The Best Pictures From Hunting, Without the Kill

2015 MOOSE HUNT, SOUTH EAST SASKATCHEWAN PRAIRIES
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watched this calf walk out of the trees in the background and bed down in the middle of the field. Mamma must have been taken by another hunter. she was nowhere to be seen.

now the waiting game. come on baby, stand up and turn broadside.

20 minutes later......she's down!

does this count as the kill? dressed to 150 lbs of deliciouseness
 
Glassing for moose.

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Curious visitor.

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Ice cold tents at first light. Reminds me of getting the courage to leave a toasty sleeping bag to enter the crisp October mountain air and struggle to put on frozen solid boots!
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After a long morning's hunt in wet boots and cold, nothing beats getting back to camp where the Vermont Castings is doing its thing..... Heating up the cabin with that heat only a woodstove can provide and boiling up a stew for lunch in the Dutch oven.....

Having your best buddy there helps too :)

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In 2009 I saw this Owl , it was there several times when I drove past the same spot...
I suggested it was Odd and that I should try to capture it.

Soooo...out of the truck with a blanket I went, into waste deep snow...
It was a real job to get close to this guy, It kept flying just a little bit.
But I eventually got close enough to throw the blanket over it :)

WOW , let me tell you .
These little guys make a sound with their beak that commands respect.
If one were to get chomped it would surely hurt a lot.

I cut my day short at 11am and did the 45 min drive to town with it in a box covered with the same blanket.
We called the report a poacher line to advise someone what we were up to.

We were met at the local fish and wildlife office to turn this fella over.
They said that when they get this week it is rare that they recover but that they would let me know how it did (I never heard a word back from them)

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I wish I had a photo of it with its wings spread, It was truly remarkable to see up close.
This is the only photo I can find at the office.
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Superbrad said:
After a long morning's hunt in wet boots and cold, nothing beats getting back to camp where the Vermont Castings is doing its thing..... Heating up the cabin with that heat only a woodstove can provide and boiling up a stew for lunch in the Dutch oven.....

Having your best buddy there helps too :)

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Your camp is remarkably similar to the one my Dad and I built last summer. Will have to post pics.
 
A couple from my first moose hunt in October. I have a bunch of good photos which made lugging 10lbs of camera gear around for 10 days worth it. We got our moose as well so that was sweet.



 
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