LittleBoyLefty
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- Location
- Republic of Alberta
It's been a whirlwind couple of months around here, but, with the passing of Christmas things have begun to calm... That and the squeeze of a trigger that finally ended my fall of hunting a couple of weeks ago...
So, I got to thinking some of you might enjoy a few photos from our fall. Hope you all enjoy.
Me and a buddy started for real in late Oct./early Nov. hunting from horseback for sheep but,but mostly looking for a cow elk to fill a draw tag...
At the trailhead:
Dinner @ first camp:
The 'cabin':
The view between the ears of a horse is easy to get used too:
Snack time for the hay burners:
We went out twice for 4 days and nights with horses looking for elk... no luck. Tons of fun though. Lots of critters, just no elk that worked out...
The view of a days end:
This was a damp, icy morning:
The meat makers- for the gunnutz amongst us:
That would end our horse trips, lots of hiking miles were put on after that...
The Locals:
Chilling out after a blown stalk:
In the big timber:
Myself and my boys, little troopers put on lots of miles with me this year:
Helped my neighbour get his first big game animal ever, made him tag and gut it himself, he was pretty proud of that little buck:
Shortly after we had a real cold snap. -33C plus wind, to cold to work... so let's go hunting!! I pulled my oldest out of school for his first ever day of 'hooky' and we were off to try fill a Antlerless MD draw I had. The pressure of an empty freezer was starting to get to me... We hiked all morning and then just as we got in the truck to go for lunch at a nearby town... I spotted a small group of does...
Icy eye lashes, 5 minutes in. It's chilly out here!:
Two hours later and it's still frickin' chilly! Good times though...:
On the run to 'his' first deer:
That was a really great day for me. First time we'd been successful hunting together... gophers don't count.
The next weekend we hit the hills again. Still trying to fill the cow elk tag. A friend joined us for this trek... Thank God- he's half draft horse... We ended up with a cow down 5ish klicks back. We took the kids home and went back to haul it out in a calf sled... got it to the truck at 300... I fell into bed at 730 the next morning. 27 hours without sleep- hunting, hiking, pulling. It woulda been a lot better to fill that tag when we had the horses...
Myself and Jon 'The Draft horse' K, a true friend:
Myself and my 'ragamuffins':
All critters killed in these stories were harmed with my boring old LH SS Ruger M77MII in 3006 shooting 180 Feds:
So, that's the Reader's Digest version of our incredible hunting season... hope some of you enjoyed it... CANNOT wait till next year!
So, I got to thinking some of you might enjoy a few photos from our fall. Hope you all enjoy.
Me and a buddy started for real in late Oct./early Nov. hunting from horseback for sheep but,but mostly looking for a cow elk to fill a draw tag...
At the trailhead:
Dinner @ first camp:
The 'cabin':
The view between the ears of a horse is easy to get used too:
Snack time for the hay burners:
We went out twice for 4 days and nights with horses looking for elk... no luck. Tons of fun though. Lots of critters, just no elk that worked out...
The view of a days end:
This was a damp, icy morning:
The meat makers- for the gunnutz amongst us
:
That would end our horse trips, lots of hiking miles were put on after that...
The Locals:
Chilling out after a blown stalk:
In the big timber:
Myself and my boys, little troopers put on lots of miles with me this year
:
Helped my neighbour get his first big game animal ever, made him tag and gut it himself, he was pretty proud of that little buck
:
Shortly after we had a real cold snap. -33C plus wind, to cold to work... so let's go hunting!! I pulled my oldest out of school for his first ever day of 'hooky' and we were off to try fill a Antlerless MD draw I had. The pressure of an empty freezer was starting to get to me...
We hiked all morning and then just as we got in the truck to go for lunch at a nearby town... I spotted a small group of does...Icy eye lashes, 5 minutes in. It's chilly out here!:
Two hours later and it's still frickin' chilly! Good times though...:
On the run to 'his' first deer
:
That was a really great day for me. First time we'd been successful hunting together... gophers don't count.
The next weekend we hit the hills again. Still trying to fill the cow elk tag. A friend joined us for this trek... Thank God- he's half draft horse... We ended up with a cow down 5ish klicks back. We took the kids home and went back to haul it out in a calf sled... got it to the truck at 300... I fell into bed at 730 the next morning. 27 hours without sleep- hunting, hiking, pulling. It woulda been a lot better to fill that tag when we had the horses...
Myself and Jon 'The Draft horse' K, a true friend:
Myself and my 'ragamuffins'
:
All critters killed in these stories were harmed with my boring old LH SS Ruger M77MII in 3006 shooting 180 Feds
:
So, that's the Reader's Digest version of our incredible hunting season... hope some of you enjoyed it... CANNOT wait till next year!
