Ogden West Antlerless Moose

ruger1022 · Jul 1, 2019

Well, it looks like my wife just drew an antlerless moose tag with 0 points. The odds for her last year were 0.26% so we definitely got lucky. This will actually be her first big game hunt, and we are super excited.

Does anyone have any experience chasing moose in this unit? I haven't spent any time on the Ogden unit. We do live fairly close, so we will be able to scout leading up to the hunt.

Is it fairly easy to find moose on public land? Are there moose fairly close to roads or will it be a good pack to get the meat out? We would appreciate any help anyone could give us! Looking forward to some quality meat in the freezer this fall!

deerkiller · Jul 1, 2019

It's bull that someone with 0 points can draw before someone with 13.... blows my mind I have max points and can't draw. Send me a PM. My dad had the tag in 17. Shouldn?t be too tough

ruger1022 · Jul 1, 2019

Thanks deerkiller, I appreciate the help. I just sent you a pm.

I agree, allocating random tags sure doesn't help the people who have been applying for a long time.

BillyBoB · Jul 2, 2019

Sent you a message

"Wildlife and its habitat cannot speak. So
we must and we will."
Theadore Roosevelt

Crndgs8 · Jul 2, 2019

>It's bull that someone with 0
>points can draw before someone
>with 13.... blows my mind
>I have max points and
>can't draw. Send me a
>PM. My dad had the
>tag in 17. Shouldn?t be
>too tough

Really??? Lol half the tags go Into your max pool. If they all went to max pool no one would ever draw. Get over yourself. ;-)

deerkiller · Jul 2, 2019

>>It's bull that someone with 0
>>points can draw before someone
>>with 13.... blows my mind
>>I have max points and
>>can't draw. Send me a
>>PM. My dad had the
>>tag in 17. Shouldn?t be
>>too tough
>
>
>Really??? Lol half the tags go
>Into your max pool. If
>they all went to max
>pool no one would ever
>draw. Get over yourself.
>;-)

The people who decided it has been important enough to buy points when they didn't offer tags and have applied every other year tags were available, would draw. All antlerless should be preference point system. Throw 1 tag to random, but this LE draw system for a cow moose needs to end

Deerlove · Jul 3, 2019

Plenty of moose in Cutler basin and middle fork. I think not giving enough bull tags out in the unit. If it were me I'd say dump the cow hunt and issue a few more bull tags.

treedagain · Jul 3, 2019

LAST EDITED ON Jul-03-19 AT 01:24PM (MST)[p]I agree DEERKILLER, I also bought points for the time there was not a hunt available. I was lucky to have drawn the 1st year they were avail again. I also would not have been happy if they made this change. On a side note my nephew drew one this year with only a couple points so he will benefit from the change.

Deerlove
yes they should be giving more public tags, plenty of Bulls to hunt.

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HNTNFSH · Jul 5, 2019

I drew the Ogden unit I had 13 points just grateful for a chance to Hunt a moose. Good luck to all

schoolhousegrizz · Jul 5, 2019

If Willard Peak is in your unit that should be an easy enough area to get one. Though you will probably see more bulls than cows.

ruger1022 · Jul 10, 2019

Big thanks to everyone who has provided some info for us. It has been a big help!

We drove up the mountain the other day, and I was able to turn up a couple big bulls. If anybody knows someone who has an Ogden bull tag that would like to exchange some info I would definitely point them in the direction of some of the bulls I have been seeing.

ruger1022 · Sep 22, 2019

Just a little update on our hunt, we were able to get into moose every day, and my wife was able to put the smack down on this nice cow on the third day. Big thanks to everyone who helped us find some cows! It was a very successful hunt, especially with this being my wife?s first big game animal.