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Below each picture there is a place to comment. The picture with the most comments by December 20th will be the winner.
Good luck to all of the entries.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
One week of deer season left!
It has been an awesome fall up here in Manitoba and there has been a few nice bucks taken around my area. Here is a couple of pictures from some I have come across.
Which one is bigger?
There is some ice forming on Lake Manitoba but not much. We will be out on thin ice soon enough. Just late this year.
James. My hunting buddy. We kind of got stuck! No one was too surprised.
The first nice one in our area.
Getting bigger :)
Lets see how it ends up at the Deer Party!
Which one is bigger?
There is some ice forming on Lake Manitoba but not much. We will be out on thin ice soon enough. Just late this year.
James. My hunting buddy. We kind of got stuck! No one was too surprised.
The first nice one in our area.
Getting bigger :)
Lets see how it ends up at the Deer Party!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Time for Me to hunt!!!
Rena and I are back in Manitoba, winter feels like it is not far away. Lots of cloud and cooler weather around. The most important thing though is that the bucks are starting to roam around and have just started making scrapes around here. I have a few stands set up and now it is time to wait and watch.....
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Have you ever been run over by 3 moose?
With David tagging his bull on day 2, it was time to get Dad one. Bill had shot a few moose over the years and wanted to make sure his son got his first. Done. We had more lake yet to cover and had found some fresh sign in some other parts of the lake which had new sign since the first day we looked at that spot. We were close to them. But the wind would not let up making calling difficult. The change of seasons was here. Sometimes it comes in with a week of wind like this year but I knew that things were going to go our way, eventually.
By Friday James had 2 moose already for his 2 hunters and they were ready to go home. After hunting with Bill until noon, I left in the Otter to run over to Shearstone and take them out. I left Bill up on a nice high ridge looking across onto a nice hill and into a valley. A moose could come out anywhere at anytime in this spot... Bill is a good moose caller and continued to call here all day.
Mid afternoon, Bill heard me return in the Otter and knew it would be around 20 mins until I returned with the boat. This time I spent a few extra minutes in camp to tie the Otter down putting me back to Bill 25 mins later than he expected me. He headed down to a small sand beach to wait. He had not heard any answers so far all day and was going to see if there was any new tracks in the sand. As he was waiting for me, he looked back to the spot where he was sitting...... 3 moose came over the hill and walked, at a very fast pace, right near where he was calling. He figured they were headed down the trail right to the beach where he was standing, and they were! He grabbed his gun and when they got to be 40 yards away he finally waved his arms. The calf in front, behind was the cow, and a small bull had his nose right up her butt chasing her from behind. The calf turned to Bill's left with the cow and bull in tow. As the bull passed at 25 or 30 yards....the 300 Win. Mag. let loose! The bull took a few steps and got into a dead end in the burn from fallen trees and turned around. Not a good decision with a veteran moose hunter standing a few feet away. One more round from Bill and it was over. Father and son both successful in harvesting moose.
All of this commotion took place as I was enroute to Bill. When I reached the narrows just before getting to the sand beach, I looked up on the hill and saw 4 big ears looking over the hill. I killed the motor and watched....for 15 minutes. The cow and calf were standing on the hill not 40 yards from where Bill was sitting, so I thought. I got tired of waiting and went to where I had dropped Bill off. He was not there. I called my way up the hill, he was not in the spot where I thought he would be....I hoped he had one down. I called again and I heard him call me back. I got one he yelled!
Bill said, He wasn`t big but he was less than 50 yards from the lake, pretty hard to say no to that on the second last day of the hunt!
It was mid-afternoon, plenty of time to get him home before dark and have a good supper. Lets cut a trail....
Here is the reward of having patience. A father son double header.
The first thing I do is put the beard in a tree.
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This is the best tree I have hung it in yet!
It is nice to recover your bullet and see that it did everything it was supposed to do:)
It was nice to have Josh staying with us, for his company of course, not his young back and legs!! He really enjoyed being apart of the hunt and got right into it.
The father son moose hunters are returning next year to hunt the monsters again! It gets into your blood. I love it! Can you tell...
By Friday James had 2 moose already for his 2 hunters and they were ready to go home. After hunting with Bill until noon, I left in the Otter to run over to Shearstone and take them out. I left Bill up on a nice high ridge looking across onto a nice hill and into a valley. A moose could come out anywhere at anytime in this spot... Bill is a good moose caller and continued to call here all day.
Mid afternoon, Bill heard me return in the Otter and knew it would be around 20 mins until I returned with the boat. This time I spent a few extra minutes in camp to tie the Otter down putting me back to Bill 25 mins later than he expected me. He headed down to a small sand beach to wait. He had not heard any answers so far all day and was going to see if there was any new tracks in the sand. As he was waiting for me, he looked back to the spot where he was sitting...... 3 moose came over the hill and walked, at a very fast pace, right near where he was calling. He figured they were headed down the trail right to the beach where he was standing, and they were! He grabbed his gun and when they got to be 40 yards away he finally waved his arms. The calf in front, behind was the cow, and a small bull had his nose right up her butt chasing her from behind. The calf turned to Bill's left with the cow and bull in tow. As the bull passed at 25 or 30 yards....the 300 Win. Mag. let loose! The bull took a few steps and got into a dead end in the burn from fallen trees and turned around. Not a good decision with a veteran moose hunter standing a few feet away. One more round from Bill and it was over. Father and son both successful in harvesting moose.
All of this commotion took place as I was enroute to Bill. When I reached the narrows just before getting to the sand beach, I looked up on the hill and saw 4 big ears looking over the hill. I killed the motor and watched....for 15 minutes. The cow and calf were standing on the hill not 40 yards from where Bill was sitting, so I thought. I got tired of waiting and went to where I had dropped Bill off. He was not there. I called my way up the hill, he was not in the spot where I thought he would be....I hoped he had one down. I called again and I heard him call me back. I got one he yelled!
Bill said, He wasn`t big but he was less than 50 yards from the lake, pretty hard to say no to that on the second last day of the hunt!
It was mid-afternoon, plenty of time to get him home before dark and have a good supper. Lets cut a trail....
Here is the reward of having patience. A father son double header.
The first thing I do is put the beard in a tree.
.JPG)
This is the best tree I have hung it in yet!
It is nice to recover your bullet and see that it did everything it was supposed to do:)
It was nice to have Josh staying with us, for his company of course, not his young back and legs!! He really enjoyed being apart of the hunt and got right into it.
The father son moose hunters are returning next year to hunt the monsters again! It gets into your blood. I love it! Can you tell...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
One Tough Customer!
The first moose we took during the second week on Loree Lake was a tough one! We finally had a small reprive from the east wind and were calling our way into an area to hunt when we had an answer! David looked at me and asked how close I thought he was, 2 or 3 hundred yards I said.... we turned our heads and he was right behind us, 150 yards and getting closer. Not much time to get prepared. I made a couple of quiet calls and he came even closer yet. When he got to around 80 or 90 yards he walked broadside....Boom!! It was a good solid shot. The bull took a couple of steps and stopped. Boom! Another solid connecting shot. Then he went down but only for a couple of seconds and then got up!! As he started to head down the ridge David gave him another one that I heard hit again. The bull then looked like he was done. Walking a few more steps then going down a 150 yards or so away. We watched for awhile and then figured we would give him some time to expire. If you chase big game up before they are finished, they may head really far into the bush before dying and in the burn you do not want that!!! So we went back to camp to have a coffee and returned about an hour and a half later.
As we were heading up to the spot where we shot the moose we looked up and saw a moose running away at a good clip, not appearing injured at all!!! It was not as black as the one David had just shot at. I continued to call and he came right back to us. We watched him for 30 or 40 minutes just to be sure that it was not Davids bull. This one was a much smaller one, a young bull just hanging around the action. There was a cow in the vicinity as well, so we had ourselves a moose honey hole here.
This young bull was afraid to come out of the long weeds for quite awhile. After some of my sweet talking he walked right out and we could have shot him easily. We knew Davids moose should be lying not far away.
When we got to the spot where the moose went down....NO MOOSE! There was blood but not alot. A tracking we will go. The burn was thick but not unwalkable so we could see his track at least from time to time.
The blood trail started to dry up but the tracks were quite visible as we got further from the lake. He was hurt bad too! He was really having a tough time walking, I could see he had to be going on 3 legs, his toes in the front were really splitting out like he was putting alot of weight on it. He was also starting to make a turn back towards the water and the spot where I was calling the small bull earlier. I knew then we would catch up to him.
There he was!!! Laying there. As we walked closer to him, he lifted his head! One last shot and he was done. A very exciting hunt, Moose all over and finally one to take back to camp. He had us a little worried, but all 3 of David's shots were good solid hits right in the vitals and front shoulder. This was one tough bull!
100 plus pounds of Moose meat! Easy with a good pack frame and tied on with hockey skate laces!
This is an awesome meal! Organic anyone?
As we were heading up to the spot where we shot the moose we looked up and saw a moose running away at a good clip, not appearing injured at all!!! It was not as black as the one David had just shot at. I continued to call and he came right back to us. We watched him for 30 or 40 minutes just to be sure that it was not Davids bull. This one was a much smaller one, a young bull just hanging around the action. There was a cow in the vicinity as well, so we had ourselves a moose honey hole here.
This young bull was afraid to come out of the long weeds for quite awhile. After some of my sweet talking he walked right out and we could have shot him easily. We knew Davids moose should be lying not far away.
When we got to the spot where the moose went down....NO MOOSE! There was blood but not alot. A tracking we will go. The burn was thick but not unwalkable so we could see his track at least from time to time.
The blood trail started to dry up but the tracks were quite visible as we got further from the lake. He was hurt bad too! He was really having a tough time walking, I could see he had to be going on 3 legs, his toes in the front were really splitting out like he was putting alot of weight on it. He was also starting to make a turn back towards the water and the spot where I was calling the small bull earlier. I knew then we would catch up to him.
There he was!!! Laying there. As we walked closer to him, he lifted his head! One last shot and he was done. A very exciting hunt, Moose all over and finally one to take back to camp. He had us a little worried, but all 3 of David's shots were good solid hits right in the vitals and front shoulder. This was one tough bull!
100 plus pounds of Moose meat! Easy with a good pack frame and tied on with hockey skate laces!
This is an awesome meal! Organic anyone?
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Moose Hunters are gone and the camps are closed.
2009 is officially over for us at Amik Outposts, as far as customers go. We still have some work left to do to prepare for 2010 in Red Lake but will be returning to Manitoba soon. If any one is interested in dates for next season please drop us a line and we will see what we have available for you.
Moose Hunting 2009
We had a huge variety of weather from one week to the next this fall. During the first week of our hunt, we had 75 degrees and sun everyday. Generally not your optimum weather for hunting big game. Then during the second week we had cool temps in the 40's everyday with a east wind that did not stop for 7 days, day or night. Again, not the optimum weather one would want big game hunting. Even with the weather not in our favor we did quite well in 2009. We went 2 for 6 the first week in the heat and 4 for 4 the second week in the wind. Only one party was not able to get a shot at an animal this year but heard plenty of moose answering but just not willing to come to the call yet. It was a late rut this fall. Everyone else saw multiple moose and had quite a bit of action. There are a number of stories to tell. From James catching a Pine Martin on his fishing rod to one of our hunters, Bill almost getting run over by a bull, cow and calf! I will get those posted this week coming along with some pictures.
Here are the moose from this season. Smaller ones this year due to the late rut. Some of these guys have shot moose before with us and some of them it was their first. Hunting moose is not easy, so any moose taken is a trophy, not to mention excellent eating!
Moose Hunting 2009
We had a huge variety of weather from one week to the next this fall. During the first week of our hunt, we had 75 degrees and sun everyday. Generally not your optimum weather for hunting big game. Then during the second week we had cool temps in the 40's everyday with a east wind that did not stop for 7 days, day or night. Again, not the optimum weather one would want big game hunting. Even with the weather not in our favor we did quite well in 2009. We went 2 for 6 the first week in the heat and 4 for 4 the second week in the wind. Only one party was not able to get a shot at an animal this year but heard plenty of moose answering but just not willing to come to the call yet. It was a late rut this fall. Everyone else saw multiple moose and had quite a bit of action. There are a number of stories to tell. From James catching a Pine Martin on his fishing rod to one of our hunters, Bill almost getting run over by a bull, cow and calf! I will get those posted this week coming along with some pictures.
Here are the moose from this season. Smaller ones this year due to the late rut. Some of these guys have shot moose before with us and some of them it was their first. Hunting moose is not easy, so any moose taken is a trophy, not to mention excellent eating!
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