A question I have for you Bowhunter 15, why wouldn't you light a fire to dry out your gear? I'm just wondering if there are restrictions for fires in the area or if it was by choice? Some beautiful country and a great adventure none the less, and sounds like some good lessons learned!
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Yup I've taken a few nice ones just to the north along the peace river valley, however the last few winters and a cull by F&W have brought the numbers down drastically. Hopefully with some better management the numbers will climb back.
We love the wood heat, often make a family outing going for wood which is a short ranger ride from home. Found a honey hole of dry blow down spruce.
Learning how to work and earn an allowance at a early age!
Installed the stove, did the tiling and built the wood box myself.....
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I worked in a small northern Alberta town and the first summer I played ball and although many knew I flew helicopters only a few knew my name so the ones that didn't called me chopperman....stuck with me for the 8 years I was there.
Some unofficial numbers (scored it myself, have done quite a few animals), 317 6/8 gross....308 net. Biggest scorable circumference is 8 6/8".
I'm more about the hunt and the adventure than the score, but I do enjoy scoring the animal for curiosity sake. He will be going on the wall.......
I have done the same if there is any velvet left on the moose or deer racks (usually hanging) or bark ground into the white tails antlers it gets left on!
Yeah there is a strip of spruce that runs down into the canyon and he obviously raked a few of them as his head gear smells like a air freshner....lol.
This story was written on 19th......
So the last three days have been action packed elk hunting with 2 out of 3 tags filled. Opening day saw a hunter get his first elk a nice 5x5 young bull. We watched him, a spiker and 8 cow calf pairs for over an hour until they came out of the trees to go...
Todd
Alberta, Canada
Commercial helicopter pilot for 25 years
I've been hunting since I was 10 years old. Have a great wife who also hunts and is a champion lumberjill in timber sports and a registered massage therapist. I have two older kids from a previous marriage, daughter is a commercial...