How's this heat wave effecting your hunting

Longwalker said:
No problem with heat during our elk hunt. We got two on the morning of Sept 20th, one that evening and one monday morning. Elk were moving, feeding and calling like normal, and the only downside was the mosquitoes. Daytime temperatures were 25-28C so it was good that we had our walk-in cooler in camp!
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You go hunting with a reefer truck?:eek:

Please explain...?:confused:

My wife thinks I go over-board when it comes to hunting???:rolleyes:
 
350 Mag said:
You go hunting with a reefer truck?:eek:

Please explain...?:confused:

My wife thinks I go over-board when it comes to hunting???:rolleyes:
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No reefer truck, but a permanent cooler that's kinda similar to a reefer. To explain the set-up, my family and a friend invested in hunting land years ago when it was relatively cheap. We have a permanent camp on the border of the provincial forest. We just walk from the cabin for our elk hunt, and bring them in with a little tractor and front end loader. It's "gentleman's" elk hunting, or "spoiled rotten" elk hunting, take your pick ;-)
My Dad was a butcher and he built the cooler from scratch with plywood, styrofoam insulation, home made overhead rails & roller hooks and a small commercial electric blower and compressor unit on 115V. No worries about meat in hot weather, and it keeps the after hunt beer cool too!
 
Longwalker said:
No reefer truck, but a permanent cooler that's kinda similar to a reefer. To explain the set-up, my family and a friend invested in hunting land years ago when it was relatively cheap. We have a permanent camp on the border of the provincial forest. We just walk from the cabin for our elk hunt, and bring them in with a little tractor and front end loader. It's "gentleman's" elk hunting, or "spoiled rotten" elk hunting, take your pick ;-)
My Dad was a butcher and he built the cooler from scratch with plywood, styrofoam insulation, home made overhead rails & roller hooks and a small commercial electric blower and compressor unit on 115V. No worries about meat in hot weather, and it keeps the after hunt beer cool too!
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Sounds pretty sweet....

We had some spoilage on our Moose last year....not too bad but I am interested in setting up something similar to what you have...in HOT Falls a guy could pay for his hunting by hanging everyone else's Elk&Moose. Last Fall we were sitting around 10 deg C so hanging more that 2-3 days was dicey. Looks about the same right now(this Fall)....don't even want to shoot anything because there is only one place in town to hang it and he charges $20/day.:eek:
 
My friend just got back from a goose hunt near Wainright, and said that the birds were holding to the water and hardly flying at all.
 
Was out for antelope south of Brooks yesterday. OMG was it hot. The bucks are rutting, but due to the heat are not really making much of an effort to run off rivals, more of a slow walk.

Managed to miss a very nice buck at 35 yards. I may tell the story when I am not quite so upset with myself. I have to go cry now.
 
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