North61
Lil-Rokslider
Just finished a great hunt, we were able to win a draw for a herd in the Yukon that is not hunted with a regular tag and so has light hunting pressure. Unfortunately after doing more research I realized that the place I was planning to hunt with my surface drive-canoe was just outside the normal summer range of the caribou. I looked at all the streams going into the main range and it was going to take me days to get in there. That would be fine but I needed to go back to work within 10 days of the hunt and so I loosened my purse strings and paid for a Beaver flight in. The flight itself was an adventure though it was raining when we went in and I admit that seeing the plane take off leaving us with a mound of our gear on our 10 yard "beach" surrounded by a mountain of alders up a hill, in a steady rain was a bit disconcerting. However we hiked up our hill and found a tricky path up. Finding a flat spot big enough for our 6 man tent was a bit of a challenge. We found one that left 60% of our floor usable for sleeping and 40% good enough for gear storage and that was good enough for us. Turned out that the big rock situated mid floor made a good pillow lifter for me and was an excellent heat sink during the warm weather we experienced. Who knew? We situated our kitchen area about 20 yards down from our tent and left our food -bear-barrels at our beach. As we flew in in the afternoon that was about all we got accomplished that night. I did make a nice dinner of shepherds pie using dehydrated hamburger and potato and double gravy. One of my tasks was to teach other members of the family how to operate the pair of Optimus 111 T stoves we use for canoe trips! That was the end of day one. More pictures and story to follow. I'll be cutting up meat today and will post as I take breaks.
1) Getting the food ready: It's important to involve everyone from the start.
2) At the Airport: The kids had a great camp. They can now pitch their own weight and then some! The two canoe boxes made to a Gil Gilpatrick pattern were also stars, acting as food barrels, prep table, stove top, and even as a chair. The sled could have staid at home.
3) Drop off and Abandoned? This was our first fly in hunt. I have always been in control of the means of travel. I admit it was a funny feeling having the plane fly off with no means of removal other than walking or relying on someone else to get us. Weird but also somewhat freeing.
4) Adjustment. Hot food and a dry shelter and we got comfortable in new surroundings!
1) Getting the food ready: It's important to involve everyone from the start.
2) At the Airport: The kids had a great camp. They can now pitch their own weight and then some! The two canoe boxes made to a Gil Gilpatrick pattern were also stars, acting as food barrels, prep table, stove top, and even as a chair. The sled could have staid at home.
3) Drop off and Abandoned? This was our first fly in hunt. I have always been in control of the means of travel. I admit it was a funny feeling having the plane fly off with no means of removal other than walking or relying on someone else to get us. Weird but also somewhat freeing.
4) Adjustment. Hot food and a dry shelter and we got comfortable in new surroundings!
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