The wail or moan is similar to EER UGH, with a long EER and an abrupt low guttural UGH. Hunters will often use this call to try and bring in big bulls. She uses this call to bring in any bulls that are nearby. The wail or moan is a call a cow moose makes when her estrus levels are high and she’s ready to breed. The bark is to alert offspring that there is danger, and they need to react fast. This sound is similar to a deer barking sound and not so different than a large dog barking. Moose will make a barking sound when they sense danger. They also have offspring that they communicate with, which is part of the reason they are more vocal. Female moose soundįemale moose tend to be more vocal than bull moose. This is an effective tactic if your cow call just isn’t cutting it. This will lead the moose to believe there is another moose in the area. Once you have the tool, you will rake it across a bush for a couple of seconds, just as a moose would with his antlers. The scapula is lighter and provides more volume than the antlers. You can use either antlers or a scapula from a moose to replicate this sound. This is another easy call to imitate and doesn’t need any vocal work on your part. He’s basically trying to show off the size of the antlers and scare off any smaller moose that may be in the area or hanging around a cow. He does this by aggressively raking his antlers across the bush.īull moose will use this technique to try and deter other bull moose in the area. Antler rakingĪnother sound a bull moose makes, although not vocally, is antler rattling. They are often seen stamping the ground and licking their lips while making this sound. The sound is made in intervals of two to three seconds and can last for several minutes. They make this sound when they are wary of they scent they just caught, this could be humans, predators, or rival males. This comes out almost like a hiccup or sometimes like a coughing sound. When a bull moose catches a scent he is not sure of he will make short interval grunts.
The grunt is the easiest moose call to imitate and is an extremely effective call when done properly. This is the sound most hunters imitate to get the attention of another bull moose looking to challenge a rival. The croak focuses on the UGH part of a moose noise, with a very short EER at the start.īull moose use the grunt to try and get the attention of cows to breed with.
The bulls also only make this sound during the rutting season. It comes out like a gulping or grunting noise. It would also be quite difficult to imitate due to its volume and ferocity.Ī moose also roars in response to other things they feel is a threat, such as people, bears, mountain lions, etc. Hunters don’t imitate this call as it’s used as more of a deterrent for a moose. This can be quite an intimidating sound to hear in the woods. The roar can be best described as a deep roaring sound, almost like a furious cow, or sometimes even akin to a lion. When moose are making this sound, they are usually quite agitated and are ready to fight. The roar is the most agressive sound made by a moose.īull moose roar during rutting season to ward off other smaller bulls. The bellow is made by the bull moose looking for a cow moose to mate with, this can be in response to a cow moose wail or as a question looking for a response from a cow moose. This sound rings out through forests containing moose during rutting season. BellowĪ bull moose bellow can be heard up to six miles away. This time of year, it’s most common to hear bull moose grunting and raking bushes. They are on the lookout for cow moose to breed with this time of year and are very vocal about it. On the other hand, a bull moose would shorten the start of that sound and emphasize the UGH Bull moose soundsīull moose are vocal mostly only during rutting. The difference between cow moose and bull moose making this sound is that a cow moose would emphasize the start of that sound, so like EER UGH. If we were to spell that sound, it would be EER UGH.
We could say that both bull moose and cow moose use the same type of sound. Moose make a moaning sound for a variety of reasons, but mostly during rutting season. The most common moose sound is a moan hunters and hikers often hear this while out in the woods during rutting season. These sounds vary in pitch and duration, with differences between bulls, cows, and calf moose. Studies show that moose use a broad range of sounds to communicate with each other.
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