canada and are referred to as Native Americans in the United States. The Cree language is an Algonquian language and was once the most widely spoken in northern North America.

Currently, however, not all Crees speak Cree fluently and English is more commonly used in Cree communities in the United States, Western Canada and Ontario. In Quebec, however, almost all Crees speak fluent Cree; English and French are nevertheless used in the work place, public administration, and for external relations.

Skilled buffalo hunters and horsemen, the Cree were allied to the Assiniboine of the Sioux before encountering English and French settlers in the 16th century.

Presently, the remaining Cree in the United States live on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation which is shared with the Chippewa.

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