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Post by tuketu on Jan 19, 2016 18:28:10 GMT -4
Soooo ? What's on your wish list for this year ? Any special hunting trips or purchases in your sights for 2016 ?
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Post by tuketu on Jan 20, 2016 9:28:03 GMT -4
Ok ... so I'll start things off here .
Not to say that things may not be added as the year progresses but at this point I have two things to knock off the wish list this year .
The first, although not hunting related, is the 4 wheeler run across the Gaff Topsail in Newfoundland. A friend had approached me last fall saying that he and his Buddy were planning the T'Railway run across Newfoundland from Argentia to Port aux Basque and were looking for a small crew of guys to make the 5-6 day trip. It is a Provincial trail and provides accommodations and typical Newfoundland hospitality along the way. If you live in Eastern Canada it's a "Must Do" trip. As it stands I believe we are looking at a July-August time frame.
The second notch in the bucket is for a "Back to Basics" one week deer hunt with a tent camp. Years ago I, as part of a foursome, used to spend 3-4 days deer hunting the backwoods and I really miss those days. I've caught myself more than once going through old photo albums longing for yesteryear.
Over the last 4-5 years I have basically given up deer hunting. Hunting close to home did not appeal to me anymore. The sounds of tires howling on asphalt, bouncing dump trucks, barking dogs and the drone of mowers had taken its toll, not to mention the infestation of bait piles and the invasion of the pumpkin army. It just wasn't hunting to me any more.
I really want to go back to hunting deer the old way, with bow and arrow in hand. Do a bit of preseason scouting, set up a tree stand in what looks like a prime area, maybe do a bit of calling and rattlin'. This fall is going to be different. In memory of one of our foursome (Big O) who is no longer with us, and a craving for nostalgia, I'm going back to basics and setting up tent camp in those backwoods we used to trudge; a large tract of land which is incidentally now owned and gated by another one of the old foursome. And ya never know that's some good bear country back there so ya never know what may happen my way.
Yep ...yes siree ... I got me some plans !
Looks like it's shaping up to be a good year.
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Post by Edge on Jan 20, 2016 10:31:02 GMT -4
Tuk...your back to basics hunt sounds like fun as I too have fond memories of those types of trips. I bet the recent Cabelas trip figures into this plan quite nicely..
I have some on my bucket list as well.
I am looking for my first archery kill......in addition while I plan on archery hunting bears and deer this year I also have an elk trip planned and the ultimate for me would be to arrow one of those magnificent animals. Here's hoping
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Post by tuketu on Jan 20, 2016 11:16:00 GMT -4
Lol!
Check out my post in Life at the Camp ... Dropped about $2300 on my first trip to Cabelas...I'm not allowed to go alone anymore.
It's that "Beg for Forgiveness" thing coming back to bite me in the Keester !
Altho bea and I didn't see any elk while on our hunt to Colorado, it still was an awesome time. Scenery and our guides were awesome. I'm forever indebted to Henpecked and Big Bear! I'd have to say elk are at the top of my bucket list for animals to harvest. Not sure if I'll ever get that opportunity again tho.
Oh Edge, you're in for a thrill ... can't wait to here your tale after that first harvest.
You've got the gear to "Get 'er Done" !
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Post by kenkps53 on Jan 24, 2016 16:42:17 GMT -4
Would like to see a two bear season with a spring season
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Post by tuketu on Jan 25, 2016 8:04:53 GMT -4
Don't know what it is but Ken but I have no desire to hunt bears in the Spring. If a Spring Hunt were introduced I'd prefer a one bear per year with an option to hunt Spring or Fall.
I am concerned about the long term sustainability of a 2 bear season. With sows only producing cubs every second year I'm not convinced the population could maintain safe numbers with the increased hunting pressure.I guess the other thing I look at is how much meat does a fella need anyway? A deer or two along with a bear can provide quite a bit of meat for a family.
I have nothing against a spring hunt but I just don't think I'd participate.
It's a great topic ... worthy of it's own Thread " The Spring Hunt"... let's get some opinions
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Post by Edge on Jan 26, 2016 10:28:59 GMT -4
Here in BC there's always been a spring black bear hunt. I don't have any intel on statistics but there seems to be lots of bears. WE have a 2 bear annual limit. I think I'll try for one this spring. Also around here I'm told by some that a spring bear is better eating. In the fall our bears diet is mostly salmon from the rivers and it apparently taints the meat so much so that many people won't touch a bear kilt too late in the fall. I guess a bear taken early in the fall might still be ok but not much after the springs start up in Sept. Having said that, I'm on Vancouver Island. The fall harvest question is probably different for parts of the mainland. Just my thoughts
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Post by tuketu on Jan 26, 2016 22:24:53 GMT -4
I guess that only makes sense. Here on the East coast Bea was near a site that produced Smoked Salmon and all the byproducts were taken to a local dump where it became an event to watch the bears at the dumpsters. I always thought, although these bears were huge they wouldn't be worth hunting for the meat.
Here's a couple of those bears that a friend ... Neil Green ...took at the dump.
Now this guy has a few battle scars !
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Post by Edge on Jan 27, 2016 10:54:08 GMT -4
Many years ago (mid 80's) I was camped at a campground that was sponsored by a local logging company not too far from a small town here on the island. It was the May Long. When we arrived in our truck and campers laden with our families and especially kids looking forward to a romp in the lake that the campground was situated on, we saw these kaki coloured wall tents. Thinking they were out of place we set up our camps, got the kids ready for afternoon swimming and curiously monitored these out of place looking tents. Sometime later out marches a few guys dressed in lederhosen and carrying hunting rifles. They went inside their tents and put away the firearms and then came back out and proceeded to carry on with regular camp activity, fire setting, food prep etc. Later we were able to approach one the guys who was wearing jeans and in our minds looked more "in place". He apparently was the guide. These gentlemen were from Germany and he was guiding them on the "BIG GAME BEAR HUNT". Seems normal til as locals we realized the he was hiking these guys around the bush for a number of days and at the end of the hunt was marching them near the dump where they were able to "BAG the trophy" that they had spent all these 'ooo's of $$ on. We laughed.....Apparently there was a flurry here on the island anyway of local guides bringing in out of country hunters, charging big $$ and then marching them around for days only to end up at the local dumps of small communities and shooting the local bears.
That was my first memory of the spring bear hunt here in BC and I still chuckle a bit whenever I have cause to remember.
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Post by hairyone on Feb 2, 2016 18:40:51 GMT -4
I continue to dream of drawing a moose tag. Ya never know...30 years might just be the lucky number. I also hope to take a bear with the recurve this year. Lastly, I hope to acquire a Springer pup from a local breeder and begin to train a new hunting friend.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 20:06:03 GMT -4
Hey Butch, some pretty cool plans. I won't whine as much being passed over 6 years in a row for the limited Spring bear hunt here in WA. I took my 2d rabbit w/a recurve when I was 14... Sure wish I had kept it up. You & Chip going the traditional route, Good for you. I'm a gun Hunter but I did kinda go backwards a little. Put up the scoped Model 70 & now load cast lead bullets for my unscoped Marlin & Winchester leverguns.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 7:15:30 GMT -4
One thing Ive discovered....my bucket list has a hole in it...just when I think I may have filled it....I find it empty, with room for more adventure. Thats what hunting is to me...an adventure. I dont care if I kill an animal. While I love the meat...in honesty, it would be cheaper to buy it lol, so that's not my justification. The meat is a treat. I just wanna see and experience new stuff. Even if only once. It rounds me out as a hunter and maybe even makes me a better citizen of this here planet. I recently retired, but find myself working again....crawling around on my knees doing work more suited for a 20 year old....but all the while...I just suck it up and dream of some great adventure I may get to take part in...as the work hours lead to days and then to weeks, and then to months.....my little adventure money jar starts to fill. And I find myself late at night pouring over distant hunting destinations. I find when I'm hunting far from home....I enjoy every waking hour of the hunt more. Every sunset. Sunrise. Mountain crest. You name it...I suck it in, because I know I may never ever be there again. And never is a very long time. I make the most of it...because I know my wife has sacrificed to a degree for me to be there too. I just want my bucket list to be filled with adventure..be it over-looking a waterhole on Africa...or a little bait pile practically in my back yard....life is adventure....adventure is life....its what bucket lists were made for! I'm looking forward to hearing about your adventures. The attached pic is where I've spent the most of my time hunting....that river valley was rich in game....and I dont think theres a spot I have not walked to. I've since sold my place there....but those hills are where I learned my sense for adventure. I think I spent the first few years there lost half of the time....but then again...thats just another adventure in itself. About two thirds up on the left...that was my hunting camp....and although it has new owner....in my hunters heart..it will always be "my" camp. Attachments:
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Post by tuketu on Feb 6, 2016 21:08:58 GMT -4
Just for the record ...I'm still gonna call ya Bea!
I just wish I had that attitude but, for the most part, I'm still a Home Boy! I haven't had the good fortune of many days in deer or bear camp, sharing old lies and the Camaraderie of hunting Buddies. As simple as that sounds it's still at the top of my bucket list. It may not as exciting or exotic as some of those foreign places, but autumn hunts with my new alaknak home, wood stove burning, a friend or two around the campfire ... well I'm happy.
Anyone who's familiar with Lloyd and Bryce will know what I'm talking about! (Lloyd Colbourne ....Newfoundland Outdoors). I don't think I've heard anyone speak so eloquently of the simple pleasures of hunting or fishing the woods and waters of Newfoundland!
Mind you if I hit the lottery ... all bets are off ... First it's elk, Colorado or Washington State, then shoot up to the Yukon for a Caribou and Moose. Well hell I'm that close I gotta check out the Little Delta of Alaska, then maybe a southern destination,... I'm thinking stag in New Zealand!
HEY ... a fella can dream can't he ?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2016 9:12:17 GMT -4
Just for the record ...I'm still gonna call ya Bea!
I just wish I had that attitude but, for the most part, I'm still a Home Boy! I haven't had the good fortune of many days in deer or bear camp, sharing old lies and the Camaraderie of hunting Buddies. As simple as that sounds it's still at the top of my bucket list. It may not as exciting or exotic as some of those foreign places, but autumn hunts with my new alaknak home, wood stove burning, a friend or two around the campfire ... well I'm happy.
Anyone who's familiar with Lloyd and Bryce will know what I'm talking about! (Lloyd Colbourne ....Newfoundland Outdoors). I don't think I've heard anyone speak so eloquently of the simple pleasures of hunting or fishing the woods and waters of Newfoundland!
Mind you if I hit the lottery ... all bets are off ... First it's elk, Colorado or Washington State, then shoot up to the Yukon for a Caribou and Moose. Well hell I'm that close I gotta check out the Little Delta of Alaska, then maybe a southern destination,... I'm thinking stag in New Zealand!
HEY ... a fella can dream can't he ?
tuk
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 6:21:17 GMT -4
I guess that only makes sense. Here on the East coast Bea was near a site that produced Smoked Salmon and all the byproducts were taken to a local dump where it became an event to watch the bears at the dumpsters. I always thought, although these bears were huge they wouldn't be worth hunting for the meat.
Here's a couple of those bears that a friend ... Neil Green ...took at the dump.
Now this guy has a few battle scars !
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