ptarmigan
FNG
Well my oldest boy and I headed North on Thursday with plans for 4-5 days of hunting. My youngest backed out unfortunately so it was just the two of us. Made the drive up, then a short boat ride. Set up camp that afternoon and went for a walk to see what was up. The first night we saw 15-20 cows and calves milling around, no bulls though.
Friday morning we got out of the tent and had another cow and calf playing on the far bank of the river. That was fun to watch! We took another walk but didn't see any animals moving. It was pretty warm and the whitesocks were out in force. Made it back to camp, looked up and saw another cow and calf, soon followed by 25 or so more animals. There were 6 bulls in the group, none huge but we're not real picky. Made a move to get ahead of them and caught the last one in the group still in the open. A short 75yd shot with my old 8mm mauser dropped it where it stood, which happened to be only 50yds from the river.
We got it cut up, bagged, and into the boat by about 1pm. The temps got up into the low 60's so we decided to get the heck out of there with the meat. With only one tag there wasn't much sense in hanging around. So all in all it was a fun trip, albeit a super short one. Heart and backstrap on the menu tonight!
BTW, the Megahorn was great for the one night of use. I liked being floorless and having a woodstove to knock the chill off is pretty awesome. Definitely a 2 man shelter if you want any gear in with you.
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Friday morning we got out of the tent and had another cow and calf playing on the far bank of the river. That was fun to watch! We took another walk but didn't see any animals moving. It was pretty warm and the whitesocks were out in force. Made it back to camp, looked up and saw another cow and calf, soon followed by 25 or so more animals. There were 6 bulls in the group, none huge but we're not real picky. Made a move to get ahead of them and caught the last one in the group still in the open. A short 75yd shot with my old 8mm mauser dropped it where it stood, which happened to be only 50yds from the river.
We got it cut up, bagged, and into the boat by about 1pm. The temps got up into the low 60's so we decided to get the heck out of there with the meat. With only one tag there wasn't much sense in hanging around. So all in all it was a fun trip, albeit a super short one. Heart and backstrap on the menu tonight!
BTW, the Megahorn was great for the one night of use. I liked being floorless and having a woodstove to knock the chill off is pretty awesome. Definitely a 2 man shelter if you want any gear in with you.
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