I remember the days no so long ago when we would see multiple moose on nearly every trip into the BWCA. On my last 4 or 5 trips I haven't seen any. Will be going into Big Moose this weekend and wondered if anyone has seen Moose there recently? The last moose I saw was on Basswood with 2 calves about 5 years ago.

I looked at the "Moose" survey put out by the DNR and it looked like just southwest of Big Moose was a good possibility but I don't think we are planning to go there. My 5 year old has yet to see a Moose in the BWCA on her 2 visits so far.

We are heading into Big Moose on Friday. When are you heading in?

HayRiverDrifter: "We are heading into Big Moose on Friday. When are you heading in?"

Saturday. You staying on Big Moose or moving on?

Staying on Big Moose.

!@$%^ $#*@#$&# ! I thought we would have the lake to ourselves. Just kidding. I am sure we will pass by you when we are checking out all the campsites.

We will have three guys. I will be the guy in the Wenonah Prism with the BWCA.com walleye hat on. Stop in if you see us.

Seen a small bull moose the last time we stayed there. Although that was about 6 years ago.

More recently, weve done a few day trips to Big Moose and have always see moose tracks on the beach. (The beach is the start of the portage to Duck Lake).

HayRiverDrifter: "We will have three guys. I will be the guy in the Wenonah Prism with the BWCA.com walleye hat on. Stop in if you see us."

Sounds good, we won't be hard to spot because we will be in a red Wenonah Spirit II canoe with a very talkative 5 year old girl with an "Elsa Frozen" fishing pole.

Been there numerous times in the last 2 years. There is A LOT of sign in the woods surrounding the lake, and I suspect they enjoy the extensive network of marshes that are beyond line-of-sight from the lake, and can easily remain off the main lake.

Can you guys let me know how the portages are? I'm putting in there on the 7th

Portages were fine. Only difficult spot in my opinion is going into Big Moose on the 160 rod portage the landing is a bit muddy and shallow. Not surprising this time of year but not really a problem either given it is the BWCA. There was only 1 beaver dam to pull over between the 160 and the 60 rod portage and it is just your typical BWCA beaver dam about 2 feet tall maybe?

Obviously if it is wet out be careful on the portages as the exposed rocks and tree roots can get pretty slippery. I think there was one tree across the 160 rod portage but I was able to fairly easily step over it. The portage to Cummings lake had 8-10 trees across it and some would be quite difficult to navigate over/around with a heavy pack and/or a canoe.

By the way, we didn't see any moose but the trees were already starting to change colors and there were plenty of fallen leaves decorating the portage trails.

Enjoy!