Campfire or not when moose hunting?

[mcseal2]

I was curious what moose hunters thought of having a fire. Does the smoke smell bother them and reduce odds of success? I'm going next year on a 10 day drop camp hunt in Alaska, so scent elimination won't be possible. I was wondering if the smoke smell might help hide the human scent or if the smoke smell was worse. Also I though a fire might be darn nice in late September in Alaska in the evenings, especially if we get clothing damp. We will be doing quite a bit of calling from camp it sounds like quite a few hunters have killed bulls from their camps in the past with the transporter we are using.

Thanks for the help.

 

[KJH]

Always a fire for me. I make no efforts to do anything scent related until I stalk down wind. Never ever had a problem.

 

[rayporter]

build a fire and break up lots of wood - the cracking carries a long way and brings them in.

 

[VernAK]

We run a wood stove daily but the Tipi is just over the ridge from the moose direction.......woods noise usually doesn't bother a rutting bull.

 

[WCS]

We had a bull moose piss on what was left of the coals in our fire pit one morning about 45 minutes before legal shooting light in Northern Saskatchewan. My dad shot him about an hour later wearing only his red union suit.

 

[mcseal2]

Good deal, thanks everyone.