Pup

 

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Live for this

Next to bird hunting

The best of life

A pair of us still left

Last day of spring runs

Fall will be here before we know it

Just gotta survive the summer.

Trout and salmon hopefully will make the wait bearable

One of the best parts of my life

Heart is with this guy now

A simple pleasure

tough going

4 days hunting moose since last post They were where I wasn't. Tough conditions for an on foot hunter. Yesterday I got out to the jeep without a moose, would have been too tired to deal with one. The backcountry is for the motorheads now. Rest for a few days so I can deal with a potential packout then try it again.
Lots of people ask me why don't I use an atv. I would become a vegetarian first.

The road out.

Home is where my pack is laid

No moose yet but enjoying this. Past 3 days out. Town tomorrow then gone again.  See daylight ease in in the morning see darkness ease in in the evening. Lots of sign. Dancing around with the moose. Close yet so far.

In solitude  I find peace.

Funny thing about hunting

As in peculiar.
There are many stereotypes about hunters. Fat old rural guys who swill beer and roadhunt, who blast away at anything .
Nowadays there is the trend of the athletic hunter who have the latest ultralight gear by Kuiu, Sitka or such. (all great gear). This new hunting is viewed as an athletic event in which you win by killing a trophy animal. The hunter against the elements, the mountain, outsmarting the animal.
 I love to be in the wilds whether back backing, back country skiing,trail running or fishing or hunting. Hunting is what I love to do the most though in the back country
When I kill an animal or even a few birds I am glad to have been "successful". I don't feel like I have won though, I feel humbled. It is hard to me to articulate about I feel about hunting but it is not a sport. Is something much older, much deeper than that. It is, if it is true hunting, immersion in the wild and a true trip back through time.
It is from where we as humans have come and some of us for a while want to go back to.

snow

snow and more snow. We are supposed to have a thaw this weekend . Hope so

Time to get off the open ground and get into the timber in the bottoms

Moose hang up in these copses until winter. Winter is here now snow pilling up moose gone to timber and I will be going to woods as well. It will be good to get out of the wind.
Snow is starting to pile up. This was yesterday on highway. Fair bit of snow falling and wind forecast for this afternoon. I have seen this road close for weeks in winter

Going through a few old pictures

day 1 moose hunting

Cold, hard crusted snow, wind.No sign of moose or other hunters. Needed snow shoes for crossing barrens didn't have them. Was surprised at amount of snow where I hunt.Back out today with the snow shoes. Will take a few pictures next time

Hunting

ATV's, the trend for long range shooting, high tech gear. Whats next drones for scouting? This stuff is not hunting, its war on wildlife. The animals and country deserve more respect. What happened to woodsmanship?
I posted this video before, here is the full video by Clay Hayes

There is no hunting without uncertainty.

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Any local hunters who visit the blog have any interest in starting a provincial chapter? There is one in BC.

http://www.backcountryhunters.org/