EDITOR'S NOTE: One of the newest members of the Hunter's Specialties staff, Ralph Cianciarulo of Lanark, Illinois, and his wife Vickie, travel the world bowhunting, producing bowhunting videos and producing a TV show for "The Outdoor Channel." The Cianciarulos speak at many outdoor shows throughout the nation. This month, Ralph Cianciarulo will tell you how to live every archer's dream by taking a moose with a bow as inexpensively as possible.

Be sure you take a GPS (Global Positioning System) hand-held receiver unit with you, and know how to use it. Because you'll hunt a place you've never hunted before, mark your base camp with a GPS unit so you alway can get back to camp. Also mark the place you plan to hunt with your GPS to enable you to get to and from your hunting site without becoming lost.

Another useful item is a life-size moose decoy. I use a cardboard refrigerator box to make a decoy. I draw a rough outline of a cow moose on the refrigerator box, cut the cow out of the box and glue about $30 worth of fake fur to his cardboard decoy. I call my decoy Shania, and what bull can turn down Shania?

I use PVC pipes for the legs and stick them in the mud. I attach my decoy to the PVC pipes with cable ties. Cable ties and duct tape allow me to set up my cardboard-moose decoy quickly and effectively. The decoy folds up on the creases of the box, so it can be very compact. Then, when you set it up, if you've drawn the head so that the neck is on the crease of the box, when the wind blows, the head moves. Set up the decoy, and start calling to the moose. When the bull comes in, he'll slowly walk toward Shania to show off his rack.

When you bowhunt moose, take the same bow you use to hunt deer. Don't buy new bowhunting equipment. I shoot a bow with a 60- to 75-pound draw weight. I've shot four bulls with 100-grain, three-bladed mechanical broadheads. I also carry a mule-frame pack.

Bring some quality knee-high rubber boots. Buy the very best raingear because you'll spend most of your hunting days in the water. You'll deal with water in some form -- rain, dew and/or snow -- or you'll cross some kind of water just about every day on this moose hunt. Take a water purifier to purify the lake water to drink. I also take deflatable water bags with me and pack out with a backpack. You can squeeze the air out of the deflatable water bottles to keep the water from sloshing when you move.