John Vogt Jr. of Oakland makes his way through the dense fog in a blueberry field in New Sharon. He was hunting with his father John Vogt of Belgrade in Zone 16, an area that has a notoriously low success rate of tagged game compared with zones further north.

John Vogt of Belgrade, at left, converses with his son John Vogt Jr. of Oakland as they meet up after separating while moose hunting in dense woods in New Sharon.

Fresh moose droppings are a telltale sign of a moose that has recently been in the area.

Vogt Jr. uses a GPS to locate his father while moose hunting together in New Sharon.

A bitten off sapling, Vogt Jr. says, is a telltale sign of a moose that has recently been in the area.

John Vogt Jr. of Oakland talks on his cellphone with his father John Vogt of Belgrade as Vogt Jr. prepared to enter the woods and meet up with his father for moose hunting in Zone 16, an area that has a notoriously low success rate of tagged game compared with zones further north.

Vogt Jr. of Oakland makes his way through dense foggy woods in New Sharon.